UPDATE, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

* LinkedIn for Journalists

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Columbia Journalism School presents a briefing on LinkedIn for Journalists
- or, So you’ve joined LinkedIn but have no idea how to use it well
- or, Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn, but were afraid to ask

 

Plenty of journalists and other professionals sign up for LinkedIn, but many don’t use it well. Join LinkedIn experts (including an LI exec) for practical, easy-to-understand answers to questions such as:

* How can journalists use it in their day-to-day work?
* What are best practices for journalists?
* How can I use it as an effective job hunting tool?
* I hear LinkedIn’s Answers section is useful. Is it?
* How can I improve my LinkedIn profile?
* What are the rules of LinkedIn etiquette?

- and much more. Send us your questions – sree[at]sree.net or Twitter
@sreenet or post
them in the comments section below – or call in with questions! Share
your tips, too, please.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

* Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek senior technology writer – and an
alum and adjunct prof at the J-school
* Jason Alba, author of “I’m on LinkedIn, Now What??? – A Guide to
Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn” (Amazon | blog) and CEO of
JibberJobber, a jobs search service
* Kay Luo, senior director of corporate communication of LinkedIn
* and… YOU – join us on the air to ask a question, provide your
tips, share your enthusiasm or skepticism!

MODERATOR: Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs and Columbia new
media professor

Friday, January 23, 2009
3:30-4:30 pm ET
12:30-1:30 pm PT
see local time around the world: http://snurl.com/aksml

Listen live or, later, to a recording here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ColumbiaJournalism/2009/01/09/Twitter-for-Journalists
Call in with your questions (or listen live): +1-646-915-9583

Before or after the show, leave a comment or tell us what to discuss,
in the comments section of
http://columbianm.blogspot.com/2009/01/webcast-linkedin-for-journalists-or.html
or e-mail sree[at]sree.net (subject = webcast)

If you Twitter about this, please use this hash tag – #columbiaj (see
the conversation here: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23columbiaj

UNDERSTANDING LINKEDIN:

* Resources from LinkedIn: Best practices for Journalists | Tips
for journalists
* BrazenCareerist: 10 Ways Journalists Can Use LinkedIn
* Poynter: LinkedIn for Journalists

See all those links, a vide explainer and more at
http://columbianm.blogspot.com/2009/01/webcast-linkedin-for-journalists-or.html