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Columbia Journalism School presents a briefing on LinkedIn for Journalists

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UPDATE, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

* LinkedIn for Journalists

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
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The Top 3 Reasons People Still Read A Printed Newspaper

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A question I put forth on Linked In and some responses below.

View LinkedIN Q&A Thread The Top 3 Reasons People Still Read A Printed Newspaper (versus online):

1. I read it on mass transit NY/NJ  2. I subscribe to the wall street journal because trying to read their content online would melt my eyes  3. After looking at a computer all day, my eyes need a rest.

1. Online you can then switch to other work activities easily, in print, you stay reading the newspaper  2. I identify the print with weekends and reading the non “latest news” sections – it is relaxing  3. You can rip out good cartoons and put them on the fridge or notice board for others to see

1. In print the ads are not flashing or waving at me.  2. When I disagree with a position article I can tear up the newspaper.   3. There is no comfortable way to lean back, cross one leg over the other and look sophisticated while squinting at a monitor.

There are only two reason anyone would want to read the local paper (San Francisco Chronicle) and thats the local news and the obituaries. Having grown up in San Francisco both are important, but other then that it is a very poor source of news at best.

1) Computer keyboard gets sticky if I spill orange juice on it while eating breakfast.  2) Hard to keep computer screen steady while jogging on treadmill  3) Computer screen is ruined when I fill out crossword puzzle in ink

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