As Goes Janesville Engages the Community

As Goes Janesville, airing tonight, is more than a film. It’s part of an engagement campaign to bring people together to talk about solutions for communities like Janesville. 

Enough said. 

Enough said. 

futurejournalismproject: New Pew Report: More Mobile = More News Consumption via paidContent: The findings, conducted by the Pew Research Center and the Economist Group, were presented Monday at an advertising week event in New York. They showed that news was the second most popular activity after email on smartphones and tablets, and that people who used both types of devices were likely to consume more overall news than before. In practice, this means that publishers are adapting to what Denise Warren of the New York Times calls the “multi-platform news user.” Warren says this user is likely to read the Times on a tablet in the morning and in the evenings, and to use their phone as an “interstitial” news device during the day. Warren added that these trends have led the company to increase its engineering team by 40% in an effort to produce an optimal mobile experience for roving news consumers. Read the full PDF of the report here. FJP: Another interesting finding studying news consumption trends, also from Pew, shows that for American adults under 30, social media has surpassed newspapers and equaled TV as their primary source of daily news. via Poynter: The study found 33 percent of those young adults got news from social networks the day before, while 34 percent watched TV news and just 13 percent read print or digital newspaper content. Images: Selection from the report. All the more reason to think about how mobile viewers interact with your site.

futurejournalismproject:

New Pew Report: More Mobile = More News Consumption

via paidContent:

The findings, conducted by the Pew Research Center and the Economist Group, were presented Monday at an advertising week event in New York. They showed that news was the second most popular activity after email on smartphones and tablets, and that people who used both types of devices were likely to consume more overall news than before.

In practice, this means that publishers are adapting to what Denise Warren of the New York Times calls the “multi-platform news user.” Warren says this user is likely to read the Times on a tablet in the morning and in the evenings, and to use their phone as an “interstitial” news device during the day.

Warren added that these trends have led the company to increase its engineering team by 40% in an effort to produce an optimal mobile experience for roving news consumers.

Read the full PDF of the report here.

FJP: Another interesting finding studying news consumption trends, also from Pew, shows that for American adults under 30, social media has surpassed newspapers and equaled TV as their primary source of daily news.

via Poynter:

The study found 33 percent of those young adults got news from social networks the day before, while 34 percent watched TV news and just 13 percent read print or digital newspaper content.

Images: Selection from the report.

All the more reason to think about how mobile viewers interact with your site.

In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen — really seen.
Brené Brown, author of The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly (via austinkleon)
halftheskymovement: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide premieres tonight at 9/8pm CT. on Independent Lens | PBS! Please share, and invite your friends to join you tonight! Amazing initiative. We’ll be watching tonight. 

halftheskymovement:

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide premieres tonight at 9/8pm CT. on Independent Lens | PBS! 

Please share, and invite your friends to join you tonight!

Amazing initiative. We’ll be watching tonight. 

Community Manager of the Day (from WYCC PBS Chicago)

wyccpbsblog:

This was a lot of fun, and I hope it gives you a little insight into how we develop content here at WYCC. :)

Thanks for mentioning our blog, Nicole! We’re all kinds of giddy over here. 

25 Best Pinterest Boards in EdTech

world-shaker:

You know. If you’re into Pinterest and whatnot. Here are the first four:

  1. Vicki Dabrowka, Ed Tech: Browse through more than 180 pins all related to educational technology from teacher and environmental educator Vicki Dabrowka.
  2. Cristin Dillard, #EdTech: This edtech board is filled with helpful resources for using technology in the classroom, finding apps, and a few useful web 2.0 tools, too.
  3. Patricia Brown, EDTECH: There are numerous videos, tutorials, articles, and other resources to help you learn how to better use technology in education on this very helpful board.
  4. Vicki Davis, Teaching Ideas and Apps: Vicki Davis, better known as “Cool Cat Teacher,” is a popular edtech blogger. Here she shares some of her favorite tools and ideas for using tech in the classroom.

Mimes? “Free magic”? Those strange reversible lanes in Chicago? AIR’s Jessica Clark shares three tips behind WBEZ’s Localore project: Curious City.

Cheat sheet:

  • Keep a door-wide-open policy
  • Iterate, iterate, iterate
  • Cultivate delight

Find out more here.

pewinternet:

Social networking sites - who uses what platform? We’ve got the data, yes we do!

  • 12% of online adults say they use Pinterest
  • 12% of online adults say they use Instagram
  • 5% of online adults say they use Tumblr
  • 66% of online adults use Facebook
  • 20% use LinkedIn
  • 16% use Twitter

Want more stats? We got ‘em. http://pewrsr.ch/SHyZRc

Some great research from the Pew Research Center on social media users.

Word is spreading throughout all of Indian Country. Hop on board, folks!

nativemedia:

Check out NATIVE VOTE’s new video and pint add campaign they launched this year to help spread the word about the importance of Native Americans voting. It is vital that the Indigenous people of these lands voice their opinions and speak up for themselves, their tribe and their country. 

http://www.nativevote.org/