Author Archives: Dave Poulson

Kittens, ice and story selection

David Poulson

David Poulson


By David Poulson

The local historical society recently hosted a panel discussion of the history of the Lansing (Michigan) State Journal.
That’s my local newspaper and I was particularly interested in the event as I had once worked there as an editor. What really caught my interest in a video of the discussion was a longtime State Journal staffer’s explanation of the publication’s increasing use of metrics to measure how news is consumed.
She described how a video screen in the newsroom reports and ranks in real time the top Continue reading →

Knight Center researcher presents social media paper in Netherlands

Carol Terracina Hartman

Carol Terracina Hartman


Doctoral candidate Carol Terracina Hartman is presenting a paper examining the use of social media among nonprofit environmental groups at a June conference in Amsterdam.
Sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science, the Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space annual conference takes place at the University of Amsterdam.
The paper accepted for presentation is “Communication and Sustainability: Exploring nonprofit environmental groups use of social media.”
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