Social Media as a Tool

This week I also used social media networks to try and get some feedback for my upcoming story. My story is about the Coliseum so I decided to pose a question on Facebook and see if anyone responded. I also tweeted about it. I am new to Twitter so I think if I play around a little more with it and figure out what works best it really could be beneficial to me as a journalist. I haven't received any responses that I know of yet, but I think it is due to the fact that I need to use words that stand out more and catch peoples attention.
My tweet: @johnnimacke: why is the #usc coliseum better than other football stadiums?
@johnnimacke: why do you love the #USC Coliseum???

For Facebook I decided to change my status into a question about the Coliseum. I got a couple of responses, but I think if I asked it over and over for a couple of days it would get a higher read and more people would respond. I also employed the notes section on Facebook. I just learned about this tool, so I think if I were to inform others about it, I would get a stronger response in the future.
Facebook Status:

Johnni Macke Why is the Coliseum the best venue in college football?!

Alexa Hess likes this.

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    Leslie Lewis because we play there?

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    Katie Driscoll the rich history of victoryyyy! (good enough, johnni?)

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    Katie Driscoll also, EDC!

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    Mika Lewis cuz it has swag...and walking distance from campus

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Facebook Note:

USC Coliseum

by Johnni Macke on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 1:18pm

 What makes the USC Coliseum better than any other college football venue? Trojans are die hard football fans and the Coliseum is a large part of that. What is your greatest memory at the Coliseum? Why do you keep coming back? What is it about USC Football that makes it stand out? What do you think about the Coliseum? Love it? Hate it? Let me know!!

I am interested in exploring the potential of social networks as a source for journalism in the future!

Social Media

This week I followed a couple of different news sources on Facebook and Twitter. After taking a close look at Los Angeles Times, KTLA-5 and Patch I have a better understanding of what works and what doesn't on social networks. On Facebook I think the Los Angeles Times was the most successful. They had at least six new story feeds every day. I think this is the right amount of stories to have. If it gets to be more than 10 posts within a day it becomes overwhelming. I think this is the problem with KTLA-5 on Facebook. They had so many news stories that it began to annoy me and get in the way of reading stories that were the best. I liked the Los Angeles Times page too because it has a variety of topics that they cover and it is not focused to one specific thing. I could find a story every day that was interesting to me. Patch on the other hand did not have enough news being filtered out through Facebook.  Once you search for their page, you are given a lot to look at and it is really engaging. But based on my news feed, I rarely saw Patch stories pop up, which I think could be worked on.

In regards to Twitter I think KTLA-5 had the most success. KTLA-5 always had something pop up on my page and each time it made me stop because their logo on Twitter is very bold and noticeable. Also, I felt like the stories they linked out to had intense or sensational style titles, which hooked me in. The Los Angeles Times also did a good job of catching my eye with its logo and story titles. Stories that I think would actually pop up on their homepage were popping up all week and making me want to read more. Patch I think could use some more work. I think because it is so focused on a certain demographic it fails to attract more people. I think their content is very interesting but it is not being advertised as well as it could be.

Overall I think social media is an amazing resource and I think from this point on I will pay more attention to the news that comes on my news feed daily.

Weekender 2010

Trojans have more fun... especially during the Weekender. Despite the sad result, USC played a great game and we had so much fun, even on the 5 freeway.

So this week I am going to share a couple of videos with you that show the road to and from the Weekender. So take a look!!

Interview with Cami Groeniger:

Five Shots/ Different Angles:

The Weekender Roadtrip(complete video):

It's back to school now and reality... only four more days until the next game day. Go Trojans! Beat the Bears!!

Thats all for now Enjoy the Juice.

Daddy's Little Girl

So here's the juice:

Maddie Lay and I had an amazing interview a couple of weeks ago about her dad, Ron. Now we have pictures courtesy of the Lay family and myself to go along with the interview. Daddy's Little Girl is Maddie's voice mixed with pictures, which bring the story to life. Enjoy!

xoxoxo Juicy