The more eagle-eyed among
you may have noticed that on our FeaturesExec
Media Database we now use the term ‘media outlets’ across the site instead
of ‘publications’.
Right from the beginning (that’s 1997, by the way) we’ve been including a lot
more than just print publications in FeaturesExec, and in recent months there
has been a big increase in broadcast and online outlets (including selected
blogs). So we thought it was time the language we used reflected the breadth of
the database.
We’ve also been expanding the content in our FeaturesExec Media Bulletin
section, which features media news and interviews with editors and freelance
journalists. Subscribers to both the FeaturesExec Media Database and the
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twice-weekly email alerts.
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While you were broadening horizons for media outlets, www.Poynter.org was doing the same for journalists. An article in the E-Media Tidbits section of The New Poynter Online website was suggesting that journalists should look at their blogs as "Media Career Insurance."
This a link to it:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=150680
Good idea, as far as it goes. I offered a few more ideas for journalists who need some online visibility.
Among them: get yourself listed on the Daryl Willcox Publishing Journalist Directory.
My suggestion is in the "feedback" section at the bottom of the article.
By the way, Daryl, thanks for optimizing all the links in the Journalist Directory to be ultra search engine friendly. Google's ability to find and index what I write has improved tremendously since I started using the NEW version.
REG CROWDER
http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/TgTQ/REG-CROWDER
Posted by: REG CROWDER | September 18, 2008 at 14:40