Friday Fast Five – Your Guide to New Media

By Benét J. Wilson, immediate past chair, NABJ Digital Journalism Task Force & social media/eNewsletters editor, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

1. Mashable — Anyone Can Be Found on Social Media in 12 Hours
2.  Poynter — 10 digital tools journalists can use to improve their reporting, storytelling
3. Bloggers Passion — 5 Viral Content Ideas For Your Blogging Success
4. Lifehacker — 8 Extensions That Make Google Drive More Powerful Than Dropbox
5. Knight Digital Media Center — 5 ways to use Slideshare to engage communities, build traffic

Friday Fast Five + Five

By Benét J. Wilson, DJTF co-chair, Online Managing Editor-Business Aviation, Aviation Week Group

I’m starting to get to the bottom of my Fast Five folder, but I still have more items, so today will be another bonus five-day.  And I’d like to mention that my streak of including at least one 10000 Words entry in each column remains intact.  Enjoy!!

1. 10000 Words – 3 Underrated but essential skills for journalists. (I can admit to having only 1 of the three)
2. Smashing Magazine – How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites
3. Lifehacker – How to Record Great Video with Your HD DSLR Camera
4. Mashable – 10 Beautiful Social Media Infographics
5. Photojo Store – Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle Camera Phone Lenses
6. Hyperlocal Blogger – TwitZip: Twitter’s Unofficial Hyperlocal News Network
7. Teaching Journalism Online – Getting started with WordPress
8. Blogging Tips – Reinventing Yourself and Your Blog
9. Tech Radar – 50 really useful Android tips and tricks
10. GigaOm – Freesound Project: Creative Commons Licensed Audio Snippets

Friday Fast Five — The Blogging Edition

By Benét J. Wilson, DJTF co-chair, Online Managing Editor-Business Aviation, Aviation Week Group

As I go through the angst of setting up my new blog (which I hope to unveil by the end of the month), I thought this week’s Fast Five would lend itself well to a list of tips, tricks and tools that can help if you want to create your own blog.  And the bonus five tips will continue through the end of the month.  Enjoy!

1. 10000 Words — Why I switched from Blogger to WordPress and how I did it
2. Outspoken Media — The 5 Old Blogging Rules Killing Your Readership.
3. Google News — Bringing Live Stories to WordPress.
4. Social Media Examiner — 6 Ways to Constantly Produce Quality Blog Content.
5. Copyblogger — 14 Foolproof Proofreading Tips for Bloggers.
6. Lifehacker — Five Best Personal Web Hosts.
7. Blogging Tips — How to Find the Right Topic for Your New Blog.
8. Nieman Journalism Lab — Launching a site? Five tips to get you off on the right foot.
9. Ink Rebels — Learn How To Blog Like A Pro.
10. Bit Rebels — How to Promote Your Blog.

Friday Fast Five — The Photo Edition

By Benét J. Wilson, DJTF co-chair, Online Managing Editor-Business Aviation, Aviation Week Group

I still have a HUGE pile of Fast Five items in my folder, so for the next few weeks, I’ll be doing a bonus five tips.  So here goes!

1. 10000 Words — 7 Cool cameras and accessories.  I bought the HD-6000 laptop video camera and I love it!!
2. Social Photo Talk — Top 10 Camera & Photo Bestsellers – June 2010.
3. Mashable — 10 Fantastic Photoshop Tutorials on YouTube.
4. Lifehacker — Unshake Makes Blurry Photos Passable.
5. Google — Freeze Frame.
6. Mashable — Flickr Makes it Easy to Share Photos on Facebook.
7. Maximum PC — The 5 Best Free Online Photo Editors Reviewed and Compared.
8. Resources — 20 Best Photo Editing Software For Free Download.
9. Mashable — 8 Best Android Apps for Photo Editing.
10. Web Worker Daily — Looking for Free Stock Photos? Try Veezzle.