 How often do you check your Facebook profile, not your wall, but your profile? My husband can’t remember the last time he checked his profile. This evening he clicked on it and found he had Timeline. It was already public, which means he missed his 7-days grace period to edit and curate his Timeline. He didn’t mind. He sat there and went through his Timeline laughing at posts and pictures. Memories he had forgotten came flashing back. He found posts and tags from friends with whom he’s n... Continue reading ...
Last time I wrote and published a blog it was right after Facebook changed… again. The changes again had to do with how your newsfeed looks to you. This change drastically hurt pages at the time and for a good week because your newsfeed is now built on your interactions with your friends, groups and pages and your own ranking of posts as “Top Stories” or not. Since that first week the ranking of pages improved to where the pages to which I am an administrator had the normal amount of t... Continue reading ...
 Within minutes of seeing the roll-out of the new Facebook news feed on Wednesday I knew the changes would hurt pages. FB is taking all of your past use of FB to decide the order the posts you see on your FB news feed. It seems FB is ranking Profiles over Pages.
I noticed right away that if a Page I've liked has posted within a short amount of time before I logged in, that Page's post showed up towards the top in "Recent Stories." Then I noticed I had to scroll way down on my news fee...
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Each day I try to find social aspects of our stories. The easiest thing to do is just post a
question or comment about a story on Facebook and/or Twitter and let
conversation ensue. When I can or have
the opportunity I’ll jump into the conversation and add responses either as
myself or commenting as the station.
Those conversations are necessary to create relationships
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I have gone to the dark side.
I sometimes wonder who I am.
I see numbers in my sleep.
Ask any journalist about his/her math skills and you’ll probably find yourself hearing some joke about becoming a journalist to avoid working with numbers. Little did I know utilizing social media would put me smack in the middle of a bed of numbers.
The numbers were on the wall long, long ago when I realized I had branded myself by accident by using Twitter as a journalist. Every time I speak to stu...
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 Almost three months have passed since I last wrote and announced my decision to leave CBS4 News after 10 1/2 years On the News Desk.
I’ve been waiting for my feet to find steady ground. I’ve been finding my new place and how exactly I fit. I’ve been too exhausted at the end of the day to write.
I have composed many blogs in my mind and seriously need to start recording my thoughts so they aren’t lost!
My personal blog has been just as neglected, which is truly sad because I had pla...
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I’m taking a very serious, critical look at my time thus far as Digital Content Manager at 9NEWS. Only seconds have passed and the truth is hitting me upside the head: I haven’t spent enough time, nor have proper planning to actually have moved the station more than an inch in effectively utilizing social media. This truth is quickly followed with a smack to the other side of my head: I haven’t lived what I’ve been preaching. I wrote a 10-page Social Media Action Plan before I steppe...
Media organizations have partnered for as long as I can remember. CBS4 News used to partner with The Rocky Mountain News before it closed. Now the station partners with The Denver Business Journal. KUSA and KMGH also partner with local print organizations. There are various partnerships with local radio stations as well. These partnerships will continue but need to go beyond media organization to media organization. Collaboration is a term being used more these days to describe a wide variety ... Continue reading ...
I’ve spent the last two weeks playing around in Google Wave. I see its potential as a collaborative tool to share information during news events, such as a snow storm. I see it being used as a comment tool much like people comment on facebook or retweet with a comment on Twitter.
By now I believe my social media mantra is clear. Be smart. If you choose to use social media in any capacity know why, know your purpose and be smart in all you do. I need to extend my “be smart” advice to media that decides to critique social media use. Saturday morning while curled up under a blanket on the couch and sipping a mug of coffee I scrolled through Twitter on my cell phone. I saw a Tweet from @DaveWebb that said The Colorado Independent had called out The Denver Post for its... Continue reading ...
I was sick and at home for almost a full week. Watching the news was one of the last things I wanted to do. I wanted to watch chick flicks, reruns of my favorite shows, and catch up on all the shows episodes that sat for months on the DVR. Yet, I am a bit addicted to the news. I couldn’t stay away from it, but I rarely turned the TV to it. I got almost all the news from Twitter and facebook. No, I didn’t just read tweets or status updates and take those posts for truths. I let those posts ... Continue reading ...
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Twice this week I personally have been called out by two separate former followers on Twitter. Words like sensational and ignorant were used to describe me personally as a member of the media. In later posts both former followers then made degrading statements regarding media. Then both quit following me. A third former follower posted a question that tried to imply I was pushing station policy, when that simply wasn't the case. I tried to speak to all three to open a dialogue to discuss... Continue reading ...
Below is the article I wrote for an upcoming NATAS newsletter. The purpose of the article is to introduce social media to the NATAS member that may be thinking of using social media. Tell me your thoughts. Social media may not be a necessity. Social media, at this time, may not drastically change viewership numbers. Social media, however, will give you or your organization another voice in a world where turning on the television is not always the first action people take to find news. Social m... Continue reading ...
Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, June 20, 2009,
In :
Twitter
Twitter allows interaction with the viewers I'm trying to reach. Twitter allows Tweeps to share in my day, share my journey of news each night. Twitter makes the news more than just headlines. Twitter allows transparency in news coverage. Twitter allows Tweeps to have ownership in the news. All of that is possible in Twitter because Twitter is what you want it to be. You can make Twitter work for you in any way that you want. I use Twitter for all the above reasons. I have two simple Twitter R... Continue reading ...
Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, June 20, 2009,
In :
Twitter
I started this blog over a week ago and every time I sit down to write it, I can't seem to get out what I want to say. This block has left me feeling like there's nothing else I can blog about until I get this out. So please, if ramble and take tangents, remember it's my way of trying to connect the dots. I'd love your feedback and ideas. I agree Lacey, it's been too long since I blogged. Last week was a horrible week for journalism in Denver. The Rocky Mountain News closed. There were lay offs... Continue reading ...
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About Me
I am a Journalist using Social Technologies and Interactive Media to connect with news consumers. I am taking on the new exciting and challenging role of Digital Content Manager at 9News in Denver, CO. Previously
I was an Assignment Editor at CBS4 News in Denver where I won a Regional Emmy for my work and spent the first 10 years of my career. I truly grew up On the News Desk.
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