By: Jacqueline Ingles

Three years into broadcast and I have already had the pleasure and sometimes pain of working with close to a dozen interns. Internships are important and students should get them to take advantage of them.

Unfortunately, there are those that only come to a newsroom to sit around, do nothing and fluff up their resume. I chose to write about this topic because this past year I had an intern superstar. Not only was this girl motivated, but she was a self-starter. I would actually come into work and look forward to working with her. Not only did she go above and beyond, but she got herself recognized, liked and walked out with great references.

Here are a few things I noticed:

1) No Job was Too Small

Even if this intern was getting me a a diet coke, no job was to small. I get that everyone wants to help write, edit, shoot, and get standups for their real, etc. But, I often forget to eat in my jam packed day. And, I was thankful and noted every time she took on a task of little to no meaning. She did it and did it eagerly. Soon, we were spending lunches together and I was showing her editing tricks and sipping on Cokes together. We talked business and she got great insight. She realized how the littlest thing can impact someone’s day in the newsroom and how help, even if small, goes a long way. So, the lesson to all interns: even if you are getting coffee or stapling papers, running scripts to anchors, these little things mean a lot to reporters. Our days are long, detailed and while you may not realize, those little jobs and tasks are very helpful. Do it with a smile and be eager, and you will get noticed.

2) Ms. Self-Starter

If I were in the field taking photos for the web, guess who was right next to me snapping away on her iPhone? My intern! I did not ask her to do this or tell her. She did it on her own and it paid off. Her photos showed up on our web site with her own by-line. Also, as a one-woman-band, if I was shooting, she would ask to see shots, ask me how to position the camera, etc. She got so good at what she was doing, when I needed a hand shooting standups, guess who worked the camera? My intern. To thank her, I would then work the camera for her and she got standups for her reel.

3) Going the Distance…Literally

I have the opportunity to also work 50 miles away from my station in my own bureau a few times a week. Many people hear bureau and RUN. They only want to be at the main station, around the big anchors and in the nice studio. This intern didn’t. In fact, she made it a point to drive to the bureau and spend the day with me. Was it glamorous? No. Was it long, hard and grueling? Yes. But, she did it. She wanted to get her hands into as many pies as possible so to speak. And, it had me admiring her. It showed me that to her, TV was not about being on TV.

Now, I have had some interns who are best described as duds. One girl decided to leave earlier for a nail appointment. Apparently, her pedicure was more important than staying until deadline. Needless to say, she didn’t walk out with a demo reel or anyone’s respect. Bottom line, come in motivated and take everything seriously, big or small. Our industry is small. It is likely the people you intern for now will be in positions to recommend you for hire later.

Jacqueline Ingles is a multi-platform reporter for KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas. She writes, shoots, edits, fronts her story and then provides a more in-depth story version on her station’s web site daily. She founded the blog “In Ingles Please” in early 2010. A native of Chicago, Jacqueline received a master’s in broadcast journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She also graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola University-Chicago.

By: Lynn Walsh

Journalists cover conflicts of interest in news stories every day — but how often do we think about our own conflict of interests?

Lately for me, it has come up a few more times than I would like.

First, it was a few months ago, the Houston Independent School District (the same district I cover on a daily basis for Texas Watchdog) was asking for volunteers to help bring students who have dropped-out of school back into the classroom with an annual door-knocking event. Volunteers would walk side-by-side with school board trustees, district administrators and others trying to locate the students and re-enroll them in their neighborhood school.

Simple enough, right? That’s what I thought when I forwarded the information to my editor to see if it would be alright if I signed up as a volunteer. That is when the discussion got interesting and I began to think a lot more about conflicts of interest in my life.

My editor brought up a variety of reasons why it would not be a good idea: what if the program coordinator misspent money? What if someone fudges the numbers on how many volunteers were really there? In all of these scenarios I would be responsible for reporting on the story for my news organization and how would readers view my story if they knew I participated in it?

“Things have changed since I was coming up in newsrooms,” Kevin Smith, past president of the Society of Professional Journalists said. “Conflicts of interest were evident and you just didn’t cross that line. You conducted your personal life in a manner that didn’t hamper your credibility as a journalist.”

The key according to Smith is that everything you do, both in your personal and professional life does not damage your credibility as a journalist.

And I think he is right. While I would have loved to volunteer and give back to my community, is it worth tainting my journalism career and the reputation of my news organization? In my opinion it is not and that is why ultimately I chose not be a volunteer for the event.

Lucky for me, conflicts of interest debates did not stop there. The next one came a few weeks later when I was asked to join a committee to help with ticket sales for the annual Houston Rodeo. I have been to the rodeo before and think it is a lot of fun. Having studied sales and marketing in college, I thought it sounded like a great way to get involved in the Houston community until I was reminded of the school drop-out volunteering situation — I was once again thinking about the potential conflict of interest joining the committee could bring to my career.

“You did not join groups. You didn’t get involved in politics and you didn’t draw yourself into a position where someone might have reason to question your objectivity,” Smith says.

When I first heard this, I thought it seemed a little strict and according to Smith, journalism students and young journalists feel the same way: “Teaching students today, they don’t get that. They think their personal life is separate. You have to ask yourself if the public agrees. I’m confident that don’t.”

“You get involved personally in boards and committees and you are running a enormous risk of drawing yourself into a public eye that is going to judge you, your publication or station and draw conclusions about you and your credibility,” Smith said.

After considering the risk and the public’s viewpoint of the matter I decided against joining the rodeo committee. But how far does it go? Smith said conflicts of interest used to be taken a lot more seriously in the journalism community.

“It went further,” Smith said. “You had to pay attention to what your wife or husband or kids did. You family was an extension. If my brother was the mayor, I didn’t cover city hall. If my wife was on a political action committee, I didn’t support her or put a bumper sticker on my car.”

While not putting a bumper sticker on your car seems like an easy decision, others may not always be. Think about how many brands or companies you are fans of on Facebook — what would ever happen if you had do a story on a recall one of them is having. Or what if you chose not to do the story on the recall? The public could lose all credibility for you and your news organization.

“For a journalist, it’s not worth losing your credibility because that’s pretty much what you have going for you,” Smith said. “The public expects two things from a reporter — they are telling the truth and they are being fair. You do that constantly and your reputation will be above reproach. You create real or apparent conflicts on interest for yourself and your reputation will dissolve rapidly. My advice, don’t do it. Conduct your personal life like your reputation matters.”

What do you think? Should it be ok for a journalist to serve on a community volunteer board? What about volunteering for community events? We want to hear from you, share your thoughts on Twitter @SPJGenerationJ on YouTube, www.YouTube.com/SPJGenerationJ on Facebook or right here on our blog.

Lynn Walsh is an investigative video journalist for Texas Watchdog, a nonprofit online news organization that focuses on government transparency and government accountability. Lynn is also the head of the SPJ Generation J committee. Get in touch with her on Twitter @LWalsh or Lynn.K.Walsh@gmail.com

By Jennifer Nicole Sullivan

You’re an entry-level arts journalist and have been assigned to review a local theater production. Free tickets plus pay to see the show—right on! But if you’ve never formally studied theater or have any stage experience, how do you approach it? Viewing a play for review is much more active than passively viewing a play for pleasure. While some of this is common sense, an untrained theater reviewer might miss some of the basics.

Here’s my own eight-point method to use when viewing a play or musical for review. There’s no order of importance, but it’s easy to remember with this acronym: ACCCT SAM.

Actors: Of the leads and supporting characters, who stands out? Who’s a weak link? Note dialects, singing voices, stage presence, movement or unique qualities.

Content: Interpretation of the text or changes in the text. Strengths/flaws in the playwright’s work? Note any memorable or hilarious quotes.

Costumes: Do they strengthen the production? Period appropriate? Malfunctions?

Choreography/Blocking: Does it make sense? Too much standing or sitting? Multi-level movement? Dynamic use of the stage? Standout dancers?

Time: Always note the length of the production and number and length of intermissions. Also, is the play timely? Does it speak to current events? Why is the play produced now?

Stage Design/Lighting: Visually appropriate and/or pleasing? Complex or sparse? Inventive lighting techniques? Clever set transformations?

Audience/Venue: What type of stage—proscenium, thrust or theater-in-the-round? How does that influence the play’s intimacy? Any audience interaction? Who’s watching this play with you—teens, children, women, the elderly, etc.?

Music: Standout musical numbers? Live music? If so, number of musicians? Proper volume of mics? Note any memorable lyrics.

There’s a lot to soak in when reviewing a play, but don’t bombard yourself with taking too many notes. Just scribble down what you can’t remember offhand.

Other Tips:

• Research the play online for back-story. Some scripts and showtune lyrics are available online to help verify your quotes from the production.
• Keep your theater program or press release for information about the cast, ticket prices, box office, venue and performance schedule.
• Go with your gut. Would you recommend it to your friends and family? Why or why not? What’s the most memorable thing about the production? Your gut reaction will set the tone for the review and possibly shape your lead paragraph.
• Think beyond good and bad. Examine what you liked or hated and why. Offer a solution for something that didn’t quite work. Give positives and negatives (if any). Don’t shy away from giving honest, tactful, constructive criticism.
• Don’t give away too much of the story, unless it’s well known (i.e. “The Wizard of Oz”). Just like a film, no one wants to read spoilers. Tease the readers just enough for them to decide to see or skip the production.
• Read theater reviews in The New York Times, on Broadway.com or in your local publications to see how it’s done.

Jennifer Nicole Sullivan is a freelance journalist recently relocated to New York City. She’s written dozens of reviews of theater productions in Austin, Texas, and throughout Rhode Island. She has degrees in theater and radio-TV-film from The University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in English from The University of Rhode Island. The Dallas native is a former features reporter at Corpus Christi Caller-
Times. For examples of Sullivan’s theater reviews, visit Newport Mercury or TrendyJenny.

By Nathaniel Miller

You’re an early-career journalist hired to cover a community new to you.

You’ve picked up a couple tricks from school, internships and entry-level jobs. You know it’s a good idea to begin building a detailed source list. Initiate contact as soon as possible; log a phone number here, schedule a meeting there.

The best jobs provide lead time to read current events and interact with people in your new community. Other times, you’ve got to learn along the way, and in many cases, you’ll need to learn in your off-hours.

This is where pajama bottom journalism comes in – methods to learn about your community, with your laptop, from the comforts of your bed. Or at your Ikea desk. Or at the table you found on Craigslist. I know you wear pajamas sitting in front of them.

(1) Embrace RSS:

Really Simple Syndication, RSS, is a smart way to bring the news to you and saves you the time it takes to visit every homepage for every outlet. Start with a list of all of the news organizations you know and add to your media diet as you go. Bookmark the home pages and subscribe to the feeds.

Organization and management is key. Create a method that works for you. Be content in not reading everything you see. Scanning is important.

I use the built-in RSS reader in Safari and organize feeds into folders by category:

• 10 feeds of onsite Associated Press news, including business, entertainment, health and science, national, political, sports (national and state), state, technology and world news
• feeds from our top-level sections (news, politics, sports, lifestyle and opinion), our staff blogs and video created by our television station partner
• more than 70 local bloggers in our Sacramento Connect network
• four local television stations, two university newspapers, one radio station, five local online news outlets and six local news publications

My goals are simple: know what our staff and partners are producing to best to link related content and listen to what others have contributed to the news agenda.

(2) Connect with local journalists:

Whether you view other local journalists as competitors or partners, you can’t discount the value reading, watching and listening to the work of others.

There are more than 500 journalists working in the editorial departments of newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations, wire services, online outlets and niche publications in the greater Sacramento region. There may be more or less in your region. In any case, a lot of good work is done by those outside your organization.

• Search for staff lists and bookmark them. Here’s one staff list.
• Search Twitter for them and follow them. Here’s one social networking lead.
• Join local media association groups. Here’s one group.
• Create Twitter lists to manage the noise. Here we are. Here they are.

The goals, again, are simple: listening and connecting. Manage your news flow and build bridges for communication.

(3) Research local ties:

“Local kid makes good” is a pretty good story. Your audience wants to know about people from the area.

• Keep a list of famous people in a spreadsheet. Anyone born or raised in your area has a local following. Sometimes Wikipedia has done the work for you, like these lists of writers, sports figures and entertainers with roots in Sacramento or of alumni from this university and this university. If you’re feeling collaborative, make your lists public by editing the Wikipedia page. (Disclosure: I used to edit the above sports figures page when I was in college.)

• Set up Google Alerts for people that interest you. Know when the hometown athlete is arrested or if the traveling musician returns home to try out new material. Alerts for the local universities and community colleges also surface interesting content.

• Create Twitter lists for these hometown connections, and separate them into groups as you see fit.

Reporters who’ve been at the company for two decades may have developed an excellent source network that informs them of news about locals. You’re not there yet, but you’ll make up a lot of time by setting up these news streams.

(Bonus) Know what locals “Google”:

Google Insights for Search was my favorite takeaway from the 2010 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference. The tool allows you see what people search on Google, and you can narrow the query to a metropolitan area during set time frames. A simple search will show you the 10 top search terms and 10 rising searches.

Granted, the top search term column is generally useless besides finding out that people may not know how to type “.com.” Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube, Craigslist and Google regularly dominate the searched terms in the Sacramento region.

The second column, appearing on the right side of the page, is what will grab you. Google displays the terms gaining significant growth. “Breakout” terms are being searched more than 500 percent the normal rate.

It provides great support to the national topics you want to localize. Yes, Sacramento does care that much about Miley Cyrus.

Nathaniel Miller is an online content developer at The Sacramento Bee. He studied government-journalism at California State University, Sacramento, and can be found ranting about journalism on Twitter at @journalistnate.

By: Mike Brannen

For the past several years, two forces have challenged traditional news mediums: the recession and the Internet. From talking with news directors and executive producers, the economic slump is starting to wear off, and TV stations are getting back to full strength. Reports called it the worst economy since the Great Depression, but look where we are now. Is there anything extremely dramatic that changed in TV news the last two to three years? Doesn’t seem that way. It goes to show how powerful and necessary is this medium.

So if the economy can’t kill TV news, could the Internet? I argue that it won’t. In this brief article I discuss how live TV, the audience’s use of TV news, and credibility of reporters will keep broadcasts on-air.

Live TV
Humans are visual creatures. When you close your eyes and recall a memory, you see that image in your mind. TV broadcasts images that leave an imprint on us. Whether it’s breaking news, a TV show, or a sporting event, if it matters to us, we will remember it.

The greatest advantage TV news has on the Internet is a live broadcast. Uninterrupted, 100% clear picture, at-this-second broadcasting. There’s no need for downloading a plugin, or an app. You don’t need wireless access. TV doesn’t suffer though those annoying “Buffering” hiccups. Until the Internet is able to broadcast at the same speed, with the same consistency, without technical interruption, TV has the advantage for breaking news.

The Passive Audience
Families’ lives are built around the 9 to 5. Is it a coincidence local newscasts air before and after that 8-hour shift? Of course not, and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. The other key component to these newscasts is the likelihood of people passively watching TV. In the cliché American morning, mothers are getting kids ready for school; dads are getting ready for work. Those are their primary tasks. Their secondary task is listening to the news. In contrast, reading news on the Internet is a primary, or active, task. They are solely focused on that medium. They can’t concurrently engage in another activity as they would watching TV. It is likely that people will passively gather news in the morning and around dinner time from the TV, but will turn to the Internet in the later hours when time becomes available.

Credibility
TV newsrooms, especially at the local affiliate level, aren’t particularly swimming with journalists. The reporters and anchors generate more familiarity with its audience because of the facetime. It goes back to the TV imprint: we see TV reporters with our own eyes. We are engaged with them and perhaps have a greater sense of trust in them. The Internet is often a sea of faceless names, with which we have no emotional connection.

There are newer Internet news startups, such as Patch.com, that are nudging in to the local news game. My impression of Patch is of a professional, glorified blog. It attempts a hyperlocal approach, but with a journalists attitude. I believe that the audience has a specific impression of these types of reporters. It’s the stereotypical image of a blogger sitting at home in their pajamas sifting through the web and putting together a subjective story. It may be a road block forever impeding online journalists. By comparison, TV journalists may earn a greater sense of credibility because they are actively scouring the city and physically meeting with the people they cover. If people trust TV news, they will continue to watch.

Conclusion
The Internet has changed the face of TV news and newsgathering. While it may weaken affiliates, I don’t forsee the end of TV news. Call it naïve, or optimistic. But try this: picture September 11th, or the Hudson River Miracle. Were you on the web, or were you watching a TV? I hope your answer shows how we will always value TV news.

Mike Brannen recently completed his thesis, Motivational Use of Twitter, and received a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has worked various positions at KOMU-TV during the past four years. He is currently a newscast producer and producer supervisor.

By: Lynn Walsh

As the end of another year approaches, many of us will be reflecting on stories and events that we have experienced in 2010 while planning what 2011 will look like both personally and professionally.

If you are like me, the reflecting and planning will include some self evaluation as well as some skills I would like to work on in 2011.

To help you reflect or get motivated for a new year, past president of the Society of Professional Journalists, Kevin Smith, has some advice for Generation J members: be versatile and be passionate.

“Know as much as you can about all aspects of journalism,” Smith said. “It will serve you greatly in your career.”

Smith knows the benefits of being versatile firsthand. Smith was hired as a sports editor at a small paper when he got out of school, but the job soon turned into more than editing.

“On the first day I also learned I was the chief photographer because no one knew how to operate a darkroom,” Smith said. “So, I did that and I was assigned other duties and the work was piled on. In the end I learned so much. Knowing how to do so many things made be valuable to the next employer.”

“So, the bottom line is, you need to make yourself valuable,” Smith said. “Too many people in this profession think they have to specialize. That will come with experience. Forget being niche. Know lots of skills.”

Along with being versatile, Smith believes being passionate will help further your journalism career.

“Veterans can be great when it comes to advice about how to work more effectively with less effort,” Smith said. “You learn the ropes and it gets easier. But veterans aren’t the best about boosting morale. I look for young people who have a fire in the belly and who really want to know and learn and do journalism.”

Smith says he would choose a passionate journalists over one with a bad attitude any day. “I’ve always said given the choice between a veteran with skills but a bad attitude and a young staffer who’s raw but is enthusiastic, I’d always take the later. I can teach skills, but it’s hard to change a bad disposition.”

Lynn Walsh is an investigative video journalist for Texas Watchdog, a nonprofit online news organization that focuses on government transparency and government accountability. Lynn is also the committee chair for Generation J. Get in touch with her on Twitter @LWalsh or Lynn.K.Walsh@gmail.com.

Fortune favors the bold and the brave and I’ve had some recent experience to prove it.

At 27, I wasn’t happy in my reporting job in Alabama, covering about three times as many beats as I’d been hired to do, pushing the social media efforts and presence, plus I was on the SPJ national board as a regional director, still on the board of the state chapter, working on a masters and involved in other things.

Yes, I had taken these things on myself, but I was overwhelmed and becoming more unhappy and realized it was time to go.

But need to go was  being compounded by the difficulty in finding time to apply for new jobs or find them at all. It’s a tough market and when your miserable, it’s that much harder to focus, oddly enough.

So, I did what some people consider absolutely crazy, but if you know me, you know it’s pretty much par for the course.

I quit my job.

I didn’t have another one lined up yet and wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to do next, but I knew I had to do something. So I forced my own hand.

I call Virginia home, having grown up a  military brat, it’s where we lived the longest and my parents were still there. Before going totally off the deep end, I did ask if I could come home as a backup (a backup I prayed I wouldn’t need).

Packing up my apartment and making plans to move back to Virginia, I still didn’t know where I was going.

I’d applied to at least 50 jobs, in fields like public relations, new media, research, academic, politics and journalism.

I was getting a bit scared and starting to really stress out when an editor I’d interviewed with called and offered me a job as a military magazine editor (I was a military, among other things in Alabama). The relief of knowing where to unpack my boxes at the other end of a move was enormous.

While I won’t recommend that you pull a crazy Jenn, I will recommend that early in your careers you be bold.

Not stupid or reckless, but bold. Know your strengths, build on them at all times and be ever growing your skill set. Having a job is one thing, but be thinking about the job you want to have next or where you want to end up long term.

It was entirely insane to quit my job without a new one in what is a pretty lousy economy and job market. But I found that there were so many new opportunities out there that I’d never considered and probably wouldn’t have had I not forced my own hand so drastically.

All of a sudden I was thinking about all the possibilities and really doing some thinking as to what I wanted to do with my career and my life. I love journalism, but I won’t lie, there was serious thought about leaving the business. I don’t think I’ll do that yet, because in going the non-traditional route, I realized that journalism these days is what we create. The unknown is scary, but it’s a place that allows you to grow significantly in a short time. The unknown is where you put all of yourself to the test and see what you’ve got and what more you need to do.

My love of newspapers runs deep, but journalism is now so much more than print and it’s constantly evolving and to be a more active part of that, trying different areas, challenging myself and growing as a journalist is better than simply having a business card that reads “reporter” after my name.

There’s an excitement that comes with bold moves that is unmatched. It’s also completely terrifying and it’s a gamble. But, completely worth it.

Be bold in your current jobs. Know what your good at, own your skills and use them. You’re young and you may have to fight harder to be heard, but don’t let youth be a hindrance. Make it work for you.

When a job isn’t working for you, give it serious thought and if necessary, make a bold change. But please be realistic about your options. I had family in the area and lots of conneections and was reasonably sure I’d find a job within a few months. That might not have been the case if I’d moved to an area where I knew no one or didn’t have the necessary skills. I took a risk, but it was a calculated risk and one that paid off.

People told me I was crazy, but I figured, hey, I’m 27, when else am I truly going able to roll the dice and improve my professional and personal life in the span of a month?

By: Mike Brannen

It seems that more often than not newspaper journalists are breaking the big investigative stories. Being a TV guy, it’s frustrating, but it is an inevitability I’ve learned to live with.

Sometimes those stories pack a punch, and people are going to talk its impact to their friends. As a TV producer, I have the responsibility of choosing which stories will air to the public. Often those stories focus directly on what has happened, is happening, or will happen in the course of one single day. We are at the mercy of time. When a big investigative piece hits the newsstands, a dilemma appears for TV newsrooms: How can we provide this information to our audience even though we did not and probably cannot cover it?

I had a discussion with a managing editor at a TV station in a top 15 market last week about this topic. I was concerned with the occasional stories including the line “according to the (local daily newspaper).” Coming from the University of Missouri, we have been bred to never report what other news outlets report. It’s a big, big no-no young journalists must learn quickly. For years, I subscribed to this attitude. Well, after talking with the managing editor, I had a change of heart for two reasons.

The first reason is the simple change in the way news is covered. People are caring less about who is reporting stories. They are able to figure out on their own whether or story is believable or not. If a TV station chooses not at least acknowledge a report by a newspaper, the viewer will feel cheated out of the news. This is especially true if everyone hears about the story outside of your newscast. You’ve now dropped the ball on a big story. You can at least give the story justice by mentioning it on air, and most importantly, attributing it. The managing editor also made another valuable point: it’s more worthwhile for TV reporters to spend their day fact checking dozens of stories instead of just that one big investigation.

The second reason I had a change of heart was the understanding of Mizzou’s mission. The school’s system is to teach you the rules so you know when to break them. That rule about not reporting what others report is to teach the lesson of doing your own hard reporting, and not copying what the competition has. It certainly is a good teaching point for young journalists.

Overall, the nature of the journalism world requires TV stations to attribute reports from newspapers for the greater purpose of informing our audience, rather than subscribe to an idealistic approach to reporting.

Mike Brannen recently completed his thesis, Motivational Use of Twitter, and received a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has worked various positions at KOMU-TV during the past four years. He is currently a newscast producer and producer supervisor.

By: Lynn Walsh

In politics a new year means some fresh faces in government.

Fresh faces in government can lead to new money being thrown around by lobbyists and companies. And since following the money is a trick journalists often use while reporting the news, knowing the big lobbyists can be helpful.

Texas Watchdog, a nonprofit online journalism group, will offer some tips and suggestions on how to get the information you need to report on where the money at city hall and the statehouse is coming from in their next episode of Trent TV.

The webinar begins at 12:30 pm EST, Tuesday December 7 on www.newmediatv.org or on the Texas Watchdog website or Facebook page. More information can be found here.

Trent TV is a free, monthly training webinar for journalists, bloggers, activists and citizen journalists.

By: Lynn Walsh

Still confused when you hear the terms “hashtag” or “QR code,” but are too embarrassed to ask anyone in your newsroom?

Make some time on your calendar 2:30 pm EST, Tuesday, December 7, because Knowledge Webb is giving you the opportunity to ask about those things and more.

“There Are No Stupid Questions,” is a free webinar that will let you ask any questions you have about online media and get an answer the same day. The best part is it is anonymous, so no one will even know that you had no idea what a Twitter hashtag was!

More details on the free webinar can be found here.