The Buttry Diary » Mandy Jenkins

A few recent experiences have underscored the value of networking. I’ve seen student or professional journalists launch or advance their careers in part because of their strong professional net...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/tips-for-building-a-helpful-professional-network/

But what was @stevebuttry going to ask about the Times innovation report! I hate cliffhangers #ONA14 — Daniel Tedford (@dgtedford) September 27, 2014 One of the most interesting sessions of the...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/my-unasked-ona-question-why-didnt-the-new-york-times-publish-its-innovation-report/

My own job-hunting experience, along with occasional hiring experience, continues to give me firsthand perspective on hunting for jobs in today’s journalism marketplace. Updating posts from 2...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/job-hunting-tips-spread-the-word-network-be-patient-and-persistent/

Tumblr has been an underused instrument in my social media toolbox. It’s easy to justify ignoring a tool you know is useful, because you have so many tools to use and so little time. But I want...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/buttrynyms-my-self-indulgent-attempt-to-master-tumblr/

A professional journalist’s experience is both essential and dangerous when teaching journalism. Whether you’re hired as a full-time professor or as an adjunct, your career has given you coun...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/j-profs-challenge-use-experience-to-teach-specific-lessons-not-to-bore/

I’m a keynote speaker at the Journalism, Leadership and Management Conference for student media leaders this weekend at the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University. I was asked t...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/my-keynote-for-student-media-leaders-you-will-shape-journalisms-future/

I led a workshop Tuesday at the Daily Local News in West Chester, Pa., for engagement editors in the Pennsylvania cluster of Digital First Media. (The cluster actually includes the Trentonian and...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/engagement-editors-workshop/

I was traveling and leading workshops this week for the anti-climactic final end of TBD. I didn’t have time to weigh in then, except on Twitter, after my former TBD colleague Jenny Rogers broke...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/belated-aggregation-on-the-life-times-and-death-finally-of-tbd/

Thunderdome is happening, Baby! I was in our Thunderdome newsroom this week, and we filled a conference room with journalists and creative energy. Our new curation team was working on a long-term...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/whats-that-rumble-thunderdome-no-longer-in-the-distance/

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 … what comes next? Oh, yeah, the launch date of @tbd: 8/9/10. We have liftoff: http://tbd.com Check us out tweeps! — Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) August 9, 2010 Two years ago tod...

https://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/two-years-after-tbd-launched-the-tbdiaspora-are-doing-ok/