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Well, why are you here?

What do you hope to learn or share? Who do you hope to meet? What keeps you coming back? What makes you want to leave?

Submitting a podcast to the iTunes Podcast Directory is a must.

iTunes is the most popular music player and many people use it to automatically manage their podcast subscriptions. Plus, the iTunes Podcast Directory is also a great way for people to discover new podcasts, and you want as many people as possible to be able to discover your podcasts.

Many people will not listen to a podcast if they can't get it automa… Continue

How does your newsroom go about project management?

Do you have a systematic way of managing products? Do you use Web software like Basecamp or Google Apps? Does your work rely on e-mail for everything.

Or do you have a proprietary method for managing projects? I know some newspaper management/layout software comes with project management features.

I'm interested in hearing about how your newsroom manage projects and, perhaps more importantly, collaborate. Project management is totally differ… Continue

Let's get this out there right off the bat: podcasting is a lot easier than you think.

This introductory guide will tell you all you need to make a pretty good podcast. No, it won't tell you how to create interesting content or how to sound good while recording, but it will tell you about all the technology you need.

It's pretty easy to produce a professional-sounding podcast and, just like blogging, one can start podcasting for free.

Let's say you want to be able to do… Continue

It's a simple question.

I'm not looking for crazy, in-depth answers. I'm thinking more stream of conscious. If someone came up to you and asked how you felt about your industry, your news organization and your job, what would you say?

You can find my candid thoughts on the subject here. This is an excerpt from it:

"It’s a terribly depressing time to seek employment in this embattled industry. But it… Continue