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Re: How to keep your email, not Facebook's

mistymontano — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:28:15 -0000

Thanks for reading Dave!

Re: I broke my funny bone

mistymontano — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:00:07 -0000

Thanks Lori!

Re: Is Facebook Hiding Your Messages?

mistymontano — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:11:49 -0000

You're not the only one duped by "other" messages. I missed several newstips/press releases. I just sighed and cursed facebook again for changes that I find unnecessary and annoying. Facebook likes to control your facebook life in several ways. Facebook its going to give me an ulcer.

Re: No energy to cry

mistymontano — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:05:40 -0000

Since having Squeaks I have found there are many new, different triggers that usually brings on the tears. Stories that I used to be able to distance myself from in some fashion now stay with me with heavy weight.
I'll gladly borrow your tears.

Re: No energy to cry

mistymontano — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:00:23 -0000

:D I shall have to try some onion chopping! With all that has happened I'm rarely in the kitchen anymore. I must find time to chop onion.

Re: No energy to cry

mistymontano — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:59:12 -0000

Thank you, Lori.

Re: No energy to cry

mistymontano — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:58:39 -0000

cathartic tears... that's what I need! Thank you Suzanne.

Re: The side effects of saving time: health and money

mistymontano — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:02:11 -0000

Thank you Erich for reading my post and for your kind words!
~Misty

Re: Journalism and Social Media

mistymontano — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:28:22 -0000

I hope Allen is correct and the balance is being restored. I'll post numbers again at the end of the week to see if they've rebounded t past performance numbers.
Thanks for reading and commenting Craig!

Re: Journalism and Social Media

mistymontano — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:27:03 -0000

I saw a few more of my pages higher in my news feed today too. I hope the the trend continues. I'll check the numbers again at the end of the week to see what they have to say.
Thanks for reading and commenting Allen!

Re: Journalists: social media is about moments

mistymontano — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:30:44 -0000

Thank you Karen! I hope you do find use for this post with your class. Teaching social media isn't easy. Best of luck.

Re: Journalism and Social Media

mistymontano — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:45:03 -0000

Hi Lucretia! Thanks for reading and commenting. I completely agree with you that I, and other journalists, can track metrics and develop strategies by simply asking. These aren't the analytics the industry measures and takes to advertisers. I hope the industry moves in this direction where these real-life responses are viewed just as responses from a marketing test group are taken.

I'm developing a morning strategic social engagement plan for the morning shows based on trial, error, conversations and feedback, not hard numbers. I'll see the numbers grow when I have a solid plan in place. Then I can take those results to the people who need hard numbers to make decisions.

Thank you for your compliment :)

Re: 90-day review of myself

mistymontano — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:27:12 -0000

Thanks Amy!

Re: Working to define, not be defined

mistymontano — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:27:22 -0000

Scott I truly am lucky I was asked. I hope you and other are asked the same thing soon.

Re: Working to define, not be defined

mistymontano — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:26:16 -0000

Thanks Gina :)

Re: Twitter note to my fellow area Jouranlists

mistymontano — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:00:31 -0000

Thanks for reading and commenting Tim.

Re: Twitter note to my fellow area Jouranlists

mistymontano — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:02:51 -0000

Thank you!

Re: Twitter note to my fellow area Jouranlists

mistymontano — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:38:20 -0000

Thanks Kyle. I have to remind myself that just because I see social media use in one way, that others have a complete different use and opinion of it. That's kinda the beauty of it - social media can be whatever you want it to be. Now whether or not others respect what you're doing is a whole other situation. I agree completely with you that it's not competition. I think if you make it only about competition you'll never see it's full potential.

Re: http://www.newstracks.org/comments.php

mistymontano — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:54:22 -0000

Thank you for taking the time to look at News Tracks. While I haven't received comments here, I have received comments and critique through emails and discussions. I would like to answer a couple of the questions I've been asked as people have reviewed News Tracks.

First though, my heartfelt thanks goes to my friend Deb, who gave me advice and copy edited sections for me. Thank you Deb!

The question I've been asked the most has been, why? Why did I choose this for the Knight News Challenge. I receive call after call and email after email at my job claiming that either I because I work at the station, or the station in general, is bias in some way or another. I'm asked about bias almost every time I speak at events. Personally I don't think it's fair to be judged as a whole, especially when that whole is dictated by national media. Not once in my 10 year career have I or any reporter or producer been told to tell a story in a certain way because of politics, advertisements, associations, etc. When I tell people this often I'm given the "yeah right face."

I thought this over and decided providing a place where all news coverage could be reviewed in a matter-of-fact style would be a way for people to see one complete picture. From this picture then they could make an informative decision if any bias exists.

People also don't consider the amount of people that are involved in the majority of news stories. Often more than one reporter takes a look at a story. That means at least two videographers will work the story. Then there are the producers of each show that have a part in the presentation of the story. In my opinion all of these personalities make it virtually impossible for one bias to come through.

Then finally as more and more consumers turn to cable news and online news, local stations need to be able to have a strong online voice. According the the 2010 State of the News Media Report, from 2008-2009 only cable and online news had growth, while local stations, print and radio saw declines. While the web isn't making money for these stations, the web has got to be an important focus for any station. Each station handles updating the web differently. I'm hoping News Tracks will be able to show both positive and negative trends that stations can use to make themselves better.

The second main question I've been asked is will I continue to work at the station if News Tracks is funded, or will I continue to work News Tracks regardless of funding and still work at the station. The answer to this is no. Ethically I could not work at any media organization while working on News Tracks. There would be a huge conflict of interest, as well as insider knowledge. News Tracks as you see it now will not grow beyond what you see now unless funded. If that happens then I will resign from the station to see News Tracks through to completion.

Again, thank you for taking a look at News Tracks. Please continue to share your thoughts and opinions.

Misty

Re: Good-bye press release I didn't even open

mistymontano — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:14:54 -0000

I find many organizations from community to government assign public relation roles to individuals who have never had any formal communication training. For example, there are several Colorado sheriff's offices that has the sheriff, undersheriff, deputy, or administrative officer write and distribute press releases. These outstanding officers of the law keep us safe, but sometimes lack in press release skills.

Re: My request for prayers and thoughts for upcoming surgery

mistymontano — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:37:21 -0000

You're prayers were definitely heard! Thank you so much!

Re: My request for prayers and thoughts for upcoming surgery

mistymontano — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:35:52 -0000

Jennifer, thank you so much for your prayers. I truly appreciate them. I'm so glad that you and your baby (I'm sure at 4 she's still your baby!) are doing so well. Thank you for sharing.
Misty

Re: Good-bye press release I didn't even open

mistymontano — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:23:58 -0000

Oh yes, I appreciate releases that have entire media kits attached. I will go through the attachments to see what information we need for the info file, for graphics, etc. My frustration that lead to this post was the fact that I receive releases without any information in the body of the email besides the senders name. That tells me nothing. Yesterday one email literally had the subject "Press Release", A word doc attachment, and a name of sender in body of email, no phone number, no address, nothing more. I deleted it because I had 15 other emails calling for attention, 3 phone lines ringing and reporters who needed me to do background searches for them.

If I were to receive an email with a multimedia release attachment, but still had no infor in the body of the email to tell me what this was all about, I would most likely delete it if I'm under multiple demands from everything else I'm handling.

Thanks for reading and for commenting.
~Misty

Re: Good-bye press release I didn't even open

mistymontano — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:18:08 -0000

Thanks everyone for reading and for commenting. You know it's easy for me to share my frustrations from my standpoint on the news desk. I can only imagine the frustration we media peeps cause PR peeps! So please if there is ever anything you want to suggest or discuss, I'm open.

Re: Stalk the competition

mistymontano — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:19:50 -0000

Thank you. That's quite a compliment that you want to share my post. :)