How to set up autoblog posts

We use the WP-o-Matic plugin on IowaPrepSports.com, EasternIowaLife.com and other sites to feed in content from community members. Before setting this up, please make sure to get permission from the owner of the content.

The video below walks you through the steps of setting this up. Feel free to email me with questions.

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Selling pictures through SourceMedia sites

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Facebook fan page changes

This is a good summary of recent changes to Facebook fan pages: Read it here. Most of them have to do with the look of the page. One (No. 4 in the linked article) change now allows page admins to interact as the fan page. (See the video below on how to do that.)

Another related article can be found here.

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Super/user editors can add users to individual sites

Here’s a quick video on how to do that:

You can also give them access to other topical sites. This video explains how to do that:

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Working with the community presentation

This is a class we held that discusses how journalists work with the community. Again, you can listen to the audio while flipping through the slides.

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Social media to build community

You can listen to the audio while following along with the slides.

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Reporting in the first instance class (Audio and slides)

This is a class we did on how to report things as they are happening.

Follow the PowerPoint presentations as you listen to the audio.

Part 1:

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Topical websites presentation (Audio and slides)

Here are slides and audio from our session explaining how the topical websites work.

You can listen to the audio while flipping through the slides.

Part 1:

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KCRG-TV9 Midday: Interview with Ashley Hinson regarding community contributions

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Upcoming training sessions

Here’s a look at upcoming training sessions:

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