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Our webinar series continues today with Facebook basics, presented by GateHouse Media trainer Sarah Corbitt. And next week, we have a watchdog reporting webinar, presented by Mike Tharp, executive editor of the award-winning Merced Star-Sun. The webinars are free for GateHouse Media employees. Sign up now!
Facebook basics
May 26
3 p.m. Eastern
Please register using this link.
For audio, please use this conference call number:
(877) 411-9748
6309568834
DETAILS:
FACEBOOK BASICS: Is your newspaper new to Facebook? Here are useful tips for building your fan base and using Facebook to drive traffic to your website.
INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Corbitt is a national trainer for GateHouse News & Interactive Division. Before joining the News & Interactive Division, Sarah was director of online content development at GateHouse Media New England. She has served as an editor and reporter at a variety of papers in New England and has won numerous journalism awards.
GUEST SERIES
Watchdog reporting
June 2
3 p.m. Eastern
Please register using this link.
For audio, please use this conference call number:
(877) 411-9748
6309568834
DETAILS:
WATCHDOG REPORTING: Lessons learned from a 2010 APME award-winning paper. The Merced Sun-Star, a 13,000-circulation newspaper that is second-smallest among McClatchy’s 30 dailies, won a First Amendment award for exposing, through open records requests, racist e-mails sent by a city councilman to friends. Michael Tharp, executive editor, will discuss the Sun-Star’s watchdog examples, including methodology and ripple effects, with plenty of takeaways.
INSTRUCTOR: Mike Tharp started as a copy boy for the Topeka Daily Capital when he was 16, the same year he became an Eagle Scout. He later worked there as a darkroom boy, sports desk assistant, intern and environmental writer. Throughout his career, he has worked for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and U.S. News & World Report. He taught journalism for several years at Cal State Fullerton University and has worked at the Merced Sun-Star in California since 2007.
The webinars are free to all GateHouse Media employees. Please register for the webinars now, and mark your calendar. For a full list of webinars, check out the schedule on GHnewsroom.com:
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/training/webinarschedule/x1777800387/Webinar-schedule
