COMM 361-001: Online Journalism

Mandy Jenkins

In today’s class, Mandy Jenkins, a social media producer for the DMV’s local (but not hyperlocal!) news Web site entitled TBD, came in to talk.

After growing up in Zanesville, Ohio, Jenkins received her BS in journalism from Kent State University and continued on to get her Master’s in media management. She then created ZombieJournalism.com, a site self-proclaimed as “creating hope for the future of journalism and dropping some knowledge on journalists everywhere.”

Jenkins began working for TBD simply by “reaching out and getting connections online.” She attests to being the “‘voice’ of TBD in social media” while also providing staff training and writing “an occasional bit of breaking news.” Additionally, she has extensively begun building TBD’s blogging network.

She advises to check your e-mails as often as possible! Not just twice a day, like someone she use to correspond with. Twellow.com, MuckRack.com and Trendsmap.com are also some of her strongest Web site recommendations.

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