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WashingtonPost reaches 1 million followers on Twitter zite.to/KPVPPU via @zite about 10 hours ago via Zite
Newspaper paywalls: using a Band-Aid on a bullet wound zite.to/JC4OH9 via @zite 11:00 AM May 25th via Zite
CJR David Simon (#TheWire, #Treme) on #TimesPicayune cuts: Paywalls needed to sustain #journalism as profession bit.ly/Lv9icG 8:55 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by JohnStamper and 10 others
stevebuttry As editing changes in #DigitalFirst newsrooms, I blog advice for copy editors & colleagues who need to self-edit better wp.me/poqp6-2au 6:02 AM May 25th via web Retweeted by JohnStamper and 28 others
10 tips for teaching journalists how to effectively use social media | Poynter.: poynter.org/how-tos/journa… 8:57 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
heraldleader It's Election Day; don't forget to vote bit.ly/K7EOj5 3:22 AM May 22nd via twitterfeed Retweeted by JohnStamper and 7 others
NPR launches a news apps team zite.to/LmvcP8 8:20 PM May 21st via Zite
Survey: 52% of media professionals abandon websites when they hit a paywall zite.to/JoTkQG via @zite 9:59 AM May 18th via Zite
wkuherald #WKU alumnus Chuck Clark named new director of Student Publications wkuherald.com/news/article_e… 5:20 PM May 17th via Tweet Button Retweeted by JohnStamper and 4 others
Poynter The LA Times is hiring journalists thanks to a $1 million grant from the Ford Foundation: journ.us/LYqoCk 5:40 PM May 17th via HootSuite Retweeted by JohnStamper and 32 others
Google’s Richard Gingras: We are at the beginning of a journalism renaissance nie.mn/Jh0MDK via @NiemanLab 4:42 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
Poynter How two Kentucky journalists in their 20s took down a corrupt sheriff & ended up on "60 Minutes" last night: journ.us/KCHYJ6 4:43 AM May 7th via HootSuite Retweeted by JohnStamper and 52 others
Do more college football wins equal fewer academic donations? | al.com al.com/sports/index.s… 3:57 PM May 4th via Tweet Button
heraldleader Reporter Curtis Tate @tatecurtis has a photo of the UK Wildcats getting ready to meet Obama. #Kentucky #Wildcats #UK twitter.com/heraldleader/s… 1:51 PM May 4th via web Retweeted by JohnStamper and 3 others
Newspaper circulation rose in last six months, 5% on Sundays zite.to/IqIZHR via @zite 10:30 AM May 1st via Zite Personalized Magazine
Facebook: brands need to use timeline apps to 'close the viral loop' zite.to/JJ7OOw via @zite 5:02 PM Apr 26th via Zite Personalized Magazine
USATODAYcollege Western Kentucky student paper runs unique 26-part series on student life - usat.ly/IIkK66 @wku @wkuherald @wkunews 3:23 PM Apr 26th via TweetDeck Retweeted by JohnStamper and 29 others
paidContent Brands can now ride a New York Times article around the internet dlvr.it/1TxKFC 3:50 PM Apr 26th via dlvr.it Retweeted by JohnStamper and 3 others
heraldleader Only 4 days left to enter to win a $155 value prize package celebrating the Cats' 8th National Championship. Enter at woobox.com/of3qyh. 3:50 PM Apr 26th via web Retweeted by JohnStamper
NiemanLab The @washingtonpost is ditching text-message alerts, focusing on push notifications and email nie.mn/JqG3Z8 2:24 PM Apr 25th via TweetDeck Retweeted by JohnStamper and 15 others

Name John Stamper
Location Lexington, Ky.
Web http://bluegrassp...
Bio Accountability Editor for the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com. Also follow @bgpolitics and @kywatchdog jstamper@herald-leader.com