On Tuesday, September 30th from 12pm-1pm EDT Twitter's manager of journalism and media Mark Luckie, Muck Rack's CEO and Cofounder Greg Galant and MDC Partners' Managing Director and President of Digital Operation Michael Bassik held a discussion on the results of a survey recently completed on how journalists find sources and like to be pitched. This was the first time the survey results were presented publicly. This is the full webinar.
About the guests:
Mark Luckie, Manager, Journalism & Media, Twitter @marksluckie
Mark S. Luckie is a multi-platform journalist and editor, founder of the digital journalism blog 10,000 Words, and author of The Digital Journalist's Handbook, a guide to the tools necessary to thrive in the digital newsroom. He is currently the Creative Content Manager for Journalism at Twitter. Luckie has produced multimedia and interactive stories for the Center for Investigative Reporting, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, The Contra Costa Times, and is a former crime and justice reporter for The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Greg Galant, Cofounder and CEO, Muck Rack @gregory
Gregory Galant is the cofounder and CEO of Sawhorse Media, a movement to make it easy to find the right people on the social web through products including Muck Rack and the Shorty Awards. Muck Rack is the leading network for journalists on social media which TheNextWeb called “one of the most useful tools ever invented for media professionals”. The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media; past winners include Ricky Gervais, Cory Booker, Conan O'Brien, Sesame Street, Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Bloomberg and NASA.
Michael Bassik, Managing Director and President of Digital Operations, MDC Partners @mbassik
Michael Bassik joined MDC Partners in 2014 as Managing Director and President of Digital Operations. In this role, Michael is responsible for partnering with MDC’s highly awarded strategic communications firms to support their growth and development, and supporting MDC’s network of firms in all areas of digital partnerships and strategy. Prior to joining MDC Partners, Michael served as Managing Director and Chairman of Burson-Marsteller’s US Digital Practice, as well as CEO of its full-service integrated marketing and advertising firm, Proof Integrated Communications.
