Alex Laughlin
Digital Journalist, Washington, D.C.
As social media editor for Sweet Lemon Magazine (now Sweet Lemon Media), I developed social content strategies for a national online lifestyle magazine for women.
Click here for a Storify of some of my social posts for Sweet Lemon.
As Influence Director of UGA's Online News Assocation student group, I helped lead sessions teaching journalism students how to implement social strategies into their news reporting.
Here is an example of how I covered a Skype session our student group had with Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Director Michael Koretzky. I used a live blogging program called ScribbleLive.
I'm a social geek:
As a social marketing intern at USA TODAY, I had the chance to help write social copy and explore new platforms for one of the most social news brands in the country.
Here are some examples of the work I did last summer:
I was on staff at the Red & Black when we transitioned from printing daily to a digital-first platform. We got a lot of attention for the decision and it opened up opportunities for creative reporting.
I created an interactive timeline for the online edition of my longform piece for Flagpole Magazine, which I have embedded below.