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Looking into media’s use of Facebook Groups

October 10, 2018 toddvogts 0

The Nieman Journalism Lab, funded by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, studies all things journalism. Nieman Lab reporter Christine Schmidt recently took a look at how […]

‘Morning Brew’ delivers business news to your inbox

June 6, 2018 toddvogts 0

If you are interested in business news, consider subscribing to Morning Brew. According to its website, Morning Brew is “[a] quick and quality daily e-mail […]

Looking back at a semester of Participatory Journalism

May 3, 2017 toddvogts 0

And so it’s over . . . Well, almost. The Spring 2017 semester is wrapping up, which means it is time for a little introspection. […]

Online video fails to engage users

April 12, 2017 toddvogts 0

With services like Snapchat, Facebook Live and Instagram providing platforms for video sharing, not to mention the perennial video king in YouTube, various online players are […]

Engage students with Snapchat

April 5, 2017 toddvogts 0

My students are all on Snapchat. I have an account too, and so I often get students asking me for my account name because they want […]

Treat news sites with care of a chef

March 22, 2017 toddvogts 0

The traffic numbers for Sterling Student Publications, the site operated by my journalism students, is abysmal. This is especially true for our homepage, so I started […]

Newsletters create engagement

March 15, 2017 toddvogts 0

During my 45-minute commute home from my job as a high school journalism teacher, I was thinking about what I could have my magazine students do […]

Thought Paper: Facebook Live in Scholastic Journalism

March 11, 2017 toddvogts 0

NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]

Thought Paper: Social Media in Scholastic Journalism

February 18, 2017 toddvogts 0

NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]

WaPo growing engagement via Facebook

February 1, 2017 toddvogts 0

Last summer I decided Facebook was getting in the way of human connections, especially with my wife, because I would spend more time scrolling on the app […]

NY Times plans for digital, reader focus

January 21, 2017 toddvogts 0

Journalism That Stands Apart: The Report of the 2020 Group: https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2020-report/

Commenters desire deeper engagement

January 18, 2017 toddvogts 0

The comment section of a news story generally is viewed as a quagmire of negativity on any news site. Comments may start out on topic […]

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About This Site

This site primarily serves as the online home for the writings of Todd R. Vogts (PhD, Kansas State University, 2023), an assistant professor of media in Kansas, and as a resource for his journalism students. It also houses other elements of his life, such as his work as an author and entrepreneur. Take a look around. There’s something here for everyone.

Research Interests & Activities

Dr. Vogts’s research focuses on mis- and disinformation, the intersection of media and democracy, sports media, community and rural journalism, and journalism education. He advises student media and teaches courses in communication, journalism, and digital media.

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