HSAY 017 - Christian Toto - Award-Winning Journalist | Movie Critic | Podcast Host Background: “Journalism is either changing or collapsing depending on your view” I’m an award-winning journalist, member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and founder of HiT. I studied art in college and, after collecting three degrees, realized I had a brighter future away from my pad and pencil. I eventually landed a feature writing position with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, where I asked to review movies when our regular critic went on vacation. I essentially did the same while working for The Washington Times, volunteering to pen any entertainment story I could in between my regular assignments. I finally emerged as one of the newspaper’s regular film critics, reviewing movies and interviewing A-list talent like Tom Hanks, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Spacey. I left D.C. for Denver in 2007, transitioning to a freelance career I later found work with both Breitbart News and LifeZette.com before embracing my HiT duties full-time. I can be heard each week on “Mike Rosen at the Movies,” “The Michael Brown Show,” “Garrison,” “Haus Rules” and “Walker Daniels in the Morning.” I previously appeared on “Stossel,” shown on the Fox Business Channel and the “Devil’s Advocate” program on Colorado’s PBS station. Highlights: Art major in college who went into journalismJournalism is either changing or collapsing depending on your viewWanted to cover entertainment from a right of center perspectiveRealized there wasn’t really anyone covering entertainment from this perspectiveWorked for Breitbart and LifesetCreated Hollywoodintoto.comFirst social media he got involved with was FacebookIs political on his business page because that he part of his brand and part of who he isConservative entertainment reporter-- but he doesn’t want to be vicious or irresponsibleHe tries to project his brand in a specific way-- i.e. no profanity, making fun of actors weight, etc.He wants his followers to trust him- know that he won’t make up things because of his worldviewWants to be credible-- might have made mistakes but never on purpose, and they are always updated with an editor’s noteWants to make sure everything is verified before reportingSocial media is a great tool, but it can also do a lot of damage if you aren’t carefulAlways try to pause before sending something outThink before you tweet, retweet, or post because these posts can have consequences and repercussionsIs what you are posting going to provide value to your followers?Entertainment is cultureIt is good to stand up for what you believe as long as you can back it up with solid informationStaying uplifting on social media can be good for a brandBeing consistent and staying above the fray as well as adding value are very importantWe are more social because of social media but also hard to really know who these followers/people on social media areHowever there is level of discourse on social media that has gotten sourPeople can really show a different side on social media-- allows us to be nastier then who we areThere is this barrier that allows people to say things that they wouldn’t in person Resources: Hollywood in Toto: http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/ Hollywood in Toto PodcastThe Franchise podcastMidnight Movie Cowboys PodcastEntrepreneur on Fire PodcastThe Smart Pass of Income PodcastSocial Media Examiner podcastMarketing in Your Car podcast Connect: Hollywood in Toto: http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/Twitter: @HollywoodinTotoFacebook: Hollywood in TotoHollywood in Toto Podcast I hope you enjoyed and found value on this episode of The How Social Are You Podcast please feel free to share it on social media with your followers.You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker and Google Play. Your ratings and comments on iTunes are greatly appreciated.If you have questions about The How Social Are You Podcast or would like to be interviewed you can tweet or direct message me on GAB the new People First / Free Speech Social Network https://gab.ai/ at @ML as well as on Twitter @mlindheimer or on Instagram @mlindheimer and lastly on Facebook melindheimer and you can also email me at mlindheimer@gmail.com. Until next time, thank's everybody!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-how-social-are-you-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
