{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c6351c9e1d566123df6c061/5c6351d47b26248f5509ad74?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"HSAY 017 - Christian Toto - Award-Winning Journalist | Movie Critic | Podcast Host","description":"<p>HSAY 017 - Christian Toto - Award-Winning Journalist | Movie Critic | Podcast Host</p> <p> </p> <p>Background:</p> <p> </p> <p>“Journalism is either changing or collapsing depending on your view”</p> <p> </p> <p>I’m an award-winning journalist, member of the <a href= \"http://www.criticschoice.com/bfca/\">Broadcast Film Critics Association</a> 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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 “<a href= \"http://koanewsradio.iheart.com/onair/mike-rosen-at-the-movies-57482/\">Mike Rosen at the Movies</a>,” “<a href= \"http://khow.iheart.com/onair/the-michael-brown-show-50198/\">The Michael Brown Show</a>,” “<a href=\"http://www.wibc.com/blogs/garrison\">Garrison</a>,” “<a href= \"http://hausrules.us/tag/hollywood-in-toto\">Haus Rules</a>” and “<a href= \"http://www.94country.com/shows/walker-daniels-in-the-morning/\">Walker Daniels in the Morning</a>.” I previously appeared on “<a href= \"http://www.breitbart.com/video/2014/06/07/breitbarts-christian-toto-slams-hollywoods-politically-correct-movie-making/\">Stossel</a>,” shown on the Fox Business Channel and the “Devil’s Advocate” program on Colorado’s PBS station.</p> <p> </p> <p>Highlights:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art major in college who went into journalism</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journalism is either changing or collapsing depending on your view</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wanted to cover entertainment from a right of center perspective</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realized there wasn’t really anyone covering entertainment from this perspective</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worked for Breitbart and Lifeset</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created Hollywoodintoto.com</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First social media he got involved with was Facebook</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is political on his business page because that he part of his brand and part of who he is</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservative entertainment reporter-- but he doesn’t want to be vicious or irresponsible</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tries to project his brand in a specific way-- i.e. no profanity, making fun of actors weight, etc.</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wants his followers to trust him- know that he won’t make up things because of his worldview</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wants to be credible-- might have made mistakes but never on purpose, and they are always updated with an editor’s note</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wants to make sure everything is verified before reporting</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social media is a great tool, but it can also do a lot of damage if you aren’t careful</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always try to pause before sending something out</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think before you tweet, retweet, or post because these posts can have consequences and repercussions</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is what you are posting going to provide value to your followers?</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entertainment is culture</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is good to stand up for what you believe as long as you can back it up with solid information</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying uplifting on social media can be good for a brand</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being consistent and staying above the fray as well as adding value are very important</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are more social because of social media but also hard to really know who these followers/people on social media are</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However there is level of discourse on social media that has gotten sour</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People can really show a different side on social media-- allows us to be nastier then who we are</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is this barrier that allows people to say things that they wouldn’t in person</li> </ul> <p>Resources:</p> <ul> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood in Toto: <a href= \"http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/\">http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href= \"http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/category/interviews/\">Hollywood in Toto Podcast</a></li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Franchise podcast</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midnight Movie Cowboys Podcast</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrepreneur on Fire Podcast</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Smart Pass of Income Podcast</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Media Examiner podcast</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing in Your Car podcast</li> </ul> <p>Connect:</p> <ul> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood in Toto: <a href= \"http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/\">http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/</a></li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: @HollywoodinToto</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook: Hollywood in Toto</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood in Toto Podcast</li> </ul> <ul> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you enjoyed and found value on this episode of <a href= \"http://apple.co/2aqTDEH\">The How Social Are You Podcast</a> please feel free to share it on social media with your followers.</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker and Google Play. Your ratings and comments on iTunes are greatly appreciated.</li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 <a href= \"https://gab.ai/\">https://gab.ai/</a> at <a href= \"https://gab.ai/ML\">@ML</a> as well as on Twitter <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mlindheimer\">@mlindheimer</a> or on Instagram <a href= \"https://www.instagram.com/mlindheimer/\">@mlindheimer</a> and lastly on Facebook <a href= \"https://www.facebook.com/melindheimer\">melindheimer</a> and you can also email me at <a href= \"mailto:mlindheimer@gmail.com\">mlindheimer@gmail.com</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Until next time, thank's everybody!</p>","author_name":"Mark Lindheimer: Entrepreneur | Social Media Connoisseur"}