Through an article on the Huffington Post by Craig Newmark, the founder of Craig's List (whom I interviewed late last year), I found out that the CDC has opened up the analytics for the CDC Website to the public. This is interesting from a number of perspectives: read more...
Media Profile: Journalists and Social Media Robert Quigley, Statesman.com
Robert Quigley is the Internet editor for statesman.com and Austin360.com. His job is to make sure news is getting onto the sites quickly and as completely as possible. He works with various newsroom departments to push for content. The other part of his job is to coordinate the Austin American-Statesman's participation in social read more...
BlogMonday: The Blog Roll is Dead? Au contraire, Long Live the Blogroll
A few years ago there was a trend afoot to kill the blogroll. Deep links in context were better, or so the argument went. I could see their point.
However, I never killed off my blogroll because it is valuable for my readers. In fact, my stats show that people DO look at the blogs in my sidebar. In my new design, the blogs also have a clip from their last post and the date when they last published. I do take it to heart that it is better to explain WHY someone appears in that esteemed list. Not only that, I read more...
Government 2.0: Social Media and Networking Enter a Golden Age
I am speaking to several government clients this week and have been doing a deep dive into the use of social media in government. I have been pleasantly surprised by the growing number of government agencies that are using social media, and using it well. One of my favorite blogs I found during the search is the Transportation Safety Administration's read more...
When the Cost of Blogging Goes Beyond a Mere Business Model
While here in the US the discussion around journalism centers on its broken business model and how it will adapt to new media, around the world some are paying a much higher cost. The Committee to Protect Journalists says that as of December there were 125 journalists in jail around the globe, with 56 of those online journalists. The number continues to grow. For instance, Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is now serving a trumped up sentence in Iran, In many of the more repressive read more...
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