My friend Kevin Anderson, an online journalist, wrote an interesting post titled "What is an online journalist?" yesterday on his blog Strange Attractor.
The gist of the post focuses on how it is still common in contemporary journalistic culture to feel that the Internet is not a medium suited for unique quality news reporting and analysis. ...
Continue ReadingI really enjoy using Facebook as it allows me to connect and remain connected with friends and associates, but there are so many ways that I could use it to better my life and that of others. Here are five things I would like to do through Facebook in 2008 to better harness its power:
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Continue ReadingLast week, NewMediaAge.co.uk reported that The Economist magazine intends to launch a social network. This partly stems from its Project Red Stripe that aimed to produce something innovative with the company's expansive library of quality content but then fizzled with hopes of an altruistic social site. While the idea is noble,...
Continue ReadingEvery once in a while we like to point out how non-profits and charitable causes can harness the Internet to better achieve their goals, and this post highlights the successful efforts of Goodwill of Greater Washington using a blog — about fashion.
True, Goodwill is about community development projects like job training for lower income folk and sales from used and thrift clothing helps fund such programs,...
Continue ReadingBaseball player Roger Clemens was accused of using steroids in the Mitchell Report, which was released a few weeks ago. Since the report came out, Clemens has been silent, letting his lawyer do his talking for him.
In a sign of the times, today Clemens spoke about the allegations for the first time in a video posted to his website and to YouTube. ...
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