Last night I attended an interesting journalism workshop at the Cleveland Park Library here in Washington, DC (hat tip: FishbowlDC). Nationally known writer and photographer Bill Adler and former MSNBC chief Washington correspondent turned freelance multimedia journalist Brock Meeks pitched the citizen driven hyper local news site NowPublic to attendees.
Approximately 35 people attended. ...
Continue ReadingJust over two years after its launch, The Huffington Post is expanding its offerings. Arianna Huffington explains in her blog post announcing the update last night that, "But the main reason we've grown to the point where we need to expand is you, the HuffPost community. The blogosphere is a constantly evolving conversation,...
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User Generated Ads Don’t Pay Off
Frank Shaw from WagEd offers his take on a recent NY Times story that exposed some of the flaws of ad campaigns relying on user generated content....
Continue ReadingOne of the greatest fears that companies or organizations have about starting an on-line community is the troll — a commenter who seems content to spew garbage and threaten unspeakable action against anyone for anything. They quickly turn a fecund forum into a locale of bile. No fair!
There are a many ways one can deal with these unscrupulous people,...
Continue ReadingI have a new entry on my list of technologies that will impact the 2008 elections. Facebook Platform.
In a nutshell, Facebook is boldly opening things up, allowing outside developers (like us) to build third party applications right on top of Facebook. Essentially, Facebook is becoming a technology platform,...
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