CALGARY, AB, Aug. 28, 2011/Troy Media – I’ve been reading a few articles from social media naysayers of late. Funny thing is, I often start such a read agreeing with many of their points, but invariably they seem to succumb to the temptations of weak, emotional argument. In other words, they go from smart [...]
CALGARY, AB, Aug. 12, 2011/ Troy Media – I’m having a wicked sense of déjà vu these days. And no, I did not try on my old 70s bell-bottoms, which wouldn’t fit anyway. Well, maybe if I turned them upside down and sewed the ultra-wide legs together. Never mind, I digress. I’m talking about Web [...]
CALGARY, AB, July 29, 2011/ Troy Media/ – If you’re looking for a job with a traditional resume and cover letter, I have bad news; you may be ruled out on the basis of your “old fashioned” application alone. Similarly, if you’re a recruiter using traditional means like print career ads or web-based job boards, [...]
The shiny new thing in social media this month is Google+ (aka Google Plus or G+). It launched in beta/invite only mode at the end of June, since attracting an estimated 18 million users. Will it kill Facebook? Twitter? It’s too early to tell and that may not even be Google’s end game, as Rick [...]
Social media pundits have been busy predicting, even advocating, the death of the news release in favour of the “social media release” (SMR) or simply website disclosure. That’s wrong-headed, but perhaps not for the reasons you might think. First, a little history. The news release (or, as we old print guys say, “press release”) has [...]
Social media is increasingly becoming implicated in moments of crisis and significant world events. The 2009 Iranian election is a great example. Thanks to a variety of technical manoeuvres, the Iranian government could not throttle the protesters’ use of Twitter to report on those events. Where traditional media could not tread, the citizenry and Twitter [...]
It is said if you don’t vote, you get the government you deserve. In other words, exercise your democratic right or suffer the consequences. The same can now be said for having a voice in social media, particularly blogging. If you don’t create content, you have willingly issued your own gag order. Rest assured, in [...]
Angela Joyce interviewed me recently about all things journalism. Thankfully she cut out the video and much of my prattling and whittled it down to these few comments on “working the Twitter beat” – here’s the audio: Send to your network:
It was a sobering start to Trending Topics this week with the massacre at Fort Hood, Texas dominating Twitter. Extensive reporting by @NYTimes provided regular updates on the shooting which killed 13 people and wounded 28 (other estimates vary). The New York Times used the new “lists” feature of Twitter to aggregate news on the [...]
A colleague was asking me whom to follow on Twitter in their field. Providing an answer took more Googling than it should have. It occurred to me, why is there no comprehensive list of Canadian journalists on Twitter? At least, none that I could find. Oh sure there was this one http://mediaontwitter.pbworks.com/Canada+-+Media+On+Twitter, and this one [...]
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