Blogging used to be fun. A way to get the word out. To get something off one's chest. That was before blogging became a sure way to get fired, of course ;-) Postcards with secrets from the edge Writing the codes on blogs ach Warning: Your clever little blog could get you fired Not every blog is as exciting as Wilson's Porn on the blog
The Blog, The Press, The Media: When I’m Reporting, I am a Citizen of the World
Another less biased world is possible ... Is it possible that good journalism, done to the proper professional standard, transcends national roots? Is citizen of the world a valid ID for an American journalist reporting from Iraq for CNN, and, if it is, what does its validity get you in journalistic situations? Does it have a payoff?
In the daily religion of the news tribe, ordinary believers do not call themselves believers. (In fact, "true believer" is a casting out term in journalism, an insult.) The Skeptics. That's who journalists say they are. Of course, they know they believe things in common with their fellow skeptics on the press bus. It's important to keep this complication in mind: Not that journalists are so skeptical as a rule, but that they will try to stand in relation to you as The Skeptic does.
China's bloggers better watch what they're writing because Microsoft is looking over their shoulders ... When a user on the Chinese blog enters words like "freedom", "democracy" or "human rights" into the subject line of a new blog, a warning appears saying "Prohibited language in text, please delete."
• Readers expect a certain amount of American-ness in their reporter [My Encounter With Search Spam On Blogger ; via Barista The British equivalent of the American Stalin propaganda ]
• · Limiting reproductive freedom is a perfect formula for economic backwardness The Price Of Denying Choice ; Random International Gawking at the Creative Mind
• · · No scientific inquirer can keep what he finds to himself or turn it to merely private account without losing his scientific standing. Everything discovered belongs to the community of workers. Geeks bearing gifts: open source software and its enemies ; The Blog, The Press, The Media on AMediaGarden Jozef Imrich snaps up how things are happening in blogosphere ; Clickz like this lead to The Power of Blogging Without Blogging ValueClick Buys Web Clients for $141M
• · · · Debate over unequal access to information and communication technology services between regional and metropolitan Australia often focuses on infrastructure. However, as this Research Note explains, infrastructure is just one aspect of a wider host of problems that reinforces the ‘digital divide’. Regional telecommunications: an overview ; These days, you would be hard pressed to find many travelers who say the airlines are paying close attention to their customers' concerns ... companies are noticing that their customers use web forums On Board the Message Board ; Blogs are simply another communications channel. Stop evangalising, stop dismissing and let's start using
• · · · · News is a Conversation: a new blog from the Spokesman Review in Spokane, where readers are invited to have a say on news coverage Coffin Story ; Terry Golesworthy is president of The Customer Respect Group Customer Respect : Web Policies Inconsistent Across Corporate, Brand Sites ; How to Blog Without Getting Fired
• · · · · · US consultancy Issues Dynamics last month launched a blogger relations practice while international PR firm Edelman released a blog strategy white paper titled Trust media: How real people are finally being heard, which was distributed to its Australian practices PR whistles a different tune ; Tim Porter discusses the Greensboro paper's decision to drop the NYT service to cover local news better. Smart move, he says The Times or local?; 15 Top Blog Marketing Tips
