W&W: Republicans Dominating Online? #topprog Plays Catch-up on Twitter
Looking for a Twitter primer? Listen in to today’s show and hear from Chris Cardinal, CEO of Principal Strategy, Inc., who introduces us to the wide world of hashtags for twitter: #topprog for liberal thoughts and news, #dontgo for conservative thoughts and news, and #tcot for microblog entries from top conservative lawmakers. Are Republicans suddenly [...]
Thanks, Hamilton College, for Fun Media Workshop!
I spent a fun weekend in Clinton, NY, with the student journalists at Hamilton College (named after my favorite founding father, the great Alexander. Or as the kiddos apparently call him: Al Ham.)
My lovely and dynamic friend Eric Kuhn, a social media strategist and senior at Hamilton, asked me a couple weeks ago to trek [...]
Jay Rosen Joins Wilshire & Washington, Talks Obama’s Emerging Press Policy
Hey, keep your shoes on! Just because Obama’s in office, that doesn’t mean journalism is going to be okay! Is the media business model still collapsing? How will bloggers and the White House Press Corp challenge the new administration? Is Obama following the Bush model of secrecy over transparency? Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at [...]
My Colleague’s Funny Observations About Generational Tech Habits
I was emailing (Communisouras Rex-style!) with one of my business partners today and he was joking that he didn’t have a Twitter account, then sent this highly amusing treatise on how various generational cohorts communicate. My only revision would be Facebook Mobile for the 20-30 crowd. (What’s a little poke between friends at 1am on [...]
W&W: How Sexy is The Beast?
Can Tina Brown salvage the dilapidated print news industry? In today’s Wilshire & Washington, we have Rachel Syme, culture editor at The Daily Beast, which has become a bit of a bastion for old media journos going new media savvy. How are these writers dealing with the transition to a new medium? How is the [...]
W&W: The Bush Legacy: On Par with Nixon?
With Bushie wrapping up his fun eight-year term as our nation’s head do-gooder, he reflects with Charlie Gibson… Uh, what??? Yeah, you heard it right. Bush is getting all reflective now, and it brings up an interesting parallel between him and Nixon’s legendary interview with David Frost. Yet, if Ron Howard had his way, you [...]
W&W: Can Obama Deliver On World 2.0 Promise?
So, how did this week go for Mr. President 2.0? Oh, wait, we can’t say that! He’s not in office yet! Whaddya think of that boring YouTube address by our dear President-Elect? Was it filmed in a Chicago senior center after shuffleboard, and why did Barackstar look 4ft tall in the frame? Perhaps some impending [...]
Jeff Cole at Monaco Media Forum
Annenberg’s fearless new media leader on the future of advertising in digital. VERY USEFUL.
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