At one of the recent trade shows we participated in, we connected with a customer who had a truly compelling success story using PRWeb to get some top-line media exposure. Our core story has always been about PRWeb’s direct-to-consumer potential, its SEO applications, multimedia and social media functionality, etc. Still, we are always [...]

Journalism That Matters, an informal collaboration of journalists, academics, and media pros oriented towards the future of journalism, will be holding a two-day event next week at George Washington University to discuss and plan a course for journalism, focusing on challenges associated with changing technologies, economic models, and the increasing role of participatory media.  I’m going to [...]

This is a little outdated but Topix did an interesting study back in the day (2005) comparing topical coverage between the blogosphere and mainstream media. A colleague referred me to the study and I figured it was worth noting for future reference.

An article from Red Herring explains that the Union Tribune will begin experimenting with using Wiki software on a Web site that hosts their indie rock station, AmplifySD.com.  As the failed LA Times Wiki experiment proved, launching an unmoderated Wiki is basically like sending an invitation to the drug and porn industries, in addition to countless jerks, asking them to spam [...]

Boy, I have to say that Jason La Canfora’s blog is an example of how newspapers should do blogging. During the first day of free agency, he has posted in his blog every few hours with updates from his inside sources. Without a doubt, it has to be the most read news source [...]