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PEJ Gives Blogs Their Own Index
Yet another indication of the growing influence of blogs … the Project for Excellence in Journalism has debuted a New Media Index.
Google News Commenting Feature: Value Without Vitriol
With all the vitriol that is present in the online arena today, it is refreshing to find a cyber conversation where the participants don’t resort to vicious personal attacks or indecipherable shorthand. Perhaps it is an elitist sentiment, but reading the comments on Google News is refreshing in a way that reading comments on The New York Times website or the Huffington Post absolutely is not. We know, it’s ironic that Google claims that the internet is all about openness yet only allows comments from “authority” sources or those who have been mentioned in a particular news article. The difference is that the comments do what they are intended to do in providing alternate or additional points of view that are relevant. Besides, if one really wanted the entire conversation uncensored, they could read the comments from the original article.
Have you Read the Pew Media Use Report?
The Pew Research Center’s survey on media use habits is most definitely worth reading.
Obama is the Story of the Century, So Far
Yeah, there’s been a lot of news about Barack Obama … according to Reuters, there has been A LOT of news about him.
Goldman EVP’s Article on Golf as a Game for Life
Golf really is a game for life … and it is providing life-affirming joy to people with Alzheimer’s who reside at Silverado Senior Living … that’s the message in the article by Goldman executive vice president Audrey Knoth just published in…
Where Journalism Came From & Where It’s Going
A new 2,000-plus page anthology of journalism through the ages has provoked a thoughtful review in The Times of London about how professionals journalists evolved and where they are going.
Goldman Prez on the Increased Importance of Reputation Management
Goldman & Associates president Dean Goldman published his thoughts on how the reputation management is more important than ever because of the current economic climate. His op-ed ran in the Virginian-Pilot.
Obama’s Social Network Gets Call To Help
A text-message call for volunteers and donations to help with the California fires appears to be the first use of President-elect Obama’s social network. But as Ariana Huffington puts it, will there be substance to this?
Obama’s 2.0 Approach to Public Policy
President-elect Obama plans to use social media to appeal directly to the public on policy. This will be the first president to do so. The plan, reported by the Associated Press and publishered here in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, is to use…