If you are an aspiring citizen journalist, YouTube wants to help. It now has what it calls its Reporter’s Center, “helping you report the news.” The center encompasses videos by a variety of journalists, either well-known or with well-known organizations…
Category Archives: Blogs
Goldman Client on Huffington Post Blog
April 23, 2009 – 3:11 pm
Goldman & Associates is working with California’s founding public charter school, the San Carlos Charter Learning Center, as it prepares for a 140-mile relay run by students, teachers, and parents that’s aimed at raising awareness of the need for better…
Blogging has Truly Become a Profession
April 22, 2009 – 1:10 pm
There’s dispute over the exact figures, but a sizeable amount of people are making a living blogging, as this column in the Wall Street Journal points out.
It’s Official: Journalist Workload is Increasing
April 6, 2009 – 12:19 pm
Most journalists say their workloads have increased in the past year, and the need to provide online content in addition to their traditional work is the main reason. That’s one of the findings in the 2009 PR Week/PR Newswire Media…
Old & New Media Views at Yale
March 27, 2009 – 1:40 pm
Some interesting comments by a former New York Times reporter and the founder of the Huffington Post at a get-together at Yale University, as reported by the Yale Daily News. Thirty-year NYT veteran Linda Greenhouse, who has won the Pulitzer…
The Anonymous Source
March 25, 2009 – 2:15 pm
Blogger Vivian Paige faced an interesting issue recently, when she received an anonymous letter raising concerns about goings-on, apparently political in nature, in her city of Norfolk, Virginia. Vivian did some investigating and the matter seemed to check out. Still,…
A Newspaper’s New Identity
March 20, 2009 – 11:58 am
An interesting commentary on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s new identity as an online-only news organization is on Tech News World today.
Goldman EVP on Social Media and Car Dealers
March 13, 2009 – 1:47 pm
Web 2.0. is so important to the auto industry that car dealers should incorporate social media rules in their employee handbooks. That’s the opinion of Goldman & Associates EVP Audrey Knoth, who recently guest-authored an article on the topic for…
Obama’s Social Network Gets Call To Help
November 20, 2008 – 8:34 pm
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
November 13, 2008 – 6:22 pm
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…