Goldman & Associates Blog

Thoughts on Facebook’s “Facebook + Media” page from Technorati.

A look by Businessweek at the social media success of the once-stodgy aftershave.

An interesting article in the New York Times about the new pressures on online journalists.

The newsroom for a news blog in New Jersey is the local coffee shop, according to the American Journalism Review.

A new San Francisco-area media outlet is a “news hub” and “news partner,” according to Voice of America.

The technology exists to eliminate the sound of the vuvuzela horns in the World Cup matches as they’re being broadcast, but as Gigaom points out, the idea of doing so presents “an ethical conundrum for the digital age.”

Goldman & Associates Public Relations has been honored in the 2010 Communicator Awards, an international program that recognizes creative excellence by communications professionals.

The firm received an Award of Excellence for a media relations project for Silverado Senior Living, a San Juan Capistrano, Calif.-based provider of memory-care assisted living, home care, care management and hospice care. 

Goldman also captured an Award of Distinction for a writing project for the San Carlos Charter Learning Center, the longest-serving public charter school in California.

More than 7,000 entries from around the United States and other countries were submitted to the Communicator Awards competition.

We recently came across this thoughtful piece on changes in the news business by the founder of a start-up called “Bakersfield Express.”

CNET describes the site for news, comment and civic engagement, available for $19.95 per month.

More and more bloggers consider themselves journalists … interesting observations from TechCrunch.