Social media cost of inaction: COI
Social media ROI return on investment is a popular topic but what about cost of inaction, COI?
Journalists: Bloggers give a helping hand?
Journalists are starting to receive grants to learn social media technologies like SEO. Should we hold a Media and Career Expo where bloggers donate knowledge and expertise to help Journalists adjust?
Heritage Hartigan attacks everyday Australian readers
John Hartigan, chief of News Corp Australian office went on the attack today. It might be just me, but the whole thing reeks of the newspaper ship sinking and an angry captain not making any sense. From Duncan Riley’s The Inquisitr: Almost anyone can start one of these sites, with very little capital, no training…
Rituals: Death and publicity
Just a quick note on the previous post. Gemma Thoms died from an ectasy overdose at Big Day Out in Perth on the weekend. Her friends and extended social network have created a Facebook RIP page for her. The first I heard of this was on the Channel Ten evening TV news program. BDO 09…
WotNews 2008: Our most important stories
WotNews wanted to put together stories of significance – not just reporting the main news from 2008 but asking a bunch of us what was most relevant to us personally. The list of people are:• David Liddy CEO, Bank of Queensland• Nicola Roxon, MP Federal Health Minister Ministerial page• Laurel Papworth, Social Network Strategist, World…
Mumbai: Breaking News…
… but not on Heritage Media.TweetGrid video (click HIGH DEFINITION on YouTube site if you want to read words clearly) First. The bombings in Mumbai are shocking. Loss of life, fear, a tragedy being played out live is not Entertainment. CNN seems to be covering the hotel damage more than the people lost but to…
Civility, Profiles on Newspaper blogs
This week’s Media Report (Radio National) is on ensuring civility on blogs and social networks. The page Listen Now Download The question we were asked to address was this: how do you encourage civility between commenters on your blog? Margaret Simons starts with a Taxonomy of Blog types. 1. Pamphleteering2. Digest3. Advocacy4. Speciality, niche5. Exhibition6….
The Australian: Future of News
Brilliant article from Mark Day today: I’ve just grabbed a few paragraphs, read the whole thing yourself 🙂 ) Fairfax media puts future of newspapers under spotlight There are three kinds of news: happening, manufactured and revealed. Happening news is a jumbo jet explosion at 10,000m or a car crash at peak hour. It can…
How to Moderate a Forum
Quick and easy Moderating tips, for some people who have been asking lately. 1. ETIQUETTE STATEMENTneeds a whole lot of behavioural statements (play nicely) but the most important ones are: The Moderators word is final, do not discuss bans or penalties on the forum. If you have a question regarding a penalty, please email the…
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