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Twitter Promotes Ideas, Shows, the Brand

April 15, 2007

Twittering in the shadow of my boss I’m SOOOOOO going to get in trouble for this. I was guest camera on the set of NBC’s Meet The Press with Tim Russert today, and as always, there was lively discussion and debate. This show featured former CENTCOM commander Gen. Tony Zinni (ret.) and a reporter’s round [...]

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DC Media Makers Show Off Their Mad Skilz

April 11, 2007

This DC Media Maker will be here tomorrow night. In fact, I’ve been asked to subject the assembled videologists to my 4:3 stylings. It’s always a fun, informative gathering, so come check it out! Sphere: Related Content

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Will Cell Phones Be The End of Live Trucks?

April 10, 2007

Live Truck Killer? Is this the end game for live trucks? I doubt it. But what kind of headline would it be without open-ended hyperbole? Besides, where will TV reporters go to stay warm? Video enabled phones are emerging as powerful storytelling tools, enabling people to capture moments of both significance and the mundane. The [...]

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Disconnecting from the Digital World

April 6, 2007

We Twitter. We blog. We email. We search Technorati and Google. We link. We comment. We immerse ourselves in this digital hive, for some, (me) hoping that the currency of internet fame will somehow translate to the currency of cash. For others (me too) it’s simply a matter of being involved in something larger than [...]

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Social Media Rock Stars and the Emergence of the “Micro Media Mogul”

April 6, 2007

Earlier today I posted an entry about journalists and self promotion that spoke of the notion of promotion being part of journalists new duties. Old media companies, new media upstarts, journalists, in fact anyone looking to be successful in social media, promotion, conversation and engadgement, need to look at the accomplishments of Zadi Diaz and [...]

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Journalist’s and Self Promotion

April 6, 2007

I’ve been working in TV news in DC for more years than I care to recall, and I’ve never found TV reporters lacking in the self-promotion department. But for some interesting thoughts on a shift in promotional responsiblity to journalists themselves, Beet TV’s Andy Plesser goes to the washingtonpost.com well once again, with the site’s [...]

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Twitter as wire service

April 4, 2007

Sometimes I take my day job for granted. That was brought to my attention by my friend and social media genius Chris Abraham. He and Twitter friend Kim Bayne were pretty impressed by the AP (Associated Press wire service for you non-newsies) style tweets I’d been dispatching from The Ridenhour Prizes luncheon being held at [...]

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