White House Press Corps – The Road Warriors of the Fourth Estate Travel to Asia

November 11, 2009

On the Road Again
In a few hours I’ll be wheels up from Joint Base Andrews on a chartered 747 bound for Asia.  I’ll be accompanied by my colleagues and contemporaries from the worlds of broadcast, print, and online journalism.  We’ll be keeping tabs on President Obama has he participates in the APEC summit in Singapore, [...]

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Twitter Lists – Separating Ego and “Influence” From Genuine Utility

November 8, 2009

With Twitter’s recent roll-out of Lists functionality, there’s been a lot of division over their utility, measure of influence, and whether they simply serve as self-referential ego strokes for the technorati establishment.  OK, I admit I was a bit giddy to discover how many lists I was on, and YES, I made that little “I’m [...]

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Politico’s Foray Into Local News – DC Media Game Changer?

October 30, 2009

Politico, Newschannel 8, and WJLA TV Parent company, Allbritton Communications, has announced that it is jumping into local media here in the Washington DC metro area. Planned for launch next spring, the yet unnamed site hopes to leverage social web technology to lure audiences who have become disenchanted with traditional media. They [...]

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