Jack Lail helps me with my Twitter impairment
I’ve mentioned before that I still don’t quite get Twitter, but this does seem like pretty neat-o explanation.
Twitter can be a great way for journalists to connect with their readers. This, of course, also helps journalists: “One day, when I was researching an article, I was looking for a specific piece of information”, says Thomas [...]
RedBlueAmerica
Scripps’ new social networking site for civic and political discussion looks very interesting. Can’t wait to poke around on it when I get a few minutes.
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Romancing the youth vote
Jack Lail introduces us to MTV’s Tennessee-based citizen reporter, Dustin Ogdin.
Ogdin describes the project:
You asked what I hope to accomplish with the MTV Street team. My goal is to cover the issues that matter to young Tennesseans, especially young people of voting age. I am particularly interested in covering those issues that are [...]
Twittering against breast cancer
I still don’t quite get it, but here’s a really worthwhile and creative use for Twitter.
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Talkin’ about KnoxvilleTalks.com
We’ve had some nice mentions in our first few days live, including shout outs from:
The Tennessean
WBIR-TV in Knoxville (owned, like The Tennessean, by Gannett) has jumped into the blog aggregation business with a new site, KnoxvilleTalks.com. In Nashville, WKRN-TV runs a similar site, NashvilleIsTalking.com.
The basic idea is to have one or two people monitoring local [...]
Twittering (in) traffic?
Jack Lail points to the way the St. Louis Dispatch is using Twitter to text traffic updates.
Having just returned home from being stuck in traffic for NINETY MINUTES trying to get from West Knoxville to my house just north of downtown, I must say that anything that might help avoid traffic tie-ups sounds good, but [...]
Can blogs do real journalism?
Jack Lail asks where blogging is going:
The New Media is beginning to look a lot like the Old Media, even down to the need for ink-stained wretches.
“It’s no longer enough to take stories from The New York Times, and add a dash of snark. Gawker needs to break and develop more stories.”
Maybe, Nick Denton, the [...]
