Year: 2010

  • FIR Live on December 11: BP oil spill communications

    FIR Live #20 Saturday, December 11, 2010 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT Participate or listen in The next episode of FIR Live will look at the communication efforts surrounding the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent oil spill…

  • FIR Cut: Are video games the future of journalism?

    Overflow from FIR #574 on November 22, 2010. New Scientist: Storytelling 2.0: Exploring the news game Download this podcast (MP3, 3.06Mb, length 7:34) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #574: November 22, 2010

    Content summary: Two FIR Interviews posted: with CC Chapman and Ann Handley, and with Mitch Joel; the next FIR Live will be on Dec 11 with Neil Chapman of BP and Gerald Baron on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and…

  • Black Friday comes to the UK

    ‘Black Friday‘ is a term familiar to many in the United States, signifying as it does the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving is when Christmas shopping starts to ramp up in the US, with…

  • FIR Interview: A conversation with Mitch Joel in London

    Dubbed the "Rock Star of Digital Marketing," Canada’s Mitch Joel has been named one of the most influential authorities on blog marketing in the world. He is president of Twist Image, a digital marketing agency headquartered in Montréal, Québec, Canada.…