Year: 2015

  • Fixing a polling system that’s out of sync

    Fixing a polling system that’s out of sync

    Reading the various reports, narratives and commentaries this weekend about the results of the UK general election that took place on May 7, the overall perspective I’ve formed on all of that is how could the expert commentators, opinion-formers and…

  • FIR Book Review: Geeks Bearing Gifts by Jeff Jarvis

    FIR Book Review: Geeks Bearing Gifts by Jeff Jarvis

    Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News is CUNY journalism professor Jeff Jarvis‘ latest book, exploring the pressures on current news models and the directions news organizations need to go in order to thrive in the digital world. FIR…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #806: May 4, 2015

    Intro: Neville is in Boston, Gini Dietrich is guest co-host; Steve Rubel is hosting a new podcast, Content Convergence; Geeks Bearing Gifts book review coming this week; Quick News: Converse knows how to work with fans, bad tweets from the…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #805: April 27, 2015

    Intro: Neville will be away in Boston next week, Gini Dietrich will guest co-host next week’s episode; FIR Book Review coming from Shel on Jeff Jarvis’s “Geeks Bearing Gifts”; Quick News: The fewer likes your Facebook page has the better…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #804: April 20, 2015

    Reminder: Neville away for May 4 episode, Gini Dietrich will guest host with Shel; Quick News: 40 organizations lead the world in employee engagement says Gallup, US federal government workers get social media guidelines, to speak Millennial use email, holograms…