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Category: Journalism

  • Defining the press release

    Richard McManus recounts an email exchange with Business Wire in which the news distribution service said companies and marketers can use Business Wire to bypass journalists and bloggers to get into key news sources like Techmeme and search engine results.…

  • Credible reporting on Second Life from Newsweek

    The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life. Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has…

  • The social media press release is complementary communication

    AdWeek has a pretty good feature article today about the social media press release. Key points: […] Journalists are no longer considered the only audience for a company’s news because in the blogsophere “everyone can be their own journalist,” says…

  • Check the facts or scoop the consequences

    Those who think blogs are dangerous and bloggers are people who only set out to destroy reputations will love this story. Just before midday NY time yesterday, gadget blog Engadget posted that Apple’s iPhone would be delayed until October and…

  • You can’t take democracy for granted

    Living in a democracy is something just about everyone in Europe, North America and a large majority of countries around the world take for granted. Basic freedoms – of speech and political expression, to name but two – are things you don’t…