Save the Media

Tweet Can Twitter be a tool of cultural diplomacy? That was the heady topic New York Times technology columnist David Pogue addressed Monday during a symposium at Syracuse University in Upstate New York. He was part of a panel trying to figure out how to transcend conflict through culture. Now, the way I understood it, [...]

Tweet I’m going to depart a bit from my normal rants on journalism today to share a bit of a person story that relates to how social media does — I believe — have the power to help people connect. I’m bringing this up because I know some people doubt that a sense of community [...]

Tweet When Greg Munno started CNYSpeaks in June 2008, he was the civic engagement editor for the Syracuse Post-Standard in Upstate New York. Inspired by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Great Expectations project, CNYSpeaks was aimed at rallying the Syracuse community around the idea of improving the city, and it included a blog, news stories and residents’ forums. [...]

Tweet Time for short-takes: interesting posts from my travels around the blogosphere. Branding yourself: No, I’m not talking cattle branding here. I’m talking about branding yourself as a journalist, as in getting your name out there. Journalists today need to market themselves. People need to be able to find your name, your blog, your Linked-In [...]

Tweet To me, one of the most interesting aspects of AnnArbor.com is its reliance on community bloggers for a large portion of the site’s content. It’s also the aspect most likely to give many journalists the heebie-jeebies. AnnArbor.com launched when The Ann Arbor News closed in late July, ending the newspaper’s 174-year history. It was [...]