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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

No wonder newspapers hate us (by us I mean “readers&# , otherwise known as wikipedians, bloggers, social media creators/distributors). Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Send us the clippings, of course. Click for full size. RocketOn and Living Web (1).

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Media140 Sydney: Social Media Twitter & Journalism

Laurel Papworth

Note: my view was as a blogger first and only. I’m not a journalist who blogs, nor a blogger who has ever been paid for writing by a media organisation, nor journalist who is also an academic. No blogger that I know of has a horoscope, crossword and sports section to make up for lack of attention on the part of the reader. …but

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A Nation of Bloggers: Good or Bad?

Laurel Papworth

Steve Jobs says he doesn’t want a “nation of bloggers&# rather something with “editorial oversight&#. I suspect that Koehler might also prefer editorial oversight – given that he just quit because bloggers picked up on a story that mainstream media missed. A nation of bloggers is a good thing or no?

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PR needs to Focus on Conversations

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I still hear marketers say – “my CEO just doesn’t care about blogs – they only want to be in the NY Times or Wall Street Journal”. Share this on Technorati. Blog this on Blogger. Worse yet, upper management hasn’t backed off the idea of “getting ink” in favor of new forms of digital ink. Let me explain …. Share this on Reddit.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Today, there are young bloggers who have their own websites and blogs. I contacted a handful of young bloggers, all under the age of 17, to get an idea of whether they see their age as a hurdle and what advice they would give to new bloggers. A resident of Western New York, he’s not just a blogger but a podcaster.

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cybersoc.com: 3 types of blog: closed, conduit and participant in the conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

citizen journalism. journalism. Bloggers who create blogs like this tend to engage with the comments on their blogs and link out heavily, using tools like RSS readers and technorati to follow the "buzz" Some also use social bookmarking or social recommendation tools to save, order and share links. technorati.

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Journoggers – Journalists that blog

Laurel Papworth

As the BBC tells it’s journos to start using social media as a primary source – or leave journalism – what are the repercussions in social spaces? I can spot a blogger that is a trained journalist a mile off – especially when they first start blogging. I’m not talking about those bloggers.