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PR vs. Journalism: Why Rivalry Hurts Both

Waxing UnLyrical

What a segment of this industry apparently doesn’t understand is that bloggers, reporters, commentators, anyone you’d define as a journalist, don’t owe us – PR pros – a damned thing. For as long as journalism and public relations have existed, there’s been rivalry between them. He also blogs.

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Will A Brands Next Big Move Be A Journalism Department?

Twist Image

Flipping from content marketing to journalism. I was thinking about citizen journalism. Maybe the reason this Blog has some level of success is because it's more like journalism than it is about what Twist Image offers and sells (I prefer to write relevant articles about this industry). brand journalism. journalism.

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What's The Point In Commenting On Blogs?

Twist Image

What is the true value of a comment on a blog? Initially, these instant publishing platforms were seen as simple online journals for those who wanted to keep them. To this date, there is a constant slew of criticism and discourse on the importance of comments. Schaefer ) who spend a lot of time playing in the comments.

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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

The Independent is regarded as leaning to the left politically, [2] although it has not affiliated itself to any political party and a range of views can be found on its editorial and comment pages. Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. RocketOn and Living Web (1).

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How to React to Comments for Your Reputation Management

Kikolani

You’ve been following the conversation about your brand using one of the many monitoring tools available to help you manage and monitor your online reputation and now it has caught wind of a few negative comments or posts about you or your company. Responses to negative comments should be timely and in a professional manner.

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Forget Facebook and MySpace – Wall Street Journal Shares Your Information Too

Stay N' Alive

It seems like every other day Wall Street Journal is talking about some other Social Networking site that is revealing all your information to 3rd party advertisers. I assume this means the comments you make and any profile data you store on their system. However, they do collect “Files and Communications&#.

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Media140 Sydney: Social Media Twitter & Journalism

Laurel Papworth

Either the blogosphere is one big echo chamber, repeating each others articles – or worse, pinching them from the Press – with bloggers agreeing with each other and readers can never get a different viewpoint OR no one agrees with anyone online and it’s just a big chatfest of negativity, anonymous comments and flame wars.

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