Sherrilynne Starkie

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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

But the backroom deal between competing newspaper publishing companies Postmedia and TorStar must surely up the ante. This is a bad deal, not only for the almost 300 news media professionals who are out of a job, but because reporting local news is important to our communities. Photo by Mike Ackerman on Unsplash. But there’s the rub.

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Zuck’s facts about Facebook

Sherrilynne Starkie

Last week, the Wall Street Journal , arguably one of the highest profile news organizations in the world, published an article by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and not before time! After almost a year of bad press, multiple scandals and falling share prices, it’s well past time for a Facebook ‘Mea Culpa’. His Facebook Facts.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events. Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time. Does Facebook affect your brain.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Eighty-three per cent of Canadians are on Facebook and almost 77 per cent use it daily. Owned Media is self-published content. No matter the communications challenge–marketing, advocacy, community relations, employee engagement–the best solutions have pieces from all four quarters of the digital media landscape.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. Facebook needs to turn this thing around!

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Getting behind United Way Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

I figure it’s the very least I can do because I learned a long time ago, the hard way, how having the support of your community can help you change your life. It was tough, but with the support of family, friends and my community I was able to go to college, earn a PR diploma and move on to have a rewarding career and a great life.

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, for example, all have features that allow people to buy directly. This could be customers, employees, surrounding communities, shareholders, policymakers and so on. They are experts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, SnapChat and more.