A media star is born, then goes all supernova on us
Who ever suspected that a sign-language interpreter could ROCK? Lydia Callis has been the star of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s pressers. (That’s journalism slang for a press conference, which is PR...
View ArticleIs journalism dead?
By Alex Corey Contributing Editor Every day, you see stories wailing about the death of journalism, about newspapers shedding jobs or closing their doors. So is journalism dead? Or is it a phoenix,...
View Article3 ways to change the digital world FOREVER
It is official: social media now dominates the Series of Tubes. Every year, these smart people produce a slick video about the interwebs, and this year’s video is especially good and interesting. Now,...
View ArticleThe Overachiever’s Guide to Job Hunting
In my final semester of school, I juggled four classes, three jobs, and an internship. Did I mention that I also had a social life? Hi, I am an overachiever and unemployment is crushing my soul. How...
View ArticleInsensitive Hippo opens Twitter account, harasses man it once swallowed
Protip: Do not play around with hippos. Art by Netlizard. At 27 years old, Paul Templer was swallowed by a hippo. In 1996, Templer was giving a tour of the Zambezi river in Africa when his canoe was...
View ArticleSlaves of the Internet, Unite! – NYTimes.com
This man speaks the truth. Read him. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/opinion/sunday/slaves-of-the-internet-unite.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1
View ArticleWhy even the mighty Facebook is DOOMED
So now that social media is an entrenched Big Deal, taking up gobs of bandwidth on the Series of Tubes, you’re starting to see story after story in papers of news and even the Glowing Tube, which still...
View ArticleImprove your blog’s bounce rate and such
I do this blog for fun, not for monies. HOWEVER: even casual bloggers probably want to make their bloggity blog more popular, and get more viewers. Want to make your blog better and more popular? Neil...
View ArticleWhat words get shared on social media – and what doesn’t?
Publicity and marketing, including social media, is like the Wild West. Just about anybody can call themselves a Social Media Ninja (although they shouldn’t) and get away with it, especially if they...
View Article‘Native advertising’ disguised as news: miracle money or menace to journalism?
You have to feel for journalists and publishers, since everybody else insists on (a) swiping content from newspapers and magazines, (b) “aggregating” all that content on the Series of Tubes before (c)...
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