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This is pretty outrageous. This woman was attempting to record and open meeting and was driven out by security. As she points, Georgia has an open meeting law, but the Mayor refused to acknowledge it. I hope she filed a complaint with the State Attorney General as she said she would.
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When I first heard the name of David Meerman Scott's new ebook called Newsjacking, I was a bit taken aback until I learned it has more to do with making PR folks think like journalists then literally hijacking a story. Still, I wonder if PR pros and the companies they work for can make such a dramatic change in the way they have traditionally thought and operated.
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By forbidding reporters to express views online on social networks, the AP is rejecting the reality of journalism in today's world of social media.
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It appears that WikiLeaks has revealed previously redacted names in the US diplomatic cables by accident, leaving many people around the world in danger of being exposed. WikiLeaks is denying names have been exposed.
Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.
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Facbook hired a 25 year old 3 years out of J School to be its media ambassador. I don't want slam a kid for being 25, but a job like Facebook Media Ambassador calls for someone with more experience and seasoning or veteran journalists will eat him alive.
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While I might not have the expertise of a practitioner in the field, I have other skills and abilities I bring to the table as I write my content management newsletter each week for Fierce.
Read my full commentary on FierceContentManagement.
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Most people aren't terribly sympathetic to Jonathan Tasini's claim that Huffington Post writers were the reason the publication was sold for $315m and they deserve a 1/3 of the take, but as a writer I can see his point. She wouldn't have had a thing without them. Time to pay the piper Arianna.
Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.
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I was surprised after all of the hype, by how much The Daily, the new News Corp iPad daily newspaper looks like a conventional news magazine. Ultimately, though, it's an old model in a new package and as such will fail.
Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.
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WikiLeaks technology is not exactly advanced, so it's not surprising that many news organizations are setting up similar anonymous electronic drop boxes (as they should), but will leakers trust big media companies in the same way?
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If publishers can get past their print proclivities, they might just have found a new publishing outlet in the burgeoning tablet market--if they don't blow the chance, that is.
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