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Social media success more about changing who you are than changing what you do
“Because social is something you are, not something you do, most organizations cannot succeed in the social space by changing what they do and not who they are.” Olivier Blanchard speaks the truth in a great post titled “10 Truths about Social Media & Social Business you need to know,” over at The Brandbuilder Blog. Highly recommended.
Student interview: Social media and the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Every once in a while I receive an interview request from a journalism student who wants my views on some aspect of digital journalism. Last week Adam Kveton of Carleton University was interested in how social media affected the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot and The Province‘s coverage of it. Here’s our e-mail interview: Did journalists
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Links I liked this week, Vol. 7
Every weekend I round up a few links that caught my interest as they drifted past during the previous week. Many are related to digital journalism and writing, but they may also touch on my other interests like sports, music or life in Vancouver. Here’s the seventh installment: A huge decision came down from the
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Links I liked this week, Vol. 6
Occupy Wall Street gives birth to Occupy Vancouver this week, which may explain the political bent in this, the sixth installment of links I liked this week: I just discovered Peter Lewis, who explained in a post earlier this week that the outgoing CEO of the Gannett newspaper company will receive $37 million after overseeing
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The Guardian makes its news schedule public
Journalism blog 10,000 Words posted today about how The Guardian will began sharing parts of its story schedule publicly, to get pre-publication feedback and guidance from its audience. I like this idea, and have for as long as I’ve worked online. However, implementing something like this raises some practical considerations. They have nothing to do
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Links I liked this week, Vol. 5
Every weekend I round up a few links that caught my interest as they drifted past during the previous week. Many are related to digital journalism and writing, but they may also touch on my other interests like sports, music or life in Vancouver. Here’s the fifth installment: Ezra Klein gets to the bottom of
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Jury duty: What happens when you’re summoned to the Supreme Court of British Columbia
For someone who deals with crime news daily, I’ve spent very little time in a courtroom. I’ve received plenty of copy from the courthouse, but have never written any myself. I’ve always wanted to see a trial from the inside by serving on a jury, but when I got my call recently, I had to
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Links I liked this week, Vol. 4
Every weekend I round up a few links that caught my interest as they drifted past during the previous week. Many are related to digital journalism and writing, but they may also touch on my other interests like sports, music or life in Vancouver. Here’s the fourth installment: A great, detailed post from Howard Owens
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Flaherty’s tax crackdown letter reported widely in Canada, ignored in U.S.
When the Canadian finance minister dutifully writes a letter to major American newspapers, Canadian media report it like it’s a big deal. That isn’t necessarily the case. These stories need to be followed up. Media coverage in mid-September made it sound like Jim Flaherty was riding to the rescue of Canadians affected by aggressive new
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In 2007 I was the first journalist at the Vancouver Province to be assigned digital-only duties. I've been immersed in online news and social media ever since. If I'm not writing about storytelling, I'm just telling stories. Or writing about hockey.