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Apr.24, 2009 by BrookeWarner
How I became a Facebook Evangelist
I have an unlimited appetite for media and information. Frankly, I’m known to gorge on a regular basis to the consternation of my friends, family and employers. Luckily, it’s also my field so I’m given some grace. But the variety of new social tools and their ability to bring me new info in infinite new ways is not helping in my quest for personal pacing. In fact, it’s a downright smorgasbord: “Ma’am, will you have that in 140 characters or would you prefer it in a 5 part quiz on the Former Queens of Ancient Egypt You Most Admire on Tuesdays?” Let me state for the record, I stay as far away from Twitter as I can. For anyone with strong political opinions, challenged impulse control and strong verbal compulsive tendencies, Twitter is not the best tool for winning friends and influencing people. Trust me. I’m drawn to it like a magnet to metal.
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Categories: Social
Apr.03, 2009 by BrookeWarner
If Newspapers are SO Over, What is the Fall Out? (Part 2 of 2)
I agree with Thomas Jefferson when he said: “The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to choose the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers, and be capable of reading them.”
Read More »Tags: blogosphere, Blogs, Brooke Warner, journalism, media, Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle, series, Web
Categories: Current Events
Mar.26, 2009 by BrookeWarner
The Day of the Newspaper is Over (Part 1 of 2)
If you are judging by Chinese standards, the newspaper industry is now clearly under the old curse, “May you live in interesting times.” At no other point in modern history have the storied institutions been so in flux; their future so uncertain. The recent move of the Seattle-Post Intelligencer to an online only status and the closing of the Rocky Mountain News (as well as several others less well publicized) is not only a milestone for the industry, but is also a harbinger of things to come.
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Categories: Current Events
