Comments on: Social Media and Swine Flu http://sixestate.com/real-time-communication/social-media-and-swine-flu/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steve O'Keefe http://sixestate.com/real-time-communication/social-media-and-swine-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Steve O'Keefe Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:55:00 +0000 http://sixestate.com/?p=306#comment-10 David, another good post. I visited the Commonwealth of <a href="http://publichealth.blog.state.ma.us/" target ="_blank" rel="nofollow">Massachusetts' Public Health Blog</a> to see if they were really newsblogging and responding to comments. The blog is a nice example of a newsblog. While it would benefit from graphics and a more disciplined publishing schedule, it's not just brochureware. You say the advice must be accurate, without exception. But the exception is the comments, where readers pour out their issues concerning H1N1, and bring vitality to the blog. These comments are often answered by authoritative staff members, or lead to future stories addressing the issues readers sound off about most. Nice use of technology! David, another good post. I visited the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Public Health Blog to see if they were really newsblogging and responding to comments. The blog is a nice example of a newsblog. While it would benefit from graphics and a more disciplined publishing schedule, it’s not just brochureware.

You say the advice must be accurate, without exception. But the exception is the comments, where readers pour out their issues concerning H1N1, and bring vitality to the blog. These comments are often answered by authoritative staff members, or lead to future stories addressing the issues readers sound off about most. Nice use of technology!

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