Content Marketing Blog
Content Marketing Blog
Conflicts of Interest: TechCrunch, AOL, and WSJ
The Wall Street Journal’s leading technology reporter, Kara Swisher, has been raising a stink about TechCrunch founder, Michael Arrington’s, new venture capital play, CrunchFund, which just two weeks ago announced an $8 million investment from TechCrunch parent, America Online (AOL). Now it looks like AOL is cutting Arrington loose — as in firing him — […]
Real-Time Duel: Twitter vs. Politico
Politico. It’s a name you’ve at least heard, even if you’re not familiar with the website. Throughout the last presidential election, it was one of the go-to places for up-to-the minute, breaking news out of the nation’s capitol. Since then, we have seen the maturation of Twitter occur in a very high-profile fashion. Incidents of […]
Citizen Journalism Meets Sports Reporting
Media Trust, based in the U.K., works with media organizations and communities to enhance communications. The organization has launched a year-long initiative to teach practical journalism skills to 120 Londoners aged 18 to 25. It will be the first of many community news hubs around the country and will provide volunteers and mentors to help […]
Blogging Teacher Reinstated, but Will the Classroom Be Empty?
With new communications platforms come new arguments over free speech. It has the same inevitability ascribed to death and taxes. Lately, we have seen a number of these arguments spawned by people’s status messages or blog posts going public. Take the case of Natalie Munroe, a Philadelphia teacher who has been the subject of an uproar […]
Print Hinders Journalism Coursework
Print media is a waning facet of the journalism industry since the printing process can’t keep up with the news, so it should come as no great shock that the industry is not adequately served by printed textbooks either. The period between writing a textbook and publishing a textbook is often a year — if not […]
An Interview With Natasha Dedis, Founder and CEO of Unthink
You’ve probably seen the videos making their way around the Internet — an unabashed stab at Facebook and the other giants like Twitter and Google. Today, I got to hop on the phone with Natasha Dedis, the founder and CEO of Unthink. Below is the transcription of the interview, along with the company’s newest video […]