Howard Owens tipped me off to Wired Journalists, a new Ning social networking site for journalists who want to learn more about the wired world. It is set up by Ryan Sholin, a brilliant guy with a brilliant idea. Congratulations Ryan.
I really like the feel of the site. However, my first blog post there asked why […]
Clay Shirky, in the following video, says that newspapers should look at every URL as a potential community and see how their news operation can extend not only into the brains of that community but also into the lives of that community. His book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations is due out in […]
When I first met Stephanie Roberts at a party hosted by James Harris of Elemental Interactive, she was carrying a camera. She will be at our SoCon08 conference and at the conference’s social networking site, I learned she is involved in Project 365, where people commit to shooting and, eventually, posting one photo every day. […]
With about three weeks to go, we now have 100 registrants for SoCon08the Southeast’s top social media, social networking and Web 2.0, unconference. I will be updating our participant list later today.
The cost of attending Friday night’s big networking dinner is about to jump because we will soon reach the limit of subsidized spots. Pay $28 now or $48 later. So sign […]
Last year SoCon07 was a blast, attendees loved it. So, of course, we are back again for SoCon08, the social media and social networking event for the Southeast. Registration opened today. Get aboard now. Here is what Timothy Moenk, one of the people helping organize SoCon08 wrote, it will give you an excellent idea of […]
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.