AMY GAHRAN: The Right Conversation

links for 2006-12-30

• Top online media stories of 2006 - CyberJournalist.net - Online News Association - Special Features
  "Here is CyberJournalist.net's annual list of the top online journalism stories of the year, based on the most popular entries on CyberJournalist.net in 2006."
  (tags: statistics media journalism blogs tidbits+fodder)

links for 2006-12-22

• Beth's Blog: Henry Jenkins discusses participatory media in Second Life
  Henry Jenkins on 2nd life: "I don’t think its a fad. Once you reach the point where you have two million subscribers, you’ve created something that has some impact in the culture."
  (tags: virtual event thought+leaders participation media+evolution)
• Beth's Blog: Cool Mashup of GoogleMaps for Advocacy via Global Voices
  "Tunisian exile Sami Ben Gharbia is the creator of the Tunisian Prison Map -- inspired by a NYT interactive map charting murder locations in NYC. Instead of showing govt crime figures, he displays where his former govt imprisons political dissidents."
  (tags: maps mashup info+access inspiration influence+ecology world government tidbits+fodder)
• Beth's Blog: Is some big old mean (ahem) commercial scavenger getting fabulously rich off of my photos?
  "just when I decided to embrace the creative commons "by" license versus the non-commercial use one - this happens. The funny thing is that sfgate.com ignored the "All rights reserved." Had they asked me for permission I would've gladly granted it. "
  (tags: copyright photos mainstream+media problems tidbits+fodder)

links for 2006-12-20

• mediations: Blog justice update
  "the incident is of more interest to the blogosphere than the police. Maybe someone in the police press office should be watching this conversation and have a little think about the force's perceived inactivity is playing out.... "
  (tags: blogs law society problems mycoverage)

Getting LinkedIn: Growing Your Network

After much nudging from various colleagues, I've finally begun to use the professional networking service LinkedIn. (See my profile.)

I thought now would be a good time to get more connected with this service. One of my New Year's resolutions is to be more focused and systematic about how I build my conversational media consulting business. I like the LinkedIn model because it focuses on personal connections -- which is also the foundation of conversational media. Seemed like a natural place for me to start.

Here's what I've been doing so far, including six tips for building your LinkedIn network...

links for 2006-12-16

• Beth's Blog: How the CDC is Cultivating Bloggers for its Public Awareness Campaign About Flu
  "Some insights into the fact that organizations are treating bloggers as journalists. I received an email from the CDC..."
  (tags: government blogs PR+marketing advocacy)
• Blog Business Summit: Gasp! CEO's Aren't Writing Their Own Blogs?!?!
  “what’s wrong with ghost writing a blog?” The answer: nothing is really wrong with it - so long as you’re not outed. The blogosphere may then decide to eat you alive."
  (tags: ghostwriting ethics blogs business problems PR+marketing transparency)
• WOMMA Summit - Are Bloggers Journalists? Josh Hallett
  "He doesn't think it's an issue until substantive words get used. Some of the words used are originator and legitimacy. When we apply those words then we have a debate. "
  (tags: blogs journalism)

links for 2006-12-11

• Amy Gahran: Transparency & accuracy | Ourmedia
  "Amy Gahran talks about quality content, transparency and accuracy in journalism. She shares her ideas on good practices in correcting mistakes and on the potential of conversational media."
  (tags: accuracy conversational+media journalism transparency mycoverage)
• John Battelle's Searchblog: Packaged Goods Media vs. Conversational Media, Part One
  "major media companies are unparalleled in running companies in the Packaged Goods Media world. But running major Conversational Media companies require quite a different set of skills, and understanding radically different economic and business models."
  (tags: tidbits+fodder conversational+media business career media+evolution media)

links for 2006-12-08

• Beth's Blog: Tools for gathering data for blog and web page metrics
  "we're gonna have to think about other types of metrics, particularly for awareness raising and blog fundraising. How to we identify and analyze them? How to we interpret them and put them to use? How do we collect and crunch them?
  (tags: blogs nonprofits statistics measuring+success mycoverage)

links for 2006-12-05

• Blogging Between the Lines (American Journalism Review)
  Oh, Puh-leeeeeeezzzzeeee.... Let's bag the blog stereotypes, people! "Does the inherent tension between the blogosphere’s anything-goes ethos and the standards of traditional journalism mean this relationship is doomed?"
  (tags: blogs business journalism media newspapers research shortsighted tidbits+fodder)
• Cory Doctorow on Giving It Away - Forbes.com
  "A tiny minority of downloaders treat the free e-book as a substitute for the printed book--those are the lost sales. Many more treat the e-book as an enticement to buy the printed book. They're gained sales. I'm ahead of the game."
  (tags: books business publishing economics thought+leaders tidbits+fodder)