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The Secrets of Public Relations Revealed

I just read this great interview Neil Patel had with Chris Winfield on The Secrets of Public Relations Revealed. Very informative and practical.

Media literacy in a media saturated world

"The question of what becomes of journalism in the age of mass media, in which anyone with an Internet connection can be their own publisher and reach a potential audience of billions with a single click was the subject of a conversation at a cybersalon" ... “The world is not binary,” Dan Gillmor said. “It’s nuanced and complicated, and we are failing to deal with that in this conversation. No one is arguing that traditional media reaches absolute perfection or arguing that new media is perfect….We are engaged in finding our way in a difficult period of de-evolution of the old journalism business model and the rise of a new one.” ... More

Many College Professors See Podcasts, Blogs and Social Networking Sites as a Potential Teaching Tool

Thomson Learning, one of the largest academic publishers in higher education, today (7 May) released survey results examining faculty views on social networking sites and new media tools. Faculty members recognize the role new media tools can play in higher education because of their popularity among students, according to a survey released today by Thomson Learning.
Survey results revealed that many tech-savvy faculty members recognize the value of blogs and podcasts as communication tools in the classroom. Key findings of the survey include: More ...

US New Media Trends And Statistics: The Hitwise Report

New media are rapidly changing the way we search, access and create news and information. The Internet has become the reference point for all those people who are not happy anymore with the quality, depth and breadth of whatever news mainstream media networks deliver. More ...

Nearly 25% Of Newspaper Visits Driven By Search

Nearly a quarter of the traffic newspaper Web sites are getting comes through search engines, according to a new Hitwise report.
The Hitwise Report

Business Journalism and The Email Interview

Steven Silvers is a reputation and communications strategy consultant with 25 years experience in corporate affairs, public issues and crisis management. He is a principal at Denver-based GBSM, Inc. He has an interesting post about the increasing frequency of email interviews by journalists.
"I’m not quite sure this is journalism. It certainly isn’t a journalistic interview."