Reimagining Journalism in the Age of Social Media View more presentations from JD Lasica. 9 ideas for taking journalism to a new place Social media is far more than social marketing, which is why Socialmedia.biz returns regularly to the subject of how social is reshaping the worlds of media and journalism. I arrived in […]
Social media, tech & marketing events: July
Some of the speakers at Fortune: Brainstorm this year. Guide to events & conferences for the coming month Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events for the month of July. Lots of great gatherings on tap. For the full year, see our full Calendar of 2011 social media, tech […]
Journalism and the social media revolution
Jolie O’Dell of Mashable at “Journalism and Social Media.” Last night I attended a nice gathering at the San Jose Mercury News, organized by Social Media Club Silicon Valley, called “Journalism and Social Media.” The organizers put together a powerhouse panel made up of: • Kym McNicholas, anchor/reporter, Forbes Video Network. • Jolie O’Dell, reporter […]
MyMic: Leave an audio comment on Facebook
If you’re launching a startup today, your best bet is to build on top of a widely adopted platform — Facebook, anyone? — rather than try to rally users to a completely new site. That’s the smart course LeaAnna Hernandez took with MyMic, a still largely undiscovered app (2,797 Likes) that lets anyone on Facebook […]
Latinos, education & tech entrepreneurship
How do you overcome the obstacles you face as a Latino in the fields of technology, math, science and engineering?
Step one, says Jennifer Arguello — one of the panelists at last weekend’s Latino 2 conference in Mountain View, Calif. — is to find kinship with people who face the same realities, to compare experiences and to ultimately find the path forward.