Mother Jones’ move into social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. A chat with publisher Steve Katz about adapting to the mediasphere’s new realities ‘If you know Mother Jones, you probably think of us as primarily a print magazine,” says publisher Steve Katz. “That’s not really true anymore.” For the past year, I’ve been […]
PitchEngine: A social PR platform for the new era
In preparation for today’s webinar on the latest with social media press releases that I did for Bulldog Reporter/PR University, I spent a half hour on the line recently with Jason Kintzler, co-founder and CEO of PitchEngine, a site I’ve used to good effect in the past year. Founded in 2008 as “a new kind […]
Flipboard: Get social news on your iPad
By now you may have heard the buzz about Flipboard, probably the coolest app invented for Apple’s iPad. (I’ll be getting both later this year.) The Flipboard is a personalized social magazine that lets you flip through the content being shared with you across your social networks. (On Socialbrite today we have a Q&A with […]
Here comes Clay Shirky’s ‘Cognitive Surplus’
Where did the summer go? I spent a good chunk of my idle time (ha!) sneaking a few minutes here and there not to read beach blanket escapist thrillers but rather some important books that five of my friends have written.
Here, then, are short reviews of:
• Clay Shirky’s “Cognitive Surplus”
Webinar on what’s new with social media releases
I‘ll be giving a webinar on social media press releases, along with Mark Budgell of Hewlett Packard, in a Bulldog Reporter/PR University event on Sept. 9. Social Media Release Update: Use the Latest Templates, Tips and Inside Tricks to Boost Pick-Up will show participants how to create and write your own social media releases, the […]