NPR’s experiments with social media from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Andy Carvin, social media strategist for NPR.org, has spent the past several years experimenting with innovative approaches to the news. As the head of National Public Radio’s social media desk, he’s been given a sandbox to foster high-quality journalism using social tools in an age […]
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Using social media to build an audience
When I speak at conferences these days, I often say, “In a former life, I worked in the news industry.” That’s only partly true — I still cover conferences and events as a working journalist, and Socialmedia.biz is a site for social media news and analysis. But my 11 years at the Sacramento Bee is […]
Social media and your personal brand
Shira Lazar on social media and building relationships from JD Lasica on Vimeo. If I could point all the 18- to 29-year-olds in the land to one video about how the social media revolution has fundamentally reshaped power relationships and entrepreneurial opportunities, it would be to this 13-minute video riff with Shira Lazar. I’ve been […]
AOL executive on its social services toolbox
AOL sure is in an interesting place these days. They have a brand new CEO (ex Google VP Tim Armstrong), a legacy dial-up access business that more than 20 years after it was launched still makes billions of dollars a year and the rest of AOL split up into three different groups: Platform A, one […]
Lunch.com: a beta launch worth buzzing about
C an you feel it? The flutter of excitement. Call me a complete geek but nothing quite compares to a beta launch and the energy that surrounds it. So who is causing the latest buzz? Lunch.com, based in Los Angeles, is a social review site where you can express your opinions and connect with users […]

