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  • Bloggers have grown in importance to corporations, measured by the increased outreach by businesses and their PR people. And the vast majority of these bloggers want companies and their PR people to reach out to them. While awareness of social media releases avaries from market to market, among those who know what they are, they’re perceived favorably.
    (tags: blogs PR network)
  • Audiences are being made to feel confused and excluded by reports they do not understand, according to the paper 'Public Trust In The News' by academics from Manchester and Leeds Universities, published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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June 30, 2009 by sarahhartley

Where’s the new stuff?

June 28, 2009 by sarahhartley

Is there a lack of new online communication services coming on stream – or perhaps it’s all iPhone app related advances instead?

Following on from a conversation earlier this week I’ve been doing a bit of an audit of services I subscribe to and have come to the conclusion that there’s not much must-have new stuff that’s surfaced in the past few months.

Or maybe it’s that I’m not finding them. If s o what am I missing?

At one stage, about 18 months ago, there seemed to be something new coming on stream very day. OK, some didn’t even stick long enough to make it onto my bookmarks – anyone still doing Plurk or Brightkite? – but others were persevered with.

Updating the contacts page on this blog, I’ve now removed some listings of places I no longer find essential – but there’s very few additions.

What came in;

* Skype: Has become properly useful with my mobile and remote working patterns.

* Qik : Reliable and invaluable mo-blogging tool.

* AudioBoo: Only just added but expected to stick.

* FriendFeed: Still not an everyday, but starting to see its value, particularly as a live-blogging tool.

What went out;

* The second Twitter account I had been using for live-blogging in Manchester. All Twitter activity will now be consolidated @foodiesarah.

* Bambuser. Was in regular use until the service failed at a particularly important live-blogging moment.

* Utterli: Has been utterly pointless since the UK phone number service ceased.

* Seesmic: Wasn’t a regular haunt although, of all the above, this is one I’m keeping an open mind to have a return to.

Any recommendations or suggestions of new stuff gratefully consumed.

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June 18, 2009 by sarahhartley
  • Interestingly, the itemised bill for Jacqui Smith’s husbands late night viewing has been censored. (The Times have been trying to find it). So if it wasn’t for good old fashioned journalism, that little indiscretion would never have been caught. Which is precisely the point of why all these black boxes on forms are there. To protecting the MP’s embarrassment, not for their physical security.
    (tags: politics)
  • Your blog is a journey. And you have already begun that journey. That’s a useful start, isn’t it?

    If you want to turn a corner from just reporter or commentator to expert, then you have to stand up and proclaim yourself as someone unusually good at something and then demonstrate it over and over again.