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Soldiers Now Allowed To Tweet

deerickson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:54 +0000

CNN.com: U.S. military personnel are officially allowed to tweet. That’s the upshot of the Pentagon’s long-awaited policy on rank and file personnel using online social media, unveiled Friday. The new rules authorize access to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media Web sites from nonclassified government computers — as long as such activity doesn’t compromise operational [...]

The Future Journalist

deerickson — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:15:01 +0000

This is a twitcam recording from Mashable’s NextUp NYC. The event attempted to look at the changing media landscape and the evolving role of journalists in it. The speakers are Sree Sreenivasan and Vadim Lavrusik. Similar Posts: Traditional Media’s Future Media Convergence Presentation Facebook And/Or LinkedIn For B2B Marketing? Financial Reporting In Today’s Economy On The Record…Online – PR Podcast Email this to [...]

Minnesota Politics & Social Media

deerickson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:15:19 +0000

Blois Olson introduces the social media & politics panel

[/caption] I can credit the start of my career in online strategy in large part to my fascination with online political communication. In 1994, I read about the first online gubernatorial debate held by E-Democracy (of which I am now a board member); but [...]

2009: Year In Review Via Google Wave

deerickson — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:00:16 +0000

Found at YouTube from rockyourwhirled via TechCrunch via AdAge via Holy Kaw! Similar Posts: TweetDeck Upgrade Video Demo How To Create A Generic Television News Report Persuasion Words Hitler Goes Ballistic Over The Facebook/FriendFeed Deal Apple iPad Hands-On Demonstration Email this to a friend? Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on Linkedin Sphinn this on Sphinn Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Send this [...]

The Wire – WCCO TV’s Innovative Collaborative Journalism Project

deerickson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:40:01 +0000

I haven’t been shy about my admiration for the work that John Daenzer, WCCO TV’s Director of New Media, is doing over at the station. He is, I think, one of the unsung stars in Minnesota’s digital universe. (I should note here that my company, Tunheim Partners, has done work for WCCO TV in the [...]

Social Networking Phenomenon

deerickson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:50:26 +0000

I mentioned at the end of September that I would be participating in a town hall forum on social media for KMSQ TV, the PBS affiliate in Austin, Minnesota. I promised I’d post video of the forum discussion when it became available. It’s become available. I had a great time and was fortunate to participate with [...]

Live HD Video Streaming Technology

deerickson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:04:24 +0000

Livestream’s new Livepack bundle has the feel of the first commercial cell phones, bulky, blocky, unwieldly. Still, you can see where it’s going and it continues the trend toward democratizing media and journalism. The technology pack enables wireless HD-quality streaming. Found at YouTube from livestreamcom via NewTeeVee. Similar Posts: Every Movie Ever Made In Any Language, All [...]

Traditional Media’s Future

deerickson — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:20:07 +0000

Newspaper, magazine and broadcast media continue to lose audience and revenues to new forms of content that sprout up daily in digital forms. With a 45-year career in the media industry, Grimes will highlight important industry trends, examine changing business models, and talk about social, environmental and economic impacts of the changing media landscape. Found [...]

35W Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Anniversary – Citizen Journalism In Action

deerickson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:05:48 +0000

Today is the two-year anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse and, accompanying the tragedy, was a seminal moment in Minnesota’s burgeoning citizen journalism community. WCCO TV’s Jason DeRusha blogs about his experience reporting the collapse today. I thought I’d share links to my thoughts about citizen media’s roll in the coverage at the time: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse [...]

Revenge Of The Customer: United Airlines Breaks Guitars

deerickson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:46:30 +0000

Dave Carroll is a musician spurned…by United Airlines…who broke his guitar. His $3500 Taylor guitar. And they refused to take responsibility for it.Â Read Carroll’s story at his Web site. After being given endless run-arounds and finally being told he would not be compensated for the damage United’s employees inflicted upon his instrument, he did what [...]