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Audio: Gov. Jim Gibbons speaks with Reno reporter Ray Hagar on the Wall Street Journal conspiracy theory Journalists should: ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äù Refuse gifts, favors, fees, free travel and special treatment, and shun secondary employment, political involvement, public office and service in community organizations if they compromise journalistic integrity. – Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics [...]

I pulled out my scruffy copy of The Cluetrain Manifesto the other night and re-read the first essay. I was surprised at how fresh it all seems even today nearly ten years later. When it arrived on my desk, the book articulated what I was seeing and experiencing during the early implementations of the interactive [...]

I’m still pondering about how to make the Social Media News Release work for governmental and public affairs. It seems many of the journalists I meet still don’t get how to use an aggregator or don’t know much about IM. They understand media portals and really appreciate the links to relevant information. The SMNR format [...]