“The Hill,” the blog of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team PAO, ran a good piece on the anniversary of the unit’s social media effort earlier this month. Great overview of the issue, benefits and challenges: Two weeks, Carlisle’s own 100 dollars, and the internet savvyness of 3rd HBCT’s Sgt. Jeremy Gadd, the team was [...]
Two days of hell, nine men of valor, originally uploaded by Army.mil. This looked like a weak photo to include in a photo set — then I realized the photo was not the point. Technically, it’s almost perfect – pleasing outdoor sun, well-exposed shadows*, no one caught with a goofy expression, nice telephoto compression. I [...]
Installation newspapers are essentially town newspapers, and they are suffering from the same loss of readership and advertising as their civilian counterparts. The TechCrunch blog yesterday covered a presentation proposing one model for the survival of local journalism. Don’t worry, though. Media consultant, blogger, and CUNY professor Jeff Jarvis has a few ideas for how [...]
These notes have been hovering in my drafts folder since the second day of the Worldwide Public Affairs Symposium May 5. My smartphone decided it didn’t like to play with the Opera browser I was using. They’re a little cryptic, but I hope you find them useful. Media panel: ABC, USA Today, WTOP radio, AP [...]
If you’re a newbie at a certain subject, it helps to see what others consider best practices. Example: my relationship with Twitter. I already know its value as an alert medium for my job. I also know effective tweeting* requires an entirely new skill set, and outside apps to make the most of it. Here’s a resource [...]
The phone I was using to liveblog the WPAS isn’t happy with the software any more. Could be operator malfunction. In any case, I’ve lost two posts and don’t have much hope for more. Go see Lindy Kyzer’s notes a couple of posts below.
SMA Kenneth Preston – year of NCO. Told President Obama his biggest concern is stress on the force. Described life for Soldiers in 8th year of GWoT. 15-12 deployment, lean sustaining base, transformation movement, strained relationships. Still high retention because they believe in the importance of the mission. How are we preping them for success? [...]
This site’s editor isn’t the only one blogging, tweeting or othewise covering the Worldwide (I’ll stick to the SFW name for the conference). Lindy Kyzer is liveblogging the conference on the Army’s official blog, Army Live. She’s also tweeting at http://twitter.com/USArmy. OCPA-New York is also twittering the conference at http://twitter.com/ArmyNYC. Someone from IMCOM-Korea is tweeting at http://twitter.com/imcomkorea. [...]
Cell-phone notes from the Army’annual gathering. Not only is social media an issue – it is the issue, overwhelmingly. Most questions for the Chief of Public Affairs and Secretary of the Army deal with it. There’s much frustration in the perceived disconnect between security concerns and the Army’s information engagement needs. Later… Former CNN Pentagon [...]
The Office of the Chief of Public Affairs just announced the winners of the 2008 Keith L. Ware Army journalism awards. Congrats to all.
