“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 [...]
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 [...]
Interesting thoughts about the role (or lack thereof) of RSS in a Twittering world: Rest in Peace, RSS
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 [...]
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. [...]
Almost anything published on the Web these days includes a place for reader feedback. At this point, it seems like the experience of the article isn’t complete without a look at how other visitors reacted. But, for the most part, military publications don’t allow comments, or if they are allowed, moderate them heavily. Part of this [...]
Brevity is a core value of journalism, but what can you do with only 140 characters? According to the New York Times (via CyberJournalist.net), quite a bit:
With traditional media, you can engage people’s knowledge. Social media gives you an opportunity to engage people’s attitudes.
