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Mandy appears on News Talk to discuss Facebook

I had my first-ever TV appearance this morning on News Talk, a program produced by News Channel 8 (soon to be TBD‘s TV side). I was brought on to talk about the rise of Facebook in the wake of its 500 millionth user signing up this week.

I couldn’t get the video up on a server today, [...]

July 23rd, 2010 | Category: TBD, Work Stuff & Projects | One comment

Pay-to-play commenting can eliminate trolls – and kill discussion

A Massachusetts newspaper is banning anonymous comments by charging for the privilege. This seems like overkill – and it can eliminate important discussion. [...]

July 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Industry News & Notes | 4 comments

Uses for Foursquare in news reporting

Aside from all the fun marketing options, Foursquare can be very valuable for reporters, bloggers and other news organizations. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Find a source with ties to a specific location

When you go to a venue’s page on Foursquare, you can see who has recently checked in there and who is there the [...]

July 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Location Apps, Social Media, Surviving | 8 comments