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The Strumpette Videos: Breaking Ground by Stating the Obvious

January 30, 2009

  Bill Sledzik’s blog, Tough Sledding, is one of the very few I get excited to read when a new post shows up. So it was with anticipation that I was waiting when it was announced on Tough Sledding the he and Andy Curran, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati-Clermont College, were to release [...]

5 New Media Facts and Fallacies

January 10, 2009

Relative newcomers facing exposure to online media appear to have adopted assumptions about the uniqueness of these technologies. With that in mind, here are five points to be considered -- basically, that media as we know it today has roots back to hunter-gatherer rock art.

The Nevada New Media Conundrum

January 4, 2009

If blogs are good for one thing, it’s for stirring up a good shit storm. That’s been the case since blogs have been around. Daniel Solove’s book, “The Future of Reputation,” wonderfully details the more noted online controversies in the history of the Internet. And in Reno, ever since I began reading the blogs here [...]

The Top 10 of 2008

January 1, 2009

Here are the most read posts of this site from 2008, which actually saw quite an increase this year, not so much in site visitation, but rather in participation – people commenting on the posts or linking to them and commenting elsewhere. I’ll take that that over the numbers any day. [Edit 1/1/09: This post [...]

Why Journalism Schools Should Get Rid of PR

December 28, 2008

Ten Reasons Why PR is Better Suited for Business Schools I used to have a negative reaction when I heard or read about news journalists harping on why journalism schools should get rid of public relations emphases. I couldn’t quite figure out why until recently. At first, I vehemently disagreed with the notion, usually adopting [...]