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Don't Fear the Firehose — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:32:30 GMT

Guard your loins (quite possibly literally) Twitter just got a massive upgrade. That upgrade is live

re: Social media is a global phenomenon

Kevin Nguyen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:35:05 GMT

Vietnam is a developing country, online and marketing online seem to be a new phenomenon,Luxury travel is the leading in hotel reservation online. We have gained a great position and our sales figure increased since we evolved on marketing online. It is true that in a country with ppopulation of over 90 million and over 40 million people online then, PR online is great way to increase sales figure.

re: Social media is a global phenomenon

STEPHEN DAVIES — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:18:38 GMT

Completely agree. And that's why some PR models need to adapt.

re: Social media is a global phenomenon

Richard Brown — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:27:39 GMT

Very useful point well made. We at UKNetMonitor are often asked by clients to restrict our reporting of what people are saying about them in blogs to UK bloggers. "But why?" we say. When people are researching or reading about a company they don't restrict their searches to UK blogs. A blogger from China is just as likely to be read as a blogger from Coventry, and could have just as much impact on a product review or corporate reputation.

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re: Handy tip - finding fellow PR people on Twitter

207646 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:22:59 GMT

Top tips Stephen. Thanks. Will try them out. DR

re: Handy tip - finding fellow PR people on Twitter

Ged Carroll — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:27:51 GMT

Nice Stephen, must admit don't mention PR in my bio ^_^

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Claire Murphy — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:30 GMT

It's got to be a good thing to make journalists more accountable for their stories. There's nothing like a comment box sitting under your story to encourage you to check facts in it properly, for example.

But is it a good thing in general that the broadcast (and increasingly print) media is now 20% concerned with reporting facts and 80% consumed with shoving a microphone in someone's face to record their bemused reaction to something?

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Arun Sudhaman — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:25:24 GMT

A few years ago I would have strayed away from engaging in comment and dialogue about my stories. Increasingly, though, I think it is simply part of a journalist's job - and now I regularly blog and tweet about my own stories to try and encourage debate. If you are not willing to engage with the issues you have raised then I think readers become less interested. All of this, of course, assumes the debate is conducted in a reasonable, objective manner - which, sadly, is not always the case.

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Philip Smith — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:29:01 GMT

The line has moved a long way away from the time when only the leader column, or the editor's viewpoint, were the only true 'comment' allowed by papers or magazines.

But, for those who think that comment from journalists generally is a bad thing, isn't the unwanted situation one where journalists are writing to 'hidden' agendas or refusing to talk about their articles or viewpoints? Even so, the point about professional/personal viewpoints is moot: our personal views and comments are often only a click away for those who want them.

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Ged Carroll — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:26:30 GMT

The problem you have with journalists is about workflow, news and debate moving has traditionally made new articles. Whilst we are in a new conversational age, journalists are still measured on stories and copied filed.

Or in a more extreme example like Gawker Media where the journalists are measured on eyeballs, they need to drop 'link bait' and move on to hit their targets.

If you want journalists engaging in conversation change the game.

re: First blog and what to expect

Andrew Bruce Smith — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:49:17 GMT

Good luck with your new blog!

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Sam Espensen — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:00:39 GMT

I agree about enjoying the comments below being more interesting, especially on Charlie Brooker's blogs for The Guardian!

re: Should journalists be answerable to their online articles?

Danny Whatmough — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:20:36 GMT

Totally agree Stephen (and loving the new blog). Journalists need to start interacting more with their readers. There are some great examples of this happening already (step forward Peter and Chloe).

I take Chloe's point about having a mix between subjectivity and objectivity, but as long as you make it clear and the boundaries don't become blurred, it should be possible to have the best of both worlds?