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JESS3 on WUSA 9 Discussing the Facebook Porn Spam Attack
Just a over a week before the Thanksgiving holiday brought a stillness and ‘thankfulfor’ vibe to the Internet that is much welcomed, Facebook experienced something that the Internet is infamous for: hacking, spam and porn.
How Netroots Bloggers are Influencing Occupy Wall Street
Simon Owens interviewed activists from Firedoglake and Daily Kos to explore the various ways netroots bloggers are influencing Occupy Wall Street.
A wedding photographer generated $100k in business through Facebook
Simon Owens shares the fascinating story of how a wedding photographer generated thousands of dollars in business with his clever us of Facebook.
Huffington Post Gives the Practice of Liveblogging a Facelift
For my latest Harvard’s Nieman Lab article, I interviewed Nico Pitney, the executive editor of the Huffington Post Media Group, about HuffPo’s liveblogging tool and whether it’s a new evolution in the art of liveblogging.
Using Kickstarter to raise an $11,000 book advance
My most recent article for PBS’ MediaShift details how a midlist science fiction author bypassed traditional publishing completely and raised $11,000 on Kickstarter. Despite the rosy outcome of his experiment, you might be surprised at his outlook on self publishing.
Measuring News Consumer Interest Around Occupy Wall Street
My most recent article in Harvard’s Nieman Lab explores why Occupy Wall Street is perfect for web journalism. I interviewed editors from the New York Observer, The Atlantic, and Reason to determine how hungry news consumers are for OWS content.
How PBS used Social Media to Promote Ken Burns’ Prohibition
Two weeks ago I was sitting on a long bus ride between New York City and DC when I noticed several people I follow on Twitter checking into the PBS documentary Prohibition on GetGlue. GetGlue is a social networking site that allows users to “check in” to media they’re consuming in real time.