Being an executive at a traditional media outlet these days must be a little like trying to stay afloat in a flood — menaced by debris, surrounded by chaos, contantly looking for something solid to stand on. Two articles in today’s Post...
The New Politics Institute and film producer Julie Bergman Sender have put together a detailed look at the stories behind several successful viral political videos. What do you need to get your labor of love to spread around the world and shake the...
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Friday, January 19th! Burning Sensation, DC’s Most Startling Sonic Entity, takes the stage at Solly’s on U Street, ready to ram some serious Rock and Roll deep into your Soul! Yes, Burning Sensation returns to DC after a...
Nancy Schwartz at Getting Attention writes in to pitch a survey that you might be interested in helping her with: I’m starting off the year by surveying nonprofit communicators on key goals and challenges. Here are a few of the questions:...
Hot on the heels of naming “you” as the Person of the Year, Time Magazine has unveiled a new site architecture and layout that focuses more on blogs and content aggregation than before. For instance, a new politics blog called Swampland...
Schlock and Awe: What Saddam Hussein’s Execution Video Means. From ReelPopBlog: “Absent politics, the video is brutal. With politics, the video is brutally strategic.” Five Prerequisites for Blogging Success. From ProBlogger —...
Hmmmmm, I’ve been a little slower to recover from the long weekend than expected and am behind on writing (nurse, get me a bourbon I.V., stat!), so today’s article will be a super-duper number-one happy fun time Quick Hits catch-up...
Hey guys, the folks over at Squidoo asked me to take a look at using their site, so I just finished creating a “lens” page for online political advocacy. What is Squidoo? A site that simultaneously tries to sort through the mass of...
Online campaigners unite! You have nothing to lose but oh, about 30 seconds of your time. A group of folks in the field, inspired by a discussion at RootsCampDC, has put together a brief manifesto about how nice it would be if our advocacy...
At least, according to this little online quiz. Should I be concerned that Catwoman is the third-closest match for my personality, behind Spidey and the Green Lantern and a full step ahead of Iron Man? And me a Sabbath fan since I was 16. Happy New...