Category Archives: Journalism
Finding sources for FLOSS projects: Make it easy!
One of the more difficult things for reporters working in the tech industry, especially those who aren't really familiar with a beat, is finding contacts for free software projects.
Increasingly, projects like GNOME or openSUSE are in mainstream news, but finding someone to "speak for" those projects can be a challenge. This is doubly true when [...]
Also posted in Front Page, GNOME, Linux.com, PR and marketing, openSUSE Tagged GNOME, marketing, openSUSE, pr, press 4 Comments
A New Role in Journalism?
TechDirt points to a discussion about today's newsroom and the idea a new role in a newsroom: Curators. That is, someone who would help readers by sorting, organizing, verifying, and editing information that's already on the Web or in the media.
Traditional journalists might look down on this, as journalism programs really focus hot and heavy [...]
Blogging 101: Take a Tip from Newswriting with the Five W's
Who? When? Why? What? Where? How? If you don't answer those questions, why bother blogging at all?
The "Five W's" as they're often called (and one H) are drilled into every journalism student as crucial for news-writing. Who is involved? When did it happen? Where did it happen? How and why did it happen? And, for [...]
Also posted in Blogging 101, Front Page, Linux.com, Open Source, PR and marketing, Writing, openSUSE Tagged blogging, marketing, pr, Social Media 1 Comment
Long day in London
In London (well, staying in Bracknell & taking the train to London) this week, spent most of Tuesday doing in-person press interviews about openSUSE, the 11.2 launch (a bit belatedly) and talking about open source in general face to face with some of the press here. Brigitte and the PR team had set up a [...]
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Daily dose of interesting links around the Web on technology and media.
Wiki tools are not all the same — All-too-brief article on differences between wikis. Have used MediaWiki extensively, and TWiki back in the day, but haven't had much of a chance to dive into the others.
Most Influential Websites in the World — Wikipedia, the [...]
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A few choice bits from around the Web about journalism, marketing, technology, and other fun stuff.
State of Mozilla and 2008 Financial Statements -- Mozilla still healthy, despite the crappy economy. Wonder if there's any way for other FOSS non-profit projects to achieve this level (or even close) of fiscal health? "Our revenue and expenses are [...]
Also posted in Linkage, PR and marketing, Rant Tagged environmental groups, Journalism, Links, psa Leave a comment
Blogging 101: Conducting interviews for media