Where reporters get their stories…

February 16th, 2010

According to a recent survey , more than half the journalists surveyed said that social media sources are important or somewhat important, and 89% said they used blogs in their research.

If you want to get noticed, it seems like socializing in cyberspace is increasingly the way to do it.

Read more about the story on MediaPost.

Are newspaper articles too long?

February 11th, 2010

Cut This Story!

An argument that the format of newspaper stories is part of what is killing the industry. Interesting theory.

The flow of creativity…

February 9th, 2010

Check out this blog by writer and psychologist Susan K. Perry: Creating in Flow

The topics stem from her curiosity about how the best writers’ create.

Unlock your own creativity…

More about social media…

February 4th, 2010

The Economist published this special report on social networking, including a discussion of why the networks grow so fast, how small businesses are using them to their advantage, how it’s changing the world of job hunting, and what we can expect in terms of privacy issues.

As of October, 2009 Facebook was the clear winner in the numbers game with over 430 million users. Wow.

Social media statistics…

February 2nd, 2010

In case you are wondering about social media and if and how it reaches your (or any) audience, check out 20+ mind-blowing social media stats.

Some that I find interesting:

  • LinkedIn has gained about 1 million members each month since last August
  • More than 65 million Facebook members access their accounts via a mobile device
  • Average number of tweets per day (as of end of 2009): 27.3 million

You can count on it…

January 28th, 2010

A fascinating blog I just discovered: The Numbers Guy

It’s all about how numbers are reported in news and business; and how sometimes they can confuse an issue (purposely or not). Statistics made fun. Sort of.