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April 19, 2007
Social Journalism: Your Path to Target Audiences

As the line between journalist and entertainer has blurred over recent years, so too has journalism's mission and purpose. Purists reject what some call "advocacy journalism." But, the fact is, it exists and it offers opportunities to reach important audiences. read more
Boomers Could Be a Huge Opportunity for Persuasive Messaging

While you may be selling important issue messages, you need to think like an advertiser, and there's a huge audience pool out there that might help your toward your business goals. You know them as Baby Boomers.

There are 78 million boomers in the U.S. read more
Executive Rewind: What Steve Ballmer Did Right

Last month Interviewing criticized Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for getting trapped into responding to a highly negative interview question in kind when he had the opportunity to be very positive (see Executive Rewind: Why Go Negative?). read more
Economies of Scale in Interviewing: The All-In-One Reporter

The next reporter you talk to might just be multi-media and will need to record your voice, pictures, art work and b-roll for the story.

When the reporter of the not-so-distant tomorrow (or in some forward-thinking newsrooms, today) heads to a story, he or she may be toting a reporter's notebook, a digital camera and a digital voice recorder along for the ride. read more
Newspapers Find the Next Generation Online

Who says newspaper readership is dying? If you factor in online sites, readership is growing - especially among young readers.

Nearly any story predicting the fate of newspapers is sure to sound the genre's demise. After all, circulation everywhere continues to slide for the traditional print format. read more
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Microsoft Accidentally Sends Secret File On Journalist, To That Journalist. Oops.

Do you keep notes on reporters? If so, just how confidential are they? Here's a story you might have missed.
A TMT Client Testimonial

"I just wanted you to know that the Crisis Media training that we had last Friday in Atlanta was one of the most interactive/educational training classes that I have been through during my career here at AirTran. Compliments to our trainer, Mr. Eric Seidel. He created a relaxed atmosphere that was easy to learn in. Despite there being a ton of important information to know, I feel prepared to deal with the media should an event ever arise here in Pittsburgh. I'm hoping all station managers have an opportunity to go through this training."

--A major airline station manager
Pushing Blogger Civilty and Ethics

Some are concerned the Internet is the new Wild West, where anything goes, no limits, no filters. And blogs seem to prove that true in many cases. But, a New York Times report recently suggests maybe changes are on the way.
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