If you are anything like us bees — your social networks are probably buzzing with #election coverage today. Individual users aren’t the only ones jumping into the fray – most of our favorite social media hot spots are stepping up their game and making it easier for you to follow coverage and encourage your friends to get out the vote: Twitter’s #election2012 page – Just like they did during the debates, the folks over at Twitter have created an election (...)
Andrea Stone, senior national correspondent for the Huffington Post, has had a front row seat watching the social media Darwinism rampant in journalism, where the name of the game is adapt or die. Having spent most of her career as a reporter for USA TODAY, Andrea has seen slow to adapt reporters fall by the wayside. “As a journalist, you MUST be on social media. If you’re not, you’re probably not working anymore or have changed careers.” With nearly (...)
Last week, at the Politics Online Conference 2010, a panel of industry experts assessed some of the top online tools and platforms in terms of their effectiveness for politics and advocacy. The panel also delivered thoughts on the future viability of these platforms by rating them either as a ”FAIL – At Risk” (meaning the platform was potentially at risk), or “<3″ – [A.K.A the heart emoticon] (meaning the platform was likely to succeed or continue to succeed). As soon as we get the video of (...)
