My personal thanks to those who attended last evening’s meet-up, the highlight of which was an intense, wide-ranging conversation about The Boston Globe. The fallout from the newspaper industry going belly up was passionately discussed, including how this would impact other journalistic entities like, for example, WBUR.
Archive for April, 2009
The Other Show
Posted in Tweet-Ups, tagged Boston Globe, Meet-Up, newspapers, Tweet-Up on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Terry Gross 2.0?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gravity Medium, Jesse Thorn, Nieman, The Sound of Young America on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Young, fearless, and possessing the savvy and know-how to leverage the “interwebs” to build brand and grow audience, meet Jesse Thorn, the man behind the one-man podcast/radio show/”interactive media experience” that is The Sound of Young America.
“The Name of the Guy Sitting in the Hallway Next to the Printer?”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged This American Life on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My previous post got me to thinking about another popular show and its connection with 90.9. And that connection goes beyond the obvious. You may have heard of the program, a modest little show out of Chicago (or is it NYC?) called “This American Life.” Yeah, I imagine you’ve heard of it.
Leaving Town (Temporarily)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Blogging will slacken the next few days due to an out-of-town trip. In the meantime, this is for all you “Wait, Wait” fans:
Video Didn’t Kill the Radio Star
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Flip Video, ICA, WBUR Arts, YouTube on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been roughly two years and three months since I uploaded 90.9′s first video to YouTube: A grainy, slightly jerky shot of a curator at the ICA talking about the roomier exhibition space and collections at the museum’s new waterfront venue. I tagged along with a reporter to try my hand at some impromptu videography. [...]
History in the Making
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged On Point, Tom Ashbrook, Twitter on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of On Point… There was a historic first today: Tom Ashbrook read a Tweet on-air. Wow. Will wonders never cease? I see that their number of followers is growing exponentially. I am not surprised, given the program’s popularity, but I am a tad jealous. Follow them here: @onpointradio.
On Point Faces Facebook
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Facebook, On Point, Twitter on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I get a kick out of is that as we cover social media (and the Internet in general), we are also engaged in that very space, trying to figure out its relevance to what we do behind the studio glass.
