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Media2010: Print, Web, blogs, ads, and The Wall

by amy mengel on March 5, 2010

On Wednesday I attended the “Media 2010 Summit” presented by the Albany Times Union. It featured a panel discussion with three of the TU bloggers and Greg Dahlmann, co-founder of popular local blog All Over Albany.
It took a while to get to some meat in the discussion, and it felt like time ran out just [...]

Tagged as: advertising, Albany, blogs, editorial, Huffington Post, journalism, kristi gustafson, media2010, panel, steve barnes, timesunion, TU

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Why I’ve quit reading “social media blogs”

by amy mengel on February 28, 2010

I’ve spent the last year and a half reading and learning as much about social media as possible, going from a complete n00b with barely a Facebook profile to a recovering social media addict. I ravenously consumed blog posts about PR, communications and social media. But after awhile, a lot of the information begins to [...]

Tagged as: blogs, content, feeds, google reader, journalism, Media, news, pr, Social Media, technology

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My new gig: inbound marketing at readMedia

by amy mengel on January 27, 2010

Forget the catchy lede. I’ve had this cat in the bag for a while now and it’s time to let it out: I have a new job!
Starting today(!), I’ll be heading up inbound marketing efforts for Albany-based readMedia. After seven years in corporate communications, I’m trading the manufacturing plant for a hip downtown office, the [...]

Tagged as: Albany, hyperlocal, inbound marketing, job, journalism, news, readmedia, smbtv, twitter

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Can “sponsored journalism” really work?

by amy mengel on September 29, 2009

If you still even subscribe to your local newspaper, you’ve probably noticed that it’s getting thinner and thinner. What once would have passed for a phone book is now, at best, a placemat. Even if you consume your news online, news organizations are having a harder time keeping reporters on staff as they struggle to [...]

Tagged as: ethics, hockey, journalism, LA Kings, New York Times, Public Relations, reporting, rich hammond

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Michael Arrington isn’t a journalist

by amy mengel on July 17, 2009

If you’ve been obsessed with the Tour de France and haven’t been checking any other media outlets this week (raises hand), you may have missed the Internet scandal/dust-up/spat of the week between Michael Arrington at TechCrunch and the boys at Twitter. It’s been blogged to death, so I’ll keep this one short.
The :20 second summary [...]

Tagged as: bloggers, ethics, google, Guy kawasaki, journalism, Michael Arrington, pr, TechCrunch, twitter

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