Archive for October 16th, 2009
By Ben Haber
24 hours after yesterday’s events when “Balloon Boy” became a national focus, Twitter is still abuzz about the boy that was actually napping in his attack. Two of the trending topics on Twitter are “#balloonboy” and “Balloon Boy” – showing that this strange event was able to take over the social media world in a matter of hours.
The cool thing about this event is that everyone was able to become a reporter in this situation. Just a few years ago we would have had to turn on the TV or go to a news Web site to get periodic update about the status of this situation. Today, just by going onto Twitter, Facebook or another social network with real-time information, we are able to get a comprehensive look at the news for major (or small) events, and can have a massive variety of opinions.
The amazing thing is that it’s still going on 24 hours later…
October 16th, 2009
By Molly Galler
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, the woman behind the Twitter handle @healthythinker, is a health economist, management consultant, the founder of the Health Populi blog and this week’s #Follow Friday recommendation.
Via Twitter, Jane provides her followers with a steady stream of breaking health news, new health study and clinical trial results, her newest Health Populi blog posts, as well as tweets live from industry conferences, trade shows and events. Jane recently tweeted live from the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, CA.
Over the past few months the nation’s health news had been dominated by President Obama’s plans for healthcare reform. Jane tweets relevant healthcare reform news while also delivering stories from more niche health sectors. Jane is social media savvy and makes great use of linking, @replies, and hash tags. Follow @healthythinker and you will soon find her your primary source of health related news.
October 16th, 2009
By Kyle Austin
The Economist, which has been in the news lately for launching a pay-wall on its Website, has also begun to experiment with digital and social media.
One of its latest digital moves is a weekly online video series, which it is dubbing “Tea with The Economist.” Like every step the Economist has made in moving carefully into digital waters, the series is very true to the The Economist brand.
According to Beet.TV:
“The 10-15 minute videos are conducted by The Economist reporters and editors around the globe who pour tea and query their subjects.”
However, the The Economist isn’t attempting to turn this into an online version of Charlie Rose’s two-way conversations. In fact, true to the anonymity that the The Economist maintains for their bylines, the reporters are never shown on camera or identified.
October 16th, 2009
