March 2006 - Posts

• Canada's new Remedy for Bad Reporting... Lock 'em up!

  Oh dear... So it would appear one of Canada's esteemed parliamentarians has come up with a novel remedy (novel to Canada, at least) for bad reporting... send 'em off to jail. Mr. Mayes (Conservative MP in British Columbia) is quoted in today's Globe & Read More... Posted 31 March 2006 10:36 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments Filed under: Media

• Continuous Partial Attention... sorry, what?

  What's that, you ask? Basically, it's when you become so connected that you are permanently disconnected. So says former Apple and Microsoft executive Linda Stone in Steven Levy's article which you can read here : "A live BlackBerry or even a switched-on Read More... Posted 29 March 2006 10:22 by Brendan Hodgson | 2 Comments

• Sports Journalism & Social Media - A parable for our times?

  So, in the March 27th issue of Sports Illustrated , Chris Ballard writes a 5000+ word tome - on the impact of the Internet (and blogging) on media coverage of sport. (Unfortunately, only subscribers or purchasers of the hard copy will be able to access Read More... Posted 28 March 2006 09:20 by Brendan Hodgson | 1 Comments Filed under: Media

• Communcations Consultant... or Communications Architect?

  So... yesterday I was finally able to read Giovanni Rodriguez's much-touted blog entries on "New Roles for PR People" Part I and Part II , which has been making the rounds of numerous PR and communications blogs. A must read, I believe, for any with responsibility Read More... Posted 22 March 2006 10:24 by Brendan Hodgson | 1 Comments

• Stormhoek: creating a tempest in a teacup...erm...wine glass

  So... to follow-up from Niall's quick reference to Stormhoek's blogging activity (which you can read here ) posted last December, Robert Watts of the Telegraph recently published an article (click here ), which was published in my hometown Ottawa Citizen, Read More... Posted 21 March 2006 10:03 by Brendan Hodgson | 0 Comments