Saturday, May 30, 2009
Oprah and her followers ... Twitter followers
"Oprah's appearance on Twitter may have helped boost the site's traffic by 24 percent."
I've always known that Oprah has followers and now there is a number on that online mob. This is crazy. However, according to this link,
there are fewer people getting hooked on Twitter than Facebook. In the realm of social media that's an important trend.
I've always known that Oprah has followers and now there is a number on that online mob. This is crazy. However, according to this link,
there are fewer people getting hooked on Twitter than Facebook. In the realm of social media that's an important trend.
Friday, May 29, 2009
My research project is going slow thus far. I have focused on the video component because I am having a difficult time finding sources. I have interviewed Director, Tom Hodson, Russ Eisenstein and Jerome Tillman. I am thinking I should focus on what changes has occured and then explain how they impact sports journalism. I hope to speed things up over this weekend.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Progress on Paper and Multimedia Video
Don P. Jason III
Dj320306@ohio.edu
This post deals less with the content of my paper and more with my progress on the assignment. So far I am 80% done with my paper and I have shot three interviews for my video.
Tonight I am shooting my three stand-ups for the video, finding background music for the video and shooting the informational slides with my voice behind them. Tomorrow I will edit the pieces all together.
I feel confident about my project. And look forward to sharing it with the class at the conference.
This week I did do an over the phone interview. Ira Dye, a recent graduate of Ohio University helped bring wireless broadband internet to rural Meigs County. He first gathered a group of resident together that wanted broadband and he had them sign a petition, which he took to a local wireless provider of this type of internet. Dye spent seven months researching the technology behind broadband and the business model and profitability for a company who would bring wireless internet to Meigs County. The company determined that it would nearly $300,000 cheaper to put up a wireless tower; Infrastructure that could later be used as the building block for future technology, than to run cable through wired fiber optic or telephone lines. Also physical limitations on fiber optic lines prevented the company from laying these type lines. Fiber optic Lines can only stretch 18,000 feet from a central office, which are generally located in urban centers. The work of Dye got Meigs county broadband, which raised property values of the 500 plus homes in the area. This is an example of a technology success story for Southeastern Ohio.
Dj320306@ohio.edu
This post deals less with the content of my paper and more with my progress on the assignment. So far I am 80% done with my paper and I have shot three interviews for my video.
Tonight I am shooting my three stand-ups for the video, finding background music for the video and shooting the informational slides with my voice behind them. Tomorrow I will edit the pieces all together.
I feel confident about my project. And look forward to sharing it with the class at the conference.
This week I did do an over the phone interview. Ira Dye, a recent graduate of Ohio University helped bring wireless broadband internet to rural Meigs County. He first gathered a group of resident together that wanted broadband and he had them sign a petition, which he took to a local wireless provider of this type of internet. Dye spent seven months researching the technology behind broadband and the business model and profitability for a company who would bring wireless internet to Meigs County. The company determined that it would nearly $300,000 cheaper to put up a wireless tower; Infrastructure that could later be used as the building block for future technology, than to run cable through wired fiber optic or telephone lines. Also physical limitations on fiber optic lines prevented the company from laying these type lines. Fiber optic Lines can only stretch 18,000 feet from a central office, which are generally located in urban centers. The work of Dye got Meigs county broadband, which raised property values of the 500 plus homes in the area. This is an example of a technology success story for Southeastern Ohio.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Business Blogs
In my research about professional blogging and the importance of blogging, I thought it would be important to discuss how businesses use blogs and why they're important to those businesses. I found a book titled "Blogging For Business: Everything You Need To Know and Why You Should Care" to help me with this idea.
So far, the paper writing is going okay. I only have about five pages, but I'm struggling with going into extreme detail since blogging is such a broad topic. I'm trying to focus on ethical issues when you're blogging as a professional, as well as focusing on what makes a blog professional and how professionals use blogs.
So far, the paper writing is going okay. I only have about five pages, but I'm struggling with going into extreme detail since blogging is such a broad topic. I'm trying to focus on ethical issues when you're blogging as a professional, as well as focusing on what makes a blog professional and how professionals use blogs.
How to make money by giving content away for free
For those of you who are examining different types of free business models for online publications, I hope you've found Chris Anderson's blog. If not, check out a long, useful list of classifications for business models of companies giving their content away.
You may know the name from Wired magazine or his Long Tail theory, which has been very useful in explaining online business models (and the structure of the blogosphere). His next book, Free, is coming out this summer and based on the title and his background, I'm certain you can deduce its content.
You may know the name from Wired magazine or his Long Tail theory, which has been very useful in explaining online business models (and the structure of the blogosphere). His next book, Free, is coming out this summer and based on the title and his background, I'm certain you can deduce its content.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Digital Divide Interviews: Local solutions to a global problem!
By: Don Jason
Dj320306@ohio.edu
I conducted two interviews with experts in the area of bridging the digital divide. Susan Urano, the director of the Athens Foundation and James Hill, the Assistant Director of the Nelsonville Library.
I first was introduced to Ms. Urano last quarter when she spoke to Dr. Stewart’s Jour 415 class about a possible partnership with The Athens Foundation and ATHENSi.com through a Knight Foundation grant. According to the Knight Foundation Web Site, http://www.knightfoundation.org/home/, there mission is as follows: “We are a national foundation with local roots. We choose, as the Knight Brothers chose, to seek opportunities that can transform both communities and journalism, and help them reach their highest potential. We want to ensure that each community's citizens get the information they need to thrive in a democracy. And we ask, as we evaluate opportunities and grants, ‘Is this truly transformational?’ Because grant making requires a sound financial base, we preserve the Knight Brothers' gift through prudent investment and careful management.”
Ms. Urano said that The Athens Foundation is applying for a grant to get money to use cell phones to bring the internet to rural areas in Athens county where broadband and dial-up internet can not possible reach. She also said that the Athens Foundation is hiring two multimedia interns for the summer. These interns will shoot video on flip cameras and post it on the Foundations’ Web site as well as go out into the community and show people how to operate the technology.
Mr. Hill from the Nelsonville public Library was a great person to talk to about libraries in Athens County because Nelsonville has the head library for the county. Nelsonville Library gets information directly from Franklin county libraries in Columbus. Mr. Hill talked about the programs and classes that his library offers to the community. He mentioned a technology van that the library rented from Columbus that was stationed at the Library for a week. This van had the latest computer technology and experts who travel around Ohio teaching people how to use the technology and software. He also mentioned classes that ranged from basic computer awareness to in-depth computer usage, geared towards library patrons of all ages. Mr. Hill said some patron do not want technology in their lives so the library does not push technology on to people; however, they do make it available and assistance available to those who request it.
The Athens County libraries got new computers 10 years ago from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; however the libraries use their own money to repair and replace these computers as needed. They libraries are due to get new computers soon from the same charitable foundation.
Dj320306@ohio.edu
I conducted two interviews with experts in the area of bridging the digital divide. Susan Urano, the director of the Athens Foundation and James Hill, the Assistant Director of the Nelsonville Library.
I first was introduced to Ms. Urano last quarter when she spoke to Dr. Stewart’s Jour 415 class about a possible partnership with The Athens Foundation and ATHENSi.com through a Knight Foundation grant. According to the Knight Foundation Web Site, http://www.knightfoundation.org/home/, there mission is as follows: “We are a national foundation with local roots. We choose, as the Knight Brothers chose, to seek opportunities that can transform both communities and journalism, and help them reach their highest potential. We want to ensure that each community's citizens get the information they need to thrive in a democracy. And we ask, as we evaluate opportunities and grants, ‘Is this truly transformational?’ Because grant making requires a sound financial base, we preserve the Knight Brothers' gift through prudent investment and careful management.”
Ms. Urano said that The Athens Foundation is applying for a grant to get money to use cell phones to bring the internet to rural areas in Athens county where broadband and dial-up internet can not possible reach. She also said that the Athens Foundation is hiring two multimedia interns for the summer. These interns will shoot video on flip cameras and post it on the Foundations’ Web site as well as go out into the community and show people how to operate the technology.
Mr. Hill from the Nelsonville public Library was a great person to talk to about libraries in Athens County because Nelsonville has the head library for the county. Nelsonville Library gets information directly from Franklin county libraries in Columbus. Mr. Hill talked about the programs and classes that his library offers to the community. He mentioned a technology van that the library rented from Columbus that was stationed at the Library for a week. This van had the latest computer technology and experts who travel around Ohio teaching people how to use the technology and software. He also mentioned classes that ranged from basic computer awareness to in-depth computer usage, geared towards library patrons of all ages. Mr. Hill said some patron do not want technology in their lives so the library does not push technology on to people; however, they do make it available and assistance available to those who request it.
The Athens County libraries got new computers 10 years ago from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; however the libraries use their own money to repair and replace these computers as needed. They libraries are due to get new computers soon from the same charitable foundation.
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