Robert French, who teaches PR at Auburn University in Alabama, USA, has enough ideas for two people. His latest is PRblogs.org, a free .. I love that word .. free .. blog hosting setup for PR students, educators and practitioners….
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As they more and more often bump up against the law, (US) bloggers might do well to subscribe to the Media Law blog (“A Blog About Freedom of the Press”). Written by journalist/attorney Robert J. Ambrogi, Executive Director of the…
Desirable Roasted Coffee’s Code of Blogging Ethics is voluntary (and applies to this site only). I wrote it partly in response to Nick Denton’s call for a formal blog ethics committee (seconded by Jason Calacanis), a call that I considered…
I missed the New York Times’ recent announcement of its plan to charge US$ 49.95 a year for on-line access Op-Ed columnists. While I am full of sympathy for the business managers of the Times — surely it cannot be…
Friend Shel Holtz often points out blogs are nothing but websites supported by an easy and lightweight CMS program that lets authors post easily and readers comment and trackback easily. I’ve been using that explanation with clients and, if they…
Update: Even before I managed to send a copy of this post to the PubSub people, Pubsub’s Bob Wyman and Mark Wagner had both posted comments explaining why I got odd results. That sort of fast, useful feedback is a…
Adam Cohen’s editorial in Sunday’s New York Times will almost certainly cause writhing and gnashing of teeth in the blogosphere. But the offended, when they calm down, should re-read the piece closely. Cohen is sometimes off-base. But his point is…
Stephen Baker, co-auther of BusinessWeek’s Blogspotting has an interview with Arianna Huffington tomorrow. What should he ask her? Well, he’s asking for advice. I believe Huffington should commit to a Code of Blogging Ethics. That might satisfy skeptics who suspect…
BusinessWeek’s May 2 cover story is Blogs Will Change Your Business. Business bloggers will find it old stuff, but I hope businesspeople who are not blogging will have their eyes opened by the article. Contains a nice sidebar interviewing Stonyfield…