December 9th, 2009 by Mary Hamilton
I’m running my first social media campaign, and so far, it’s working. Let me explain. I’m one of the two head organisers of a live-action simulation game called Zombie LARP (we wish we’d picked a better name sometimes, but it works) in which a whole bunch of people run around in the dark pretending to [...]
October 6th, 2009 by Mary Hamilton
There has been a lot of noise recently over the leaked WaPo guidelines for social media use. The restrictive policy has been accused of making Twitter look like a minefield for reporters, shutting down interaction and engagement, and forbidding journalists to have personal lives online. The guidelines go too far in suggesting – intentionally or [...]
September 18th, 2009 by Mary Hamilton
What if papers offered this sort of platform?
August 23rd, 2009 by Mary Hamilton
I’m a fairly recent Twitter convert, and there are two main reasons I’m sticking with it. First, it’s short, and second, it’s art.