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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 [...]
Since I split my Twitter accounts six weeks ago, things have been a bit quiet here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, splitting the feeds has been a great help for talking to the people I’m writing for. I keep an eye on @edpmary at work, which has made it possible for me to have [...]
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 [...]
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.
When is talking not talking? When it’s pointless babble, according to the authors of a study that would like most people to Twitter differently.
If newspapers are going to follow Mashable’s advice about how to survive, the journalists who write them are going to have to change the way they operate. What can reporters on the ground take from business advice?
Mary Hamilton is an award-winning journalist, constant learner, asipring coder, casual hardcore gamer and enthusiastic amateur data wrangler. You can contact her via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or email her at mary at maryhamilton dot co dot uk.
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