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'Twitters' beat media in reporting China earthquake
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:17:21 PDT
Yahoo! News. News of the deadly catastrophe reached Twitter devotees such as blogger Robert Scoble in San Francisco even before the massive temblor, which killed more than 12,000 people in Sichuan province, was reported by news organizations and the earthquake-tracking US Geological Survey. "Several people in China reported to me they felt the quake while it was going on!," Scoble wrote in his popular Scobleizer blog.
iW NEWS | IFP Selects Doc Lab Projects
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:47 PDT
On Thursday, organizers of IFP's Independent Filmmaker Lab announced the ten documentary projects selected to participate in the event. Created to support independent projects before they submit to film festivals, the program brings first-time feature filmmakers to leading industry mentors through its Documentary Lab in May and its Narrative Lab in June. The selected projects include Cambria Matlow and Morgan Robinson's "Burning in the Sun," Augusta Palmer's "The Hand of Fatima," Geralyn Pezano
The dumbest Public Relations person in the world?
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:57 PDT
Readers of this blog know that I get hundreds of unsolicited press releases and PR pitches every week. I'm on a bunch of lists because of this blog, my books, and the magazines I write for. Ugh. I've said before that almost all the crap I get from PR agencies is spam: A broadcast email message sent to a huge number of journalists with the hope that some poor sucker on deadline and will give in and write. - No, I do not want to buy Viag*ra. - No, I do not care one bit about the press rele
Reading the newspaper, but forgetting which one
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:19:00 PDT
I’d been meaning to return to a comment made by Bolg a couple of weeks ago, who wrote: I read an article this morning (can’t remember where - Guardian? NY Times?) about Lynndie England et al… As it happened, the piece was in The Irish Times. This isn’t to point the finger at Bolg, but only to use it as an example of a growing problem facing the media. In an age in which people graze the papers, television, internet, magazine and radio, they will pay less attention to where exactly they got th
surrender the endowment policy
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:20:00 PDT
If you are working in UK, you are entitles the maternity leave of up to 9 months!! They have increased it from 6 months to 9 sometime back in last year. My first thought after knowing this news is, the welfare of UK is so good! Not only is that, as from what my friend told me, their mortgage loan usually covered by the endowment policy where the endowment policy holder is responsible to pay the monthly premium. The purpose for having this endowment policy is to ensure that the mortgages holde
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... - Broadcaster
Intemperate social atmosphere is mother of all street riots - Orillia Packet & Times
Help Bring The 'My Big Fat Diet' Documentary To America - CarbWire.com
TV tonight: Five worth watching - Toronto Star
This doc hip hops to the top of the world - Winnipeg Sun
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Wed, 14 May 2008 03:17:21 PDT
Yahoo! News. News of the deadly catastrophe reached Twitter devotees such as blogger Robert Scoble in San Francisco even before the massive temblor, which killed more than 12,000 people in Sichuan province, was reported by news organizations and the earthquake-tracking US Geological Survey. "Several people in China reported to me they felt the quake while it was going on!," Scoble wrote in his popular Scobleizer blog.
iW NEWS | IFP Selects Doc Lab Projects
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:47 PDT
On Thursday, organizers of IFP's Independent Filmmaker Lab announced the ten documentary projects selected to participate in the event. Created to support independent projects before they submit to film festivals, the program brings first-time feature filmmakers to leading industry mentors through its Documentary Lab in May and its Narrative Lab in June. The selected projects include Cambria Matlow and Morgan Robinson's "Burning in the Sun," Augusta Palmer's "The Hand of Fatima," Geralyn Pezano
The dumbest Public Relations person in the world?
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:57 PDT
Readers of this blog know that I get hundreds of unsolicited press releases and PR pitches every week. I'm on a bunch of lists because of this blog, my books, and the magazines I write for. Ugh. I've said before that almost all the crap I get from PR agencies is spam: A broadcast email message sent to a huge number of journalists with the hope that some poor sucker on deadline and will give in and write. - No, I do not want to buy Viag*ra. - No, I do not care one bit about the press rele
Reading the newspaper, but forgetting which one
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:19:00 PDT
I’d been meaning to return to a comment made by Bolg a couple of weeks ago, who wrote: I read an article this morning (can’t remember where - Guardian? NY Times?) about Lynndie England et al… As it happened, the piece was in The Irish Times. This isn’t to point the finger at Bolg, but only to use it as an example of a growing problem facing the media. In an age in which people graze the papers, television, internet, magazine and radio, they will pay less attention to where exactly they got th
surrender the endowment policy
Wed, 14 May 2008 03:20:00 PDT
If you are working in UK, you are entitles the maternity leave of up to 9 months!! They have increased it from 6 months to 9 sometime back in last year. My first thought after knowing this news is, the welfare of UK is so good! Not only is that, as from what my friend told me, their mortgage loan usually covered by the endowment policy where the endowment policy holder is responsible to pay the monthly premium. The purpose for having this endowment policy is to ensure that the mortgages holde
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... - Broadcaster
BROADCASTER'S WEDNESDAY PODCAST—EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ... Broadcaster, Canada - Apr 29, 2008 Mr. Stursberg oversees all aspects of CBC's English language services, which includes, among other things, the main network (CBC), Newsworld (a 24-hour all ... |
Intemperate social atmosphere is mother of all street riots - Orillia Packet & Times
Intemperate social atmosphere is mother of all street riots Orillia Packet & Times, Canada - Apr 30, 2008 A psychologist was solicited by CBC Newsworld to explain the reasoning behind violent rioting. The point is, of course, there is no good reason for rioting; ... |
Help Bring The 'My Big Fat Diet' Documentary To America - CarbWire.com
Help Bring The 'My Big Fat Diet' Documentary To America CarbWire.com - 22 hours ago ... an independent filmmaker in Canada who shot the hit CBC-TV Newsworld documentary which aired earlier this year called My Big Fat Diet. ... |
TV tonight: Five worth watching - Toronto Star
TV tonight: Five worth watching Toronto Star, Canada - Apr 20, 2008 ... his shooting rampage in Blacksburg, Va., The Passionate Eye has the premiere of Jonathon Hacker's film Massacre at Virginia Tech (CBC Newsworld at 10). ... PBS's Nature and Oprah's finale The Gazette (Montreal) all 2 news articles |
This doc hip hops to the top of the world - Winnipeg Sun
This doc hip hops to the top of the world Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Apr 18, 2008 On Sunday CBC Newsworld has the BBC documentary Massacre at Virginia Tech. It recalls the horrible shooting spree by Seung-Hui Cho on April 16, 2007, ... CRITIC'S CHOICE Globe and Mail all 5 news articles |
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