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David Finch

David Finch

Social media is a bridge that gives you access to people, stories, and companies that at one time you didn’t have access to. It facilitates conversations that previously came by invitation only. It tears down walls and allows you to see and participate “behind the curtain.”

This whole thought of the “What Social Media Can Do for You,” has really been at the forefront of my thinking and conversation this week. Watching and listening through multiple social media channels of the ground conversations taking place around the Iranian elections has been extremely interesting, as it was during the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

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SME-TV: Indiconews Adds Depth To Citizen Journalism

June 2, 2009

On my recent journey to London, England, I had a moment to meet and chat with Lizzie Hodgson, the founder and CEO of Indiconews, a citizen journalism site that is beginning to take hold and grow in the United Kingdom. Indiconews differs a bit from many of the other civic journalist sites in some unique [...]

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How Journalists Can Leverage Social Media

February 26, 2009

Last summer I spent a good deal of time researching and preparing a presentation for Blog World & New Media Expo on putting social media in the newsroom. The point was to show media outlets how some were using web 2.0 and social media technologies to expand their online offerings and engage audiences around their [...]

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Talking Downloadable Media And Podcasting With Susan Bratton

September 25, 2008

Susan Bratton of Personal Life Media and I caught up at Blog World & New Media Expo last weekend. She was there promoting the Association for Downloadable Media of which she is vice-chair. It is a professional organization working to solidify advertising standards for downloadable media like podcasts, web-TV shows and the like. We spent [...]

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AllVoices.com Offers Community Of Citizen Journalists

September 21, 2008

I was able to catch up with Kathy Jacobs of AllVoices.com at Blog World Expo Saturday. She is the community guru for the site, which is a news content effort totally driven by user submitted news — a citizen journalism lab of sorts. Kathy and I both learned of the bombing in Islamabad from a [...]

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The Demise of Online Advertising Is Upon Us

September 8, 2008

I always laugh when reading media reports of announcements by analysts. In the sensationalism-driven market that is today’s journalism, lots of superlatives are used as if some numbers cruncher at J.P. Morgan is the modern day Nostradamus.
One such analyst last week lowered his prediction for the growth of online advertising spend. Imran Khan adjusted his [...]

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The Media And Social Media: I Am Modern Magazine

September 3, 2008

This week’s entry in our Media and Social Media series brings us to what we believe to be the only traditional media property totally driven by social media. And it’s not that this particular magazine made a transition to that status. I Am Modern Magazine for Moms was started with that model in mind: to [...]

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The Media & Social Media: Follow Up With Cincinnati Enquirer

August 22, 2008

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On Monday, I gave a sneak preview of my upcoming panel presentation at Blog World & New Media Expo to about 60 folks in attendance at Social Media Club Louisville. Part of the reason was to share some case studies and examples of how some traditional media members are using social media [...]

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BusinessWeek Readying Beta Launch Of Social Effort

August 18, 2008

Readying for next month’s Blog World Expo presentation on traditional media members saving their audiences by using social media, I’ve been able to find out about some interesting things in the works. I’ve agreed to respect the media outlet’s readiness and am holding off spilling the beans, as it were, but one such media member [...]

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Kentucky Political Official Proves Government Needs Social Media Counsel

August 15, 2008

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There’s a lot to like about Dick Brown. Especially if you’re a professional communicator. Brown is the Executive Director of Communications and Public Outreach for the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Public Protection Cabinet, the Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet. He has been in the communications business for 40 years as [...]

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The Media & Social Media Series: The Cincinnati Enquirer

August 11, 2008

Today begins journey through a topic of interest for me I think will prove extremely valuable to you as well. In September, I will lead a session at Blog World & New Media Expo on the topic of traditional media and how they can use social media to combat disappearing audiences, staff cutbacks and plummeting [...]

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