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Help A Reporter Out (HARO) began as a group on Facebook and is now a dedicated website with rapidly growing momentum. People sign up to receive queries from reporters looking to interview experts or people with experience for their articles.
HARO was created by Peter Shankman, who still manages the site and mailing list in his [...]

Content summary: Neville’s at Edelman New Media Academic Summit; Shel wraps up IABC’s international conference in New York; Neville talks about the summit in Chicago and the home baseball team, the Chicago Cubs; CustomScoop’s Media Monitoring Minute; Dan York’s report; News That Fits includes a look at Facebook and Visa teaming up to create the [...]

Ever since I got back from Stockholm a couple of weeks ago, where I participated in the Disruptive Media conference, I’ve been dogged with a dreadful cold that doesn’t want to go away.
Earlier this week, it evolved into nasal congestion, resulting in a continuous inflow of pills and potions plus a serious investment in [...]

Content summary: New FIR discussion forum launching; the next FIR episode marks this podcast’s third anniversary; a listener contest coming; FIR live in January on BlogTalk Radio; Lee Hopkins looks forward to 2008; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Microsoft promotes Vista on YouTube with open commenting; are email and mobile phones the real social [...]

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They are the worst floods in modern history, says a breaking news report on Sky News.
The flood crisis grows as rivers rise, says a BBC News report.
All the TV news has nothing but reporting on the growing catastrophe affecting large parts of central England, which looks set to get even worse during the next [...]

Seeing the rain pouring down outside my window again this morning really gives me pause for thought after watching what can best be described as disaster videos on TV last night.
The flooding across England over the past three days, with swathes of central and southern counties under meters of water, surely qualifies as a catastrophe [...]

In the US, anybody can sue anybody for anything. Whether you’re right or wrong, being sued could cost tens of thousands of dollars just to defend yourself, to say nothing of a judgment against you. It’s an issue that is bound to hit bloggers and podcasters sooner or later, which is why Karl Susman - [...]

I don’t enjoy air travel much these days, especially from Heathrow. Nightmare travel to the airport and an awful experience when you get there. Rip-off prices for parking and just about anything else.
The actual air travel experience sometimes isn’t much better, especially on short-haul flights around Europe.
Packed planes, congested airports and when you travel in [...]

Bank Holiday weekend and it’s raining.
Traditionally, that’s just typical English weather that comes along whenever there’s any kind of holiday. But what’s really typical about the weather these days when climate change is a phrase that’s front of mind?
It’s the sort of day which I usually see as the perfect time to be snug [...]