LIVE from the Networked Journalism Summit

October 9, 2007

Alan Levy and John C. Havens will be broadcasting exclusive interviews with the participants of the Networked Journalism Summit live all day.

NJSThe day-long broadcast will stream live from the Networked Journalism Summit host page on BlogTalkRadio at starting at 8:30am ET, Wednesday, October 10, 2007.

The Networked Journalism Summit is a conference designed to stimulate collaboration and networked journalism through conversation. The combination of information, inspiration and relationships will generate new partnerships. BlogTalkRadio will report on those breaking stories.

Interview schedule PDF for the BlogTalkRadio interview series from the Networked Journalism Summit can be found here.


Astroturfing with Shel Israel and Geoff Livingston

October 9, 2007

Astrowhat? Wikipedia defines astroturfing as formal public relations projects which deliberately seek to engineer the impression of spontaneous, grassroots behavior.

Or grassroots sleaze, to quote host Toby Bloomberg.

noastroturfing1.gifThe goal is to simulate independent public reaction to a product, service, or cause by orchestrating the behavior of many diverse and geographically distributed individuals. Fakin’ it.

Shel Israel, author of “Naked Conversations” and Geoff Livingston, author of “Now Is Gone” join host Toby on Diva Marketing Talks today at 6:30pm ET to talk about how astroturfing is impacting social media marketing.

For more information, an anti-astroturfing group started by Paull Young and Trevor Cook has developed a great resource and warehouse of information including case studies, commentary and links on The New PR Wiki.


Horror Month Continues with Rosemary Gore

October 9, 2007

Have you ever wondered about the physical and emotional drain that accompanies the filming a horror movie? All that running and screaming and…gore?

Gore Rosemary Gore joins Movie Addict HQ today at 4pm ET to talk about life as an horror movie actress. Gore’s credits include “Fear of the Dark,” “Baby Doll,” and “Sins of the Father.” Join Betty Jo as she gets into the mind of an actress whose background covers comedy, action and horror genres.