Give us your stories as they happen.
There are so many ways to reach us at The Observer now. We'd like to throw those portals wide open, and make this a public conversation as news breaks. That's what my new beat is.
A public conversation that breaks news
Not just writing about Facebook and Twitter. Reporting with them, on what you care about. Using the tools to connect with you, as news breaks. In other words, I'm listening. Social networking is a conversation, not me blasting you with what I think you should hear.
Thanks to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube -- and, yes, blogs -- journalism is now a pro-am game. What you report, I'd like to highlight. Pass me that baton. The fact is, I have some reach, and I'll give you credit.
Why is a social networking columnist a good idea?
Display advertising in newspapers has dropped 25% over the past five years. Facebook advertising made $500 million last year, as users topped a quarter-billion, and the social networking company grew to 900 employees. Newspaper staffs, including my newspaper staff, have been cut due to revenue struggles. Using social media to add to our reporting, readership and revenue only makes sense.
Here's what I want: Your stories, opinions, and requests. That line of communication is open, as never before.
I'd love to know without political aberration why the "powers that be" have let the illegal alien population get so large, and out of control and why on this earth we, as tax payers are supposed to be happy about paying for them.
ReplyDeleteI said ILLEGAL ALIEN, not immigrants who have enough respect of this nation and its people to go through the citizenship process respectfully and legally.
And lastly a non-biased honest assessment of what the out of pocket expense there is for each tax paying citizen to support the illegal aliens. You know as in what does it cost you, as Mark the reporter, and me the anonymous poster in dollars and cents
"Give us your stories as they happen"
ReplyDelete....then cease the contemplation of charging us to access the Observer online...quid pro quo...
ripped off by the insurance company
ReplyDeletei was away from my home to care for my ederly parents out of state my home was broken into every thing was stolen including my heat pump after 4 months of getting jerked around they told me i was not covered they said my home was vacant i guess if you leave your home for several months to take care of your family your not covered i never heard of this before if anyone can help me with this issue please let me know i guess they were not i MY SIDE after all