Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 2:13 pm
A new Chicago News Cooperative (CNC) has been formed to provide high quality, professionally edited news and commentary to the Chicago region on the Web, in print and over the airwaves, according to P...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 8:48 am
Firebelly Design awards an annual Design + Marketing Grant to nonprofits in need. Recipients chosen receive one year of of design plus strategy plus marketing skills. Check it out here.
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 29, 2009, 4:04 pm
Recently Greenpeace conducted a series of actions at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh. As a Board member I was asked to let people in my network know about the actions, and Greenpeace made it easy by gi...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 5:45 pm
Article is here. Money quote: But the larger reason we’re ignoring climate change is that Al Gore was right: This truth is just too inconvenient. Responding to climate change with the vigor that th...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 5:28 pm
Twitter has been a hot topic at a number of parties I've been at recently. My peers (the 50 - 70 year old crowd) are a tolerant group, but many shake their heads when it comes to Twitter, perplexe...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 23, 2009, 2:04 pm
Chicago is coming dangerously close to becoming a one-paper town. Chicago financier Jim Tyree has made a $25 million offer, but union members say concessions needed to seal the deal are too much. If ...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 23, 2009, 1:33 pm
I did one of my first webinar trainings yesterday and, while it wasn't terrible, it was much more difficult than the in-person trainings I am used to doing. This article expressed my feelings exa...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 16, 2009, 9:15 am
Seth Godin takes nonprofits to task in a strongly worded essay for their failure to join in the new media revolution. He cites a severe case of risk aversion as the cause. According to Seth, marketing...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 12:45 pm
Google News has quietly added a new section that highlights “in-depth pieces of lasting value.” Called Spotlight, and like the rest of Google News, the stories are selected by an undisclosed algor...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Aug 24, 2009, 10:43 am
Damon Weaver has interviewed politicians and celebrities alike, yet is only 11 years old. Dubbed the "Future of Journalism", Weaver has become a viral superstar for the interviews he conducted for his...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Aug 6, 2009, 3:16 pm
The Tribune's incessant quest for an identity continues with today's debut of yet another new design for its website. The site has been reinvented at least three times since Sam Zell purchase...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Aug 6, 2009, 9:30 am
I found this humorous post on one of my favorite sites, gawker.com, about a Wall Street Journal story reporting on new blogger woes. Apparently, the unemployed are invading blogger home turfs: coffee ...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 24, 2009, 4:51 pm
This hastily scheduled press conference by President Obama illustrates the perils involved when a public official disowns his remarks. There's little doubt that the president's communications...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 24, 2009, 10:30 am
One of the sadnesses of public housing transformation has been that it can take up to five years before new, mixed income housing gets built and becomes available. Residents, whose income, by definiti...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 22, 2009, 10:51 am
Among the usual talking heads that dominate news circuits, very few are people of color. However since the election, more African-American and Latino pundits and scholars are offering their take on t...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 17, 2009, 2:54 pm
Good Wall Street Journal article - Software That Makes Twitter So Much Tweeter - on tools that make it easier to use Twitter.
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 17, 2009, 2:35 pm
Check out this new feature of the Chicago Tribune. Select your town, write your own local story and then post it, with pictures, to the site. It includes tips for writing and even editorial assistance...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 9, 2009, 9:55 am
One more publication, The Printed Blog, closed up shop this week. This new kind of newprint publication--which compiled posts from local blogs in a printed format-- was, in my opinion, a novel idea. B...
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Hugh M. posted an article on VDC Blog - Jul 6, 2009, 10:07 am
Progress Illinois has developed an online tracking system and is asking groups to send in their information. This is a badly needed tool in helping people around the state understand that these cuts a...
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