One of the enormous changes in journalism during the “internet age” has been the loss of the deadline. The impact of this demise has been significant, but rarely discussed. Yet it may be one of the biggest in changes in the way journalists research, write and publish news stories. When I started as a journalist […]
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Tag Archives: Filters
The Myth of Information Overload
September 18, 2012 
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Yes, my email inbox is out of control. Some days I simply can’t keep up with deluge. I follow too many people on Twitter. My feed sometimes resembles the falling numerals from the movie “The Matrix.” Facebook has gone from just friends to colleagues, acquaintances and, well, for lack of a better term “others.” So […]
Read moreThe Demise of Traditional Filters
May 24, 2012 0 Comments
In many ways, traditional filters made it so much easier to find and consume content. Traditional filters also came with the benefit of having a stamp of approval. We knew the content had been, well, filtered. Take newspapers. Newspapers filter news and information for us. Editors and journalists cover news they believed is important […]
Read moreFilters in the Age of Media Bombardment
May 14, 2012 2 Comments
Forget 24/7 news cycle. Try 604,800 second news cycle (yes, that’s the number of seconds in a week). Forget the 40-hour work week. Try 168-hour work week. Oh, you don’t work the entire 168-hours in an average week, but if you work in an executive position anywhere that’s the number of hours you’re “on call.” […]
Read moreDo PR Agencies Need Filters?
March 4, 2010 3 Comments
Or more specifically do PR agencies need to build internal filtering systems for the content they create for clients? This week Weber Shandwick CEO Harris Diamond swung by the Cambridge office of Weber Shandwick. (Disclosure: I work at Weber Shandwick and Harris is my boss – although I do not report directly to him). During […]
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