The News Review:
- Blogging Positively: Live Chat about HIV/AIDS on December 3
- Live blogging Towson vs. Penn State hoops
- Micro Blogging As Valuable Information Source In Terrorist Attack
- Blogging in the wake of terror
- An unwanted record and blogging bouncers
Blogging Positively: Live Chat about HIV/AIDS on December 3
Global Voices Online MA
globalvoicesonline. We will learn how both organizations have implemented blogging and video outreach programs to spread awareness about their initiatives in AIDS prevention and advocating for the rights of HIV-positive individuals. Other discussion topics include: What are the factors to weigh when HIV-positive bloggers go public about their status? How can blogging support networks form online? What about online forums? What are other new media tools such as mapping mashups that can be used effectively?If there are other topics that you would like to discuss during the chat please add comments below.
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Live blogging Towson vs. Penn State hoops
The Patriot-News – PennLive.com PA
Morris is 0-1 from the field. Brown has not made an appearance. INTROWe’re back at the Palestra for the Philly Hoop Group consy. Maybe 1000 people here; that’s being generous. Penn State already has two threes by Talor Battle and another by Stanley Pringle over a Towson zone and leads 9-2 at the first TV time. Both Brian Morris of Trinity and Ricardo Brown of Harrisburg High are playing for the Tigers. This will be Brown’s first college game after a redshirt season and a 5-game suspension for involvement in a campus fight.
Micro Blogging As Valuable Information Source In Terrorist Attack
eFluxMedia
The events have been closely followed by a massive number of citizens using new media means of posting information on what was going down at the time. People used Twitter Flicker personal blogs and even Google Maps to show what they knew and to share their experiences. This is odd as the whole amateur informing was a lot faster than traditional journalism making the field reported some sort of transmitter of amateur footage and information. It is said that the Indian government even asked Twitter to stop updating the site not to give away precious information to the terrorists. This just reveals what the online world can really do in such crisis situations. Blogs YouTube Twitter and even Google if used well and with caution the news can actually be broadcasted faster and more efficient than ever.
Blogging in the wake of terror
CNN
"I think it’s been an outpouring" said Neha Viswanathan a volunteer who monitors the blogosphere for online community. "I haven’t seen anything like this since I started watching blogs closely in the last three to four years. "People are using it as venting space right now. There is one stream of blogs that is talking about their own personal experiences; there’s a lot of sadness and a lot of anger. " Twenty-nine-year-old blogger Harish Iyer started his post –.
An unwanted record and blogging bouncers
CricInfo.com UK
Allan Border was also caught short 12 times but that was over a 156-match career; when he played his 100th Test he had only been run out eight times. Even the world’s most capped player Steve Waugh who was involved in some memorable foul-ups with his brother Mark only lost his wicket to that method four times. Blog brings bouncersIain O’Brien has been busy blogging during the series and during the Gabba Test he gave Australia’s bowlers something to file away for future use. His reflections on facing Mitchell Johnson included the line: “Bouncer oh s*** I hate bouncers. ” No great revelation for a tail-ender perhaps but it was no surprise that when O’Brien walked out at the fall of the eighth wicket in Adelaide that his first ball from Johnson was aimed at his head. So was his first delivery from Brett Lee. O’Brien was out for a duck but he may have had another excuse; in his blog after day one he said he had sought the advice of the team doctor after feeling lethargic for a couple of days.