Move over Rahm Emanuel, there’s a new Mayor taking foursquare by storm. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is launching the most innovative use of the application by an elected official yet. By taking advantage of features like lists and tips and personally checking-in to select venues, Buckhorn is going beyond simply setting up a branded channel. [...]

Mark your calendars for an online AP Stylebook political chat with AP political editor Liz Sidoti on Monday, Nov. 21, 2:30 p.m. – Three out of ten journalism start-ups don’t have a business plan. – Member or not, visit Facebook, and it tracks you: How Facebook compiles tracking logs of Web pages you’ve visited during [...]

In honor of Veterans Day, please like the newly created FB page of the Florida House Veterans Caucus.

There’s inside baseball and then there’s the story about Jim Romensko, a prominent media blogger who resigned from the Poynter Institute after being accused of “not properly attributing words written by other writers in links on his self-named media news website.” I myself am guilty of this same sin because, like Romensko (and by like Romensko, [...]

The following is a letter-to-the-editor written by Rep. Chris Dorworth originally published in the Orlando Sentinel. In just the past year, Scott Maxwell has published columns and blog posts about my mortgage, my marriage, my E-PASS, my cell phone usage and my Facebook account. Now twice in one week, he has written columns attacking how [...]

Senator Marco Rubio today released a full suite of mobile device applications to make it easier for constituents to follow his Senate work and contact his office. The new applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android are available now and offer simple access to Rubio’s blog, social media feeds and latest press releases. “I am very [...]

Here is everything you need to know about voting in today’s St. Petersburg’s 2011 municipal elections, updated with the latest information. There are four races on the ballot: run-off elections for District 1, 3, 5 and 7.  All registered city residents can vote in this election and will cast ballots for each of the four [...]

The fallout for Michael Pinson continues… In an attempt to divert attention from a local news investigation showing he took in money to his so-called “Foundation” but redirected to fund his lavish lifestyle, Pinson often invokves the names of prominent philanthropists as an attempt to tie his efforts to their’s. Well, one such local leader [...]

The Associated Press reports that an outfit within the Central Intelligence Agency predicted the uprising in Egypt earlier this year — by monitoring social media: Yes, they saw the uprising in Egypt coming; they just didn’t know exactly when revolution might hit, said the center’s director, Doug Naquin. The center already had “predicted that social media in [...]

My online (and recently met in person) friend Robert Neff keeps up the criticism of the St. Petersburg Times‘ name change: The St Pete Times announcement to change their name and rebrand themselves demonstrates how out of touch their leadership is with their readership. There is no strength in their arguments. For example, the statement [...]