The Witchita Eagle reports a Kansas teenager “is in trouble after mocking Gov. Sam Brownback during a mock legislative assembly for high school students.” Emma Sullivan tweeted: “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot” “Sullivan was called to her principal’s office and told that the tweet had been flagged [...]
From presidential candidate Herman Cain: Expressions of gratitude towards God have been a tradition of Thanksgiving celebrations since the original gathering in Plymouth. As Americans, we have much to be thankful for. So many have sought the refuge and opportunity of our shores because they know that Americans have been blessed with the freedom to [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
ABCNews.com and Yahoo.com will livestream the following interviews today: Huntsman at 8:10 a.m.; Bachmann at 9:30; Paul at 11; Perry at 11:15; Romney at 12:15 p.m.; Santorum at 2; Cain at 2:30; Gingrich at 3. – Sen. Marco Rubio will be the guest at the next interactive Politico Playbook Breakfast on Tuesday, November 15, at [...]
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 [...]
Politico announced today a new focus on the intersection of media and politics with additional reporting resources and the relaunch of Politico’s most popular blog, written by senior political reporter Ben Smith. Joining Smith in these new reporting efforts is former Adweek reporter Dylan Byers and Politico reporter Emily Schultheis … Politico media reporter Keach [...]
Glenn Marson, the editorial page editor for The Ledger, in a Sunday column in that paper, offers one of the most heart-felt, yet damning criticisms of the Times‘ re-branding. Marson’s bona fides on this issue are more significant than him just being an editor at a rival newspaper (with which Marson acknowledges The Ledger has [...]
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 [...]
