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Missouri

The Week Ahead: Reviews of the Media Response to Hurricane Ike

September 14, 2008

All next week I’ll be walking you through the online and on-air media response of both the national and Houston based media. As opposed to most national disasters I actually have a personal connection to this one with my family living in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb. I currently live and work in the [...]

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Houston Chronicle Excels in Hurricane Ike Coverage

September 13, 2008

As someone who not only is interested in news and journalism, but who also works in social media for a living I constantly see television stations and newspapers who either don’t take advantage of advances in technology or completely ignore the true value in the power of people.
This morning as I think about my family [...]

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Learn To ‘Social Media’

June 22, 2008

Since I work in social-media I see it everyday, some people get it, and some people don’t. Building social-media isn’t a one-time thing. It takes time to find conversations, to build reputation, and learn the best ways to share your knowledge with the world.
Here’s the thing, social media isn’t going anywhere. It’s here to stay. [...]

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Why Life Has Been Crazy: My Huge Job Announcement

May 23, 2008

Over the last few weeks I’ve been dropping hints on Twitter, but it’s about time I just came out with it. I’ve accepted a position at the Public Broadcasting Service. In case you’ve been wondering why the big move and road trip from Missouri to Washington DC was happening, that’s why.
I’m joining the ranks of [...]

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On Email Organization

April 22, 2008

For the last month or so I’ve been on a rampage, an email rampage. I haven’t quite hit Inbox Zero but inbox 30-40 suits me well actually. Here’s what I’ve done:

I now have only 2 visible email addresses, Gmail and my @jonathancoffman.com mail. Those other addresses (.Mac, Yahoo!, Mizzou, and my secondary Gmail) all now get [...]

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A Contributr Update

April 8, 2008

The Contributr team has been taking a little break recently, and that’s not a good thing. We’re trying frantically to make up time but other commitments got in the way.
Colby Palmer has been working on a complete redesign of the web application and the AIR desktop application and is doing a great job. He’s a [...]

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Are Podcasts Dead?

April 7, 2008

In case you didn’t know, I’ll be in Las Vegas Sunday-Wednesday for the NAB conference (National Association of Broadcasters). The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism is sponsoring my trip so that I can present Contributr to the masses. (Let’s hope Contributr is ready, more on that tomorrow!)
As I was looking through [...]

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Crossing The Skills Divide

April 3, 2008

There is an almost constant drone of phone calls and emails in my life right now, I’m right in the thick of finding a job for when I become available in May. It hasn’t been an easy road, but I’ve made great strides in my approach, the types of jobs I apply for, and the [...]

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Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-04-01

April 1, 2008

Made it back to Columbia, now comes the hard part, unpacking! #
@chrisbrogan you seem like an ideal candidate for GrandCentral actually #
@xphilter welcome to the club! #
@lavosby I encourage SL to further adopt Twitter posts as a great way to enhance the ‘community’ surrounding your services. #
@kambei, the real magic is when you hand a [...]

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Jonathan’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-31

March 31, 2008

I’m leaving lovely Houston this afternoon, back to the cloudy and rainy Missouri for me. #
I’m all packed, my flight leaves Houston at 1:40 this afternoon. #
At Houston Hobby airport in line to checkin. #
All checked in, securty just shakes their heads as my carryin goes through #
Flight goes through OK city, same plane, hopefully [...]

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