Listen to This » web http://this.org/podcast Just another This Magazine network site Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:31:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Just another This Magazine network site Listen to This no Just another This Magazine network site Listen to This » web http://this.org/podcast/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://this.org/podcast Listen to This #020: Ottawa Citizen Parliament Hill reporter Glen McGregor http://this.org/podcast/2010/11/22/glen-mcgregor-twitter/ http://this.org/podcast/2010/11/22/glen-mcgregor-twitter/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:05:23 +0000 Graham F. Scott http://this.org/podcast/?p=117 More »]]>
Glen McGregor, Parliament Hill reporter for the Ottawa Citizen

Glen McGregor, Parliament Hill reporter for the Ottawa Citizen

In Listen to This #020, This Magazine associate editor Nick Taylor-Vaisey talks with Ottawa Citizen Parliament Hill reporter Glen McGregor about the effect that social media like Twitter and Facebook are having on the news cycle, for readers and consumers, reporters, and politicians alike — but why social media is still no way to attract younger audiences.

Nick and Glen talk about why McGregor likes using Twitter as a breaking-news platform and the epiphany he had about how the Citizen could use it. But most importantly, instead of talking in grand abstract terms about How Twitter Is Changing Everything, they discuss how McGregor actually uses the web to do more reporting, faster. For instance, he employs a small army of robotic Twitter accounts such as Lobby Watcher, an automated Twitter account that sends out an alert every time a lobbyist meets with an MP or minister, or Restowatch, another robot that Tweets whenever an Ottawa restaurant is written up for food safety violations.

]]> http://this.org/podcast/2010/11/22/glen-mcgregor-twitter/feed/ 0 Facebook,media,parliament,Parliament Hill,Twitter,web In Listen to This #020, This Magazine associate editor Nick Taylor-Vaisey talks with Ottawa Citizen Parliament Hill reporter Glen McGregor about the effect that social media like Twitter and Facebook are having on the news cycle, In Listen to This #020, This Magazine associate editor Nick Taylor-Vaisey talks with Ottawa Citizen Parliament Hill reporter Glen McGregor about the effect that social media like Twitter and Facebook are having on the news cycle, for readers and consumers, reporters, and politicians alike — but why social media is still no way to attract younger audiences. Nick and Glen talk about why McGregor likes using Twitter as a breaking-news platform and the epiphany he had about how the Citizen could use it. But most importantly, instead of talking in grand abstract terms about How Twitter Is Changing Everything, they discuss how McGregor actually uses the web to do more reporting, faster. For instance, he employs a small army of robotic Twitter accounts such as Lobby Watcher, an automated Twitter account that sends out an alert every time a lobbyist meets with an MP or minister, or Restowatch, another robot that Tweets whenever an Ottawa restaurant is written up for food safety violations. Listen to This no Listen to This #016: Heather Leson & Brian Chick of Crisis Commons http://this.org/podcast/2010/09/20/heather-leson-brian-chick-crisis-commons/ http://this.org/podcast/2010/09/20/heather-leson-brian-chick-crisis-commons/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:49:43 +0000 Graham F. Scott http://this.org/podcast/?p=94 More »]]> Heather Leson, left, and Brian Chick, coordinators of Crisis Commons in CanadaIn this edition of Listen to This — the premiere of our second season of original interviews with Canada’s most fascinating activists, politicos, and artists! — we talk with Heather Leson and Brian Chick, two of the more senior Canadian coordinators of Crisis Commons, an international online community of people who use their technology skills to assist with disaster relief, crisis management, and humanitarian efforts around the world. Crisis commons was founded in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2009, but has quickly spread to more than a dozen cities around the world, including hubs in Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary. We talked about the role technology can play in disaster relief scenarios, the group’s shifting identity as it assumes a more prominent role in the aid community, and the limits of online activism.

Crisis Commons is holding a global CrisisCamp day on September 25, with events happening in London (UK), Washington, D.C., Toronto, and Calgary. The events are free and open to all. If you’re not in Toronto or Calgary, it’s still possible to participate online. You can sign up through EventBrite for Toronto and Calgary.

]]> http://this.org/podcast/2010/09/20/heather-leson-brian-chick-crisis-commons/feed/ 0 Calgary,Crisis Commons,CrisisCamp,Development,events,Facebook,Haiti,Heather Leson,international development,internet,Montreal,online activism In this edition of Listen to This — the premiere of our second season of original interviews with Canada's most fascinating activists, politicos, and artists! — we talk with Heather Leson and Brian Chick, two of the more senior Canadian coordinators of... In this edition of Listen to This — the premiere of our second season of original interviews with Canada's most fascinating activists, politicos, and artists! — we talk with Heather Leson and Brian Chick, two of the more senior Canadian coordinators of Crisis Commons, an international online community of people who use their technology skills to assist with disaster relief, crisis management, and humanitarian efforts around the world. Crisis commons was founded in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2009, but has quickly spread to more than a dozen cities around the world, including hubs in Montreal, Toronto, and Calgary. We talked about the role technology can play in disaster relief scenarios, the group’s shifting identity as it assumes a more prominent role in the aid community, and the limits of online activism. Crisis Commons is holding a global CrisisCamp day on September 25, with events happening in London (UK), Washington, D.C., Toronto, and Calgary. The events are free and open to all. If you're not in Toronto or Calgary, it's still possible to participate online. You can sign up through EventBrite for Toronto and Calgary. Listen to This no