Author: Jack Lail

  • Millennial journalists embracing social media as a news tool

    Interesting stats MediaPost pulled from a study presented at the Society for New Communications Research Symposium on Nov. 14, 2008: 87% of 18-29 year-olds believe bloggers have become important opinion-shapers, versus 60% of 50-64 year-olds 87% of 18-29 year-olds confirm that new media and communications enhances the relationship with their audience, versus 42% of 50-64…

  • Reading list

    Here’s what I’ve been sharing in Google Reader lately. I think I have a shorter “reader” list than a lot of people, certainly the power users, but even at that, it’s hard to stay on top of it.

  • No reports of plates thrown in pottery festival duel

    This weekend is the weekend of the dueling pottery festivals in tiny Seagrove, NC. I’m heading to the upstart one at the old Luck’s Beans plant instead of the traditional one. I suspect visitors to Seagrove will be at an all-time high for this weekend because the festival war has been getting a lot of…