April 6th, 2009 
joel I guess the readers of Press and Tower weren’t in the mood for fun last week. My poll asking about your favorite E-Trade commercial was voted on by only 8 people. Oh well, I still laugh every time I play them!
A very hot topic these days on the web is the traditional media’s acceptance of social networking tools. These days reporters are using Twitter, Facebook and blogging to tear down the walls between the news consumer and the practitioner.
This week I would like your opinion on which television station you think is doing the best job of using social media.
Which Erie TV newsroom is the best at using social media (blogging, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)?
- WSEE (62%, 18 Votes)
- WJET/WFXP (24%, 7 Votes)
- WICU (14%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 29
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I don’t think anyone can compete with Raychel and Ray from channel 35.
I am not sure about the networks but the Community Blood Bank of NW PA is the best social media user of any blood bank in the entire country! I gave a speech to a bunch of blood bank CEOs in DC 2 weeks ago & it was so good that I am presenting a longer version in Denver in June. On Facebook we’re “blood bank brittany” and we have over 1300 friends. We email each school group through Facebook right before their blood drives. After the drives we put up pictures so the students who gave have a reason to come back to our page. We now get more questions through Facebook than our regular website.
The blood supply has been holding near record high levels for 6 weeks now in part due to our success with students. It’s a great tool. Thanks for letting me brag about it!
Off topic a bit….but related to this post.
Tonight I caught the tail end of On Point on WQLN. The topic was Facebook.
Here’s a link to the show if you want to stream it or download it:
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/04/facebook-culture/
Roger,
People connecting with people seems to be what Press and Tower is all about……just in different means and forms. Facebook is the future form and certainly part of the picture here.
The kid who started it is 25 years old. Last August, 100 million users; January 150 million; now, 200 million. There is an implication here and Obama gives a lot of credit to Facebook for electing him. The founder is cover story in April, “Fast Company” magazine.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/boy-wonder.html
Also noteworthy here is a Fsat Company report on NPR Radio staying afloat as all others hit ice bergs and sink.
Check it out:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/finely-tuned.html
The article caught my attention due to the author,
Anya Kamenetz. I regularly read her in the Village Voice when I lived in Bethlehem, PA.
Her writings on student loan scams and the implication of her youthful generation getting stabbed financially by the older generations is a major best seller; “Generation Debt.
Anyone with a teen or college stuydent should buy her book and give it to them to read. She is an incisive, in depth, articulate author, and will be around for all of our lives, due to her skills and talents to communicate via written word.
Hi there,
It’s Jacqueline Policastro from WSEE-TV. Since we’re talking about social networking…I’d love for anyone to check out the new facebook event I created. I’ll be traveling to Washington, DC May 4th-8th to cover our local lawmakers, and I want to get the community involved. I’m asking viewers to send me the questions they want hear asked to our lawmakers. I’m encouraging the post of video questions on the facebook page. Please spread the word!
You can e-mail me at jpolicastro@wsee.tv
To check out my facebook Washington event page just type “JACQUELINE IN WASHINGTON” into your facebook search bar. Then click on the events tab.
You can upload your questions there…and even better upload your video questions too!
I forgot to mention… the information is also posted on my political blog at
http://wsee.tv/blogs/politics/