The #kony2012 campaign, an effort to bring Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to justice, is succeeding in its efforts to achieve a mass of public awareness. The online buzz has attracted a lot of mainstream media attention. I was a guest of CTV Newchannel’s Afternoon...
Earlier this week (yesterday, to be exact), the Globe and Mail published a piece by columnist Ivor Tossell calling on Canadians to stop tweeting about what they eat. The essence of his argument is tweets about what you’re are eating are uninteresting....
Parliament is in a period of intense discovery right now. Recent events including the VikiLeaks and TellVicEverything campaigns, the threatening videos by hacker group Anonymous and the RoboCall scandal showcase how MPs and the institution of Parliament are not...
This year’s Take the Leap From Good to Great! Forum wrapped up with a strong panel brought together to examine how social media is shaping daily news content. Joe Thornley, Mel Coulson and Scott Hannant explored three main themes: how media has shaped their own...
CPRS Ottawa is hosting the 2012 Take the Leap: From Good to Great! Forum on February 29. I’ll be blogging during the event with a particular interest in the presentations by Brad Lavigne and Dmitri Soudas. Brad has been instrumental in the transformation of the...
The federal Liberal Party woke up to a few new realities last May. Besides being shuffled off to third-party status, they had to vacate prized office space in Centre Block for the new official opposition, the NDP. Ralph Goodale became the poster child of this change...