Imagine my surprise the other day when a friend sent me this link and asked if he could have my autograph. All because of a comment I’d left on a blog, it turned out.
I’ve never actually met Mark Glaser, but he’s a guy I really respect — one of the very best out there today writing about New Media. To be featured on his new PBS blog is a real honor. In the past, I read and very much enjoyed Mark’s weekly column for the USC Annenberg School of Communication’s Online Journalism Review, and he still writes an “intelligence report” newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. But I wasn’t yet aware of his new gig, MediaShift. [Great name, by the way, Mark!]
I remember Mark’s byline from the halcyon, pre-crash days of The Industry Standard — which had an amazing editorial staff. I got to know several of those folks from attending their great conferences and reporting on those events. [I did that by email newsletter, since those were pre-blogging days.]
Mark is now doing some very important work chronicling and analyzing the impact of new media on our culture and society. Keep up the great work, Mark!
Tags: Mark Glaser, PBS.org, MediaShift blog, Online Journalism Review, Online Publishers Association
Graeme,
Glad to give you some fame. I try to spotlight what my readers have to say on a regular basis. If the whole meme is about readers knowing more than we as reporters do, then why shouldn’t they get the fame that goes with it?
Cheers.
Your 15 minutes of fames has lasted significantly longer than just 15 minutes. I have just discovered you blog.
Good stuff!! I read a little more before I ask for an autograph though.