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July 29, 2004
Boston | Observation #4: Blogger Media Savvy

An hour or so ago I sat here watching Byron from Burnt Orange Report do an interview with ABC news, which is trolling Blogger’s Roost for on-air material. I’ve seen many of these interviews now, and I have to say that the bloggers are now officially media savvy. Byron, as an example, knows how to give the reporter his name (spelling the surname), plug his site, address the camera, smile knowingly, even work his PC so the camerman can get some good B-roll of him scrolling his blog, and most important, talk in sound bites.

And he’s not alone … many of us up here in the Roost have acquired this skill, learning very quickly on the fly and from those around us. As Byron just told me, “Well, after a few days you get good at it.” But by day 4 it’s clear: The DNC credentialed bloggers … but they’ve created media-savvy hothouse flowers in the process.



Posted by Alan at July 29, 2004 03:44 PM | TrackBack
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