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Freedom of information: It’s for everyone

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Open records, FOIA Act are pillars of journalism — and a free society Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, journalists, NGOs, general public. Guest post by Dan Gillmor Director, Center for Citizen Media “Freedom of information” is not just a phrase. It is a pillar of an open and free society. Nowhere has that pillar been […]

How to prevent against online libel and defamation

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The Bill of Rights A brief guide for citizen journalists and bloggers Target audience: Journalists, bloggers, nonprofits, cause organizations, NGOs, general public. Guest post by Mitch Ratcliffe RatcliffeBlog There is much that bloggers can learn from journalists, who have learned how to cause the most trouble possible without landing in jail over the course of […]

How the National Wildlife Federation uses social media

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National Wildlife Federation from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Recently I had the chance to sit down with Danielle Brigida, social media outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, the enormously important nonprofit organization that inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children’s future. They do that by combating global warming, protecting wildlife and wildlife habitats […]

99 foundations that actively use Twitter

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Beth Kanter this week cited 10 examples of thought leadership from foundations: Share history (Detroit Foundation) Talk vision and mission (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) Share important research (Kauffman Foundation) (Hewlett Foundation) Retweet useful links shared by colleagues (Greater Cincinnati Foundation) Recruit job candidates (MacArthur Foundation) Important program deadlines (Hawaii Community Foundation) Reveal field insights (Columbus […]

Best new Twitter tool: HootSuite 2.0

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Guest post by Chris Abraham Abraham-Harrison Back in the earlier days of third-party Twitter apps (just a few months ago, actually), a few very effective web-based services got my attention: SocialToo, TweetLater, and HootSuite. Sad thing was, while they were all very powerful services, they were all poorly designed, very hacked together, and fugly. Enter […]