TweetA little past 9 a.m. today, a long fleet of truckers roared down the central business area of Harrisburg, all incessantly honking their horns. Some had signs taped outside their windows, revealing that they were protesting gas prices at the Capitol. Interesting story, as anyone who lives or has an office downtown surely has heard …
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TweetIf you read other journalism blogs, it’s Twitter this Twitter that. Twitter Twitter Twitter. Twitter will cure cancer. Twitter will save the world. Twitter is the now, Twitter is the future, Twitter will replace oxygen. There’s a near-consensus out there, coming from a lot of people who I highly respect. People I align myself with …
TweetA lot of the most spirited arguments for social media are often made in places where there’s already a tech-savvy audience built in. Yet in a place like Harrisburg, Pa., which is home to the country’s 86th-biggest newspaper and the No. 41 television market, there are a total of nine people on Twitter who have …
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