The Media Drop

Today’s interview is Alan Abbey, Senior Features Writer at the Jerusalem Post. I happened to find Alan in the directory on LinkedIn, and he was extra gracious in getting back to me and in answering some of the questions below.
Alan has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon, and […]

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K. Paul Mallasch posts about a set of super-helpful techniques and learnings at Poynter entitled The Art of Asking Questions. The feature has Bob Schieffer, Jim Alexander, Dan Weber, Joe Hamelin and Jim Short all giving some great tips and insights on the subject. Mallasch, of course, points out something that I’ve been […]

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Today’s interview takes a different direction from the last few, as I’ve been able to “unmask” someone who does their daily work with a pseudonym. Her name is Marisa Hoheb, but some of you might know her by Rachel, from the Rachel Speaks column at Media Life Magazine.
After my initial contact with “Rachel”, I […]

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In the ongoing series of interviews being put together for The Media Drop, I’ve mainly focused on members of the traditional broadcast media. This time around, I’ve gone in another direction in getting some great Q&A in with Mark Vrieling, CEO of ScreenPlay, Inc., a purveyor of master quality content including over 35,000 music […]

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The Media Drop is happy to present its second successful “interview” with a member of the media - this time, Scott McGrew, technology/business reporter from NBC affiliate KNTV, which serves the San Jose / Oakland / San Francisco area.
Scott [profile] is co-founder of a technology-specific program called TechNow, which is produced out of KNTV and […]

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In the last week or so, I’ve used the LinkedIn service to make contact with some people I see and talk to regularly, people I haven’t spoken with in a while, and even some people I probably would never have been able to reach directly without the service. I’m currently using the site to […]

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