Great Basin Wildfire Forum
The Search For Solutions A science-based policy publication aimed at enhancing the Great Basin’s environment. From the preface… The primary impetus for this Wildfire Forum is a document authored by John McLain and Sheila Anderson of Resource Concepts, Inc. entitled “Urgent Need for a Scientific Review of the Ecological and Management History of the Great Basin Natural Resources and Recommendations to Achieve Ecosystem Restoration.” This document urged prominent scientists who have spent their careers studying, observing and...
read moreBlog post receives 'Editor's Pick' in the UK
Bob’s recent post on journalism schools getting rid of public relations receive an Editor’s Pick from journalism.co.uk – “The Essential Site For Journalists.” Thanks, Laura Oliver.
read moreInformation Week features Twitter Vote Report analysis
Information Week was kind enough to pick up our analysis of the Twitter Vote Report. K.C. Jones writes: The Twitter Vote Report was subject to human judgment and technological error, according to two bloggers from Reno, Nev., who analyzed the network. Bob Conrad, a doctoral student at the University of Nevada, and blogger Ryan Jerz found that the volunteer effort to track and publicize voting problems during the 2008 election was not truly objective, as planned. The social media project aimed to capture field reports of voting problems through...
read moreTwitter Vote Report: An analysis
Twitter Vote Report: An analysis My colleague Ryan Jerz and I conducted a study after the 2008, which looked at the Twitter Vote Report. Read it here: http://twurl.nl/7edve8
read moreThe Alternative Press story is told
This month’s subscriber edition of Alternative Press Magazine is a photograph taken by Bob Conrad. Here’s the background story by the fine folks at...
read moreNew Video: Firefighting sheep
The sheep are back grazing cheatgrass in the hills of Carson City, Nevada. Ann Bollinger from Carson City Parks and Open Space discusses the grazing project and how targeted grazing can be used to help manage invasive weeds and protect homes from wildfires. This is an example of government communications that takes advantage of social media opportunities, in this case,...
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