The NY Daily News reported today on a new twist to the teenage cyberbullying phenom that’s led to countless tragedies for high school students – both highly-publicized and unnoticed. In the article, the Daily News cited the case of Shellie Ross, a popular blogger, who suffered an unimaginable … [Read more...]
Defining Media: Are Bloggers Journalists?
April 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
In the late hours of Friday evening, Gizmodo editor Jason Chen returned home from a dinner with his wife to find police searching his home and seizing all of his computer equipment, allegedly searching for evidence related to the stolen iPhone 4G prototype that the blogger exposed to the … [Read more...]
San Mateo Police Raid Gizmodo Editor Home, Search For Evidence Related To Stolen iPhone
April 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
Unless you’ve been without access to any form of media for the last week, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the Gizmodo vs. Apple battle playing itself out in the blogosphere and across media nationwide. For those of you who haven’t, here’s a quick summary: Allegedly, a drunken Apple … [Read more...]
Blogger Conference List
March 2, 2010 By 8 Comments
Event management for SheCon '11 powered by Eventbrite Currently there are a some great conferences coming up that I would like to share with you. If you haven't attended one of these, you are really missing out on meeting some great people and networking with companies looking to connect with … [Read more...]
Charity Auction: Bid on a PS3, Via StuffBuff: eBay 2.0
February 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
Ah, Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and now our thoughts are turning to spring, and the dreaded annual spring cleaning. While many of us have found a great way to clear our clutter and make some cash using eBay to sell our unwanted things, newly-launched StuffBuff (http://stuffbuff.com) may … [Read more...]
The Power of Community – Social Media and the power of our Readership
January 15, 2010 By 9 Comments
The SheBlogs community has an amazing power. Over the last 7 months, we have grown to a membership of nearly 1700 female bloggers, who collectively reach more than 19.5 million monthly unique readers, or roughly one in five US Web browsers. In times of triumph, we are able to offer amazing … [Read more...]
ANNOUNCING THE SHEBLOGS ADVISORY PANEL!
January 11, 2010 By 13 Comments
Over the past few months, the SheBlogs team has been hard at work sorting through the wonderful applications that we’ve received in response to our call for the new SheBlogs Advisory Panel. The selection process was a long and difficult one, but after weeks of discussion, we’ve narrowed down our … [Read more...]
On Style Guides and Standardization
December 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I recently came upon an article in TechCrunch, where the blog (one of the most significant in the Web 2.0 space) rebutted an email from a PR student who corrected a "style mistake” they’d made. Since reading the post, I've been pondering the pros and cons in the comment section, and debating the … [Read more...]
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