This week’s podcast is a joint interview with three of the minds and voices behind CNET’s Buzz Out Loud — Tom Merritt, Natali Del Conte and Jason Howell (Monday co-host Molly Wood was unable to make the interview). Buzz Out Loud may be an audio (and video) podcast, but it utilizes ...

Two of our favorite beatbloggers, Kent Fischer and Tawnell Hobbs of the DISD Blog, were recognized by the Education Writers Association for the best multimedia education blog. The Education Writers Association (EWA), the national professional association of education reporters and writers, today ann...

We are privileged to have a special guest on The Bigg Success Show today. Jonathan Fields is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and author of the recently released book Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love. ___ ___ ___ So Jonathan, you’re a renegade. That sounds so fun … ...

Many people think of MySpace as a very similar social network to Facebook, but their uses — especially for beat reporters — are vastly different. Facebook is a great tool for education reporters. MySpace, on the other hand, has a large contingent of artists and entertainers on it, espe...

We wrap up our conversation with John Jantsch on today’s Bigg Success Show . John is the author of the fantastic book, Duct Tape Marketing – The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide. So far, we’ve discussed: Part I: getting closer to customers and building yo...

Ed Silverman, one of the original and best beat bloggers, is leaving The Star-Ledger and Pharmalot. Silverman discussed both lessons he learned from Pharmalot and the reasons why he decided to move on in this week’s podcast. You can find more information about Silverman’s decision here a...

We had a very special guest on The Bigg Success Show today. Straight from the reindeer farm at the North Pole, we welcomed Santa Claus ! Here’s a summary of the conversation: ___ ___ ___ Welcome to The Bigg Success Show, Santa. ___ ___ Oh, thank you Mary-Lynn. It’s always a pleasure visi...

Today on The Bigg Success Show , we continued our discussion with Adam Shepard. Adam is the author of the book Scratch Beginnings, which describes his year-long real-life experiment to see if the American Dream is still alive. Last time, Adam told us about the initial stages of his experiment and wh...

We had a special guest today on The Bigg Success Show . Adam Shepard is the author of Scratch Beginnings. After graduating from college, he conducted a real-life experiment, by starting out homeless with only $25 and the clothes on his back, to see if the American Dream is still alive. His book chro...

Mary Louise Schumacher, art and architecture critic with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was recently tasked with teaching her newsroom about social media and beat blogging. What worked? What didn’t work? What did her peers think about all this fancy social media? And most importantly, ho...