Wednesday, July 21, 2010
News Commenting Update
We recently asked Â鶹´«Ã½ members for feedback about opening up comments on Â鶹´«Ã½ articles, and we wanted to give our members an update on the progress as we prepare to deploy this new feature.
We recently asked Â鶹´«Ã½ members for feedback about opening up comments on Â鶹´«Ã½ articles, and we wanted to give our members an update on the progress as we prepare to deploy this new feature.
As the use of embedded video in news releases has risen in recent years, we wanted to initiate a discussion and keep our finger on the pulse of how it’s working for our colleagues in media relations, particularly for higher-ed institutions. There has been an interesting discussion about this topic going on over at the .
More than a year in the making, the U.S. Congress and President Obama have completed their reforms to the health insurance system. It has been extremely interesting to watch the developing debate - sorting out fact from fiction, and reading copious expert analysis in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Health Care Channel.
It’s been a rough winter here in the Mid-Atlantic region. We haven’t seen bare ground since December, and temperatures at night remain in the 20’s. This is nothing for many areas of the US and Canada, but for us in Virginia the snowfall has broken all records, and frankly, we’re weary of icy roads and snowdrifts covering the sidewalks. Public schools were closed for almost two weeks, while working parents scrambled for child care.