Online editorial models #05 – The Huffington Post case

The Huffington Post, created in May 2005, is the new current star amongst online media. Forget about Slate, Salon and don’t event think about old media venturing into the digital era. HuffPo beats them all.

Chasing ideodiversity in a flat world

Taking a look at my desk here at DG Comm, I can see that not much has changed since my days as an editor on European desk at a press agency. My day usually started by leafing through The Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Le Monde, the newspaper institutions that are more often than [...]

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Why I think social media are on the right way in the European Parliament

It's always interesting to see who's convinced by the use of social media for institutional communication purposes. We had a seminar with our whole directorate at the beginning of the week and it was very telling - not only because of what we said, but also because of the structure and organisation of it.

To all writers and readers…

If you really want to touch the reader, first we need to start from a very beginning, none others but the writers. This is how it works…every beginning of the week I am sending out an email informing 4-5 people that have expressed their wish or that reached their turn that it’s up to them [...]

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• Three of our number (Raffaella, Tibo, Steve) were interviewed on our social media activities on behalf of the European Parliament by the Commission's "Waltzing Matilda" blog. Read the interview here. This was in fact the second in a series of interviews with EU social media types; the first was with the estimable Antonia Mochan in London, aka @euonymblog, read that one here and/or her blog itself here. #
• MEPs dealt with 1,924 petitions from all over Europe in 2009. Although it's an increase on 2008, they believe the system has room for improvement. Find out more. #
• Thousands of Europeans die on the roads. How can we travel safely? How can we change drivers' behaviour? Road safety must become a priority for the European Union. Watch EuroparlTV video . #
• Belgium has taken the helm of the EU rotating presidency. Time is of the essence to negotiate a deal on financial supervision before the summer break. ... See more  here. #
• MEPs are placing their bets on a European team winning the World Cup in South Africa, but will it be Germany, Spain or the Netherlands? Watch this video clip to find out more. #
• This report is being passed around Parliament at the moment, in what in other contexts might be called a "viral" way. It's votewatch.eu's analysis of MEP voting patterns, and attempts some conclusions about the political character of the European Parliament one year in. It concludes that ideology beats nationality in EP votes. #
• Are you a person with a disability or reduced mobility, are you interested in travelling by air or would you like to receive assistance adapted to your needs? Find out more info in the video. #
• That's the battle cry of farmers who see their income fall as supermarket profit margins rise. The supermarkets have their own culprit: the politicians. See this video clip. #
• Following MEPs is easy now that so many of them are on Facebook and Twitter; for some, social media hold great hope in terms of filling the famous EU "communications gap".  See this video. #
• How can the old continent convince its best brains to stay in Europe? How can it entice foreign researchers to work in its laboratories? See EuroparlTV video. #