32. NewsWire: Ask Fairfax! NewsWire now feature chats with county staff. This is a way for us to engage our community through online tools. We are hosting a variety of topics from all agencies, departments, offices and more. A topic is posted online and then questions may be submitted a few days in advance. We then have the guest(s) answer the submitted and live questions for 1 hour.
33. NewsWire: Podcasts Podcasts will continue: News to Use, Health & Safety, Board of Supervisors Recap; Parks and libraries also produce podcasts
34. NewsWire: Flickr One countywide account started in May; 98,000+ views of our pictures.
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36. Changing Times Anyone with a cell phone or a computer can be a reporter and share pics, tweets and more; rapidly changing world
Explain the changing paradigm, but also discuss that social media shouldn’t be thought of as separate from other outreach methods – natural evolution of the Web.
Explain the changing paradigm, but also discuss that social media shouldn’t be thought of as separate from other outreach methods – natural evolution of the Web.
Small example of the viral nature of social media and how it empowers people to share our information – especially important during an emergency.
Putting to bed the myth that only high school or college kids use these tools
Emphasize and set the tone of information dissemination – there are growing gaps in our communities as traditional media buckle under economic pressures. Even here, washingtonpost provides little coverage of what we all do, for example.
Emphasize and set the tone of information dissemination – there are growing gaps in our communities as traditional media buckle under economic pressures. Even here, washingtonpost provides little coverage of what we all do, for example.