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FIR #196: Speak Up, Twitter


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The June 2020 episode of The Hobson and Holtz Report features Neville and Shel discussing…

* Their appearance on Joe Jaffe’s broadcast show
* A report on the all-virtual IABC World Conference
* Twitter’s move to let users record and tweet audio
* Three new blockchain developments of interest to communicators
* Flipboard’s new Storyboard feature
* A user email that prompted Merriam-Webster to update a dictionary definition
* How Wikipedia became a battleground for racial justice
* Facebook’s news tab and Instagram’s rise as a source of news

Dan York reports on inclusive language in technology and big players making big plays in podcasting.
We are hosting an FIR Communicators Coffee Break on Zoom each Thursday during the stay-at-home period at 1 p.m. ET. For credentials, contact Shel or Neville directly or request the credentials in our Facebook group or send an email to [email protected]. Spread the word to your communications community.
Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.
You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog.
Links from This Month’s Episode

* United Nations: Communicators Can Save Lives. Here’s How.
* Joe Jaffe’s Corona TV on YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Periscope
* Twitter will let users record and add up to 140 seconds of audio to tweets, rolling out to iOS users in the coming weeks
* Your Tweet, Your Voice
* Unstoppable Domains Announces Its First Batch of .Crypto Blogs on the Decentralized Internet
* Will decentralized blogs make freedom of speech Unstoppable?
* New York Times Publishes Details About Its Blockchain Prototype Project
* Microsoft’s ION is an Open-Source Bet on Bitcoin
* Flipboard rolls out Storyboards as a new way to highlight content
* Missouri woman prompts Merriam-Webster to redefine ‘racism’
* Luka Apps, 7-Year-Old Boy, Writes Letter To Lego, Gets His Toy Replaced
* How Wikipedia Became a Battleground for Racial Justice
* Facebook News Tab May Increase News Consumption & PR Impact
* Instagram ‘will overtake Twitter as a news source’

Links from Dan York’s Tech Report

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