I just ran a LexisNexis search on the Philly piece, and it seems it went out on a wire service to papers all over the U.S. and Canada. So the person who originally reported it WAS in Philly--it was just that it was then distributed to papers all over!
Kiera On Sep 21, 1:15 pm, "Chris Messina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...and this is where citizen journalism through our own blogs and > self-documentation becomes so important. > > While it's always nice to get into pulp, it's not wholly necessary. > The easier we make it to find ourselves, and the clearer we make our > goals and values through our various websites, the less we need the > MSM to promote our work. > > We've had a number of international visitors to Citizen Space with > virtually no press (at least people found us through other means) all > because we made ourselves available online. > > Again, while I do think there's value in having other people tell our > stories in different media, I think that we're still fundamentally > capable of doing as good a job of getting the word out there through > our own means. > > Chris > > On 9/21/07, Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Alex, I'm glad that coworking is getting promoed in general, but as a > > journalist, I just hate "lazy reporting" as Tara called it. And > > believe me, I know that the Merc is not doing well at all and the > > reason is lack of local reporting. > > Anyway, I'm writing a little note to the editor there... But yeah, I'm > > all about spreading the love :) > > > Tara Hunt wrote: > > > Of course you were excited, and mentioning your space fits into a more > > > global piece...however, it doesn't do much for people working out of > > > coffee > > > shops in San Jose and the peninsula who don't realize that there is > > > something already happening in their backyards. > > > > It IS way bigger than just one office or individual, but that article > > > didn't > > > mention too much of that. > > > > T > > > > On 9/21/07, Alex Hillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We saw that and frankly, I was stoked to see our article being reprinted > > > > (san jose merc isnt the only place it hit, it looks like the > > > > Philadelphia > > > > Inquirer sells their pieces out all over the place), I hoped that > > > > people saw > > > > it as an opportunity to get exposed to the coworking concept at large. > > > > It > > > > seemed that part was effective because while the article pimped our > > > > space, > > > > I've sent everyone that emailed or called us from the article reprints > > > > to > > > > the wiki to check out their local efforts, or if they didn't exist, to > > > > come > > > > here to the list or to the wiki to find the resources that they need to > > > > start their own coworking. We're doing our best to shift the widespread > > > > attention onto the movement to show that it's going on everywhere, and > > > > that > > > > it's way bigger than just one office or our individual experiences. > > > > > Spreading the love, that's what its about :-) > > > > > -Alex > > > > > -- > > > > ----- > > > > -- > > > > ----- > > > > Alex Hillman > > > > web.developer.innovation.consultant > > > > vocal: 484.597.6256 > > > > digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | skype: dangerouslyawesome > > > > visual:www.weknowhtml.com|www.dangerouslyawesome.com > > > > local:www.indyhall.org > > > > > On 9/21/07, Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Did you guys see San Jose Merc's reprinted article on the coworking > > > > > space in Philly this Sunday? What's up with that? And then they wonder > > > > > why can't they sell papers.... > > > > >www.mercurynews.com/personalfinance/ci_6910165 > > > > -- > > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > > co-founder & CMO > > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > > > phone: 415-694-1951 > > > fax: 415-727-5335 > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen Provocateur & > Open Source Advocate-at-Large > Work:http://citizenagency.com > Blog:http://factoryjoe.com/blog > Cell: 412 225-1051 > IM: factoryjoe > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
