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New Media jobs available

I did a random search in Recruit.net for jobs posting with keywords New Media. Behold, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports is looking out for 3 positions with New Media titles in them. a. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Editor) b. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Website) c. Youth Olympics - New Media Senior Executive / Executive (Virtual Space) So if you are looking for a New Media job, a sting with the Youth Olympics will look good in your CV. Strange though that the job requirements for these new media position do not require you to have a blog or have an avatar in the virtual space.

PR2.0 brings out the photobug in you

There are many new skill sets a social PR person must have to engage this new PR medium. One of them I learn is that a social PR person must have some basic photography interest in them. Recently at a client event, the designated phtographer didn't really take good shots of the event. It wasn't that her skills was bad or her camera. Somehow the photos didn't bring out the colours of the event. Launch of Kraft Carte Noire coffee Fortunately, as part of my blogger relationship value-add, my responsibility at the event was to take photos. My photos may not be the best in technique, but it brought out the life of the event. Another tip of taking photos event is try to take those candid shots, rather than asking folks to stand and pose in front of the camera. Those candid photos capture the activities more natural and lively. Best if you can capture photos of people doing work. My colleagues said the photos were very blog friendly. I guess what they meant was the photos help the...