During this week I had to listen to at least an hour of different PR/marketing podcast. Over the summer I was introduced to InsidePR and found it very interesting. Since the summer I have tried to listen to a podcast on this site just about every week. i have tried out a few other podcasts and have felt that InsidePR is definitely the most informative for a college student like myself.
The first show I listened to Gini and Joe were the hosts for this day and discussed monitoring comments and how they affect the conversation. Joe first discusses the topic of comment moderation and wondering if it is worthwhile or not. Gini doesn’t feel that you should moderate comments and likes when her readers engage with one another with comments. Towards the end of the show Joe discusses Toronto’s negative reaction to Toronto’s new mayor and Ontario’s election that took place.
The second show I listened to was hosted by Martin and Joe and they discuss how media landscape is changing online. They first start out giving recent changes to media landscape such as the Toronto Star now using information from the NY Times and the The Globe is now using information from Jeff Jarvis about publicness. They discussed how papers are also taking steps to monetize content online and how how conversations on blogs are moving away from the source.
The last show I listened to discusses the new platform for twitter. During the show each hosts discuss how they first got started using twitter and how they access it online through Ipads and Tweet Decks. They end the show by discussing how each of them use twitter differently from facebook.
Listening to PR Podcasts can definitely benefit PR students and PR practitioners. It allows them to connect with other people who are interested in PR and it allows you to keep updated on news in the PR world. For me personally I have learned a lot from listening to PR Podcasts. I have made connections and have learned a lot of interesting tips from the hosts who do the podcasts.
