Category: Blogging

President Bush invites bloggers from across the world to White House, mark Human Rights Day

President Bush invites bloggers from across the world to White House, mark Human Rights Day

VOA News has a story regarding President Bush inviting activists and bloggers from across the world to a meeting at the White House. Part of the discussion will revolve around how blogs are being used worldwide as tools to spread democracy and freedom. Here are some of the highlights from...

Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Wednesday December 10

Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Wednesday December 10

Catch me Wednesday on NPR’s News and Notes hosted by Farai Chideya when I appear on the Bloggers Roundtable. Joining me on the roundtable will be Kevin Ross of Three Brothers and a Sister and Faye Anderson who blogs at Anderson at Large. In Dallas you can hear the show...

Outside.in Blog names Dallas South one of Top 5 Blogs in Dallas

Outside.in Blog names Dallas South one of Top 5 Blogs in Dallas

I was alerted by email this week that Outside.in has named Dallas South one of the Top 5 Blogs in town. According to the message, they analyzed data from over 4,000 blogs that provide feeds to the Outside.in site. Based on variables that included total number of posts, location of...

Tavis Smiley Blog Contest riles Black Bloggers with its lameness

Tavis Smiley Blog Contest riles Black Bloggers with its lameness

The Black Blogosphere has taken issue with Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union 2009 symposium blog contest. The issue was brought to our attention by (who else) our fellow Texan Gina McCauley at What About Our Daughters. In her original post titled Black Bloggers Second Class Citizens Gina is...

Photo’s from Election Watch Party

Photo’s from Election Watch Party

Theo Johnson of TheoTalks.net has posted photos that he took at the Friendship-West/Dallas South Election Watch Party. Theo is quoted in the month’s Jet magazine as he was interviewed at the party. Here’s part of the article (Judy Howard Ellis) that appears on page 33. The excitement was palpable at...

ALERT: Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Thursday

ALERT: Shawn P. on NPR News and Notes Thursday

Check me out at the top of the hour on Thursday’s edition of News and Notes.  I’ll be discussing President Elect Barack Obama’s historic victory and what it means for America moving forward.   The show airs in Dallas at 9:00 PM on 90.1 KERA FM.  Click here to listen...

Blog with us at “All the Way Live” Election Watch Party

Blog with us at “All the Way Live” Election Watch Party

On Election Night, Dallas South, Friendship-West, KRNB, and 97.9 The Beat will host the livest watch party in the city.  Guests include Fred Hammond, Don Diego, and Geno Young. Also that night we will have a bloggers lounge set up to cover election returns from across the country online.  ...