As a self-described "food gossip," Lisa Lillien started Hungry Girl in May 2004 as a way to share her knowledge of food with the public. Prior to founding the Web site, Lillien worked at Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon in TV production and online content-production roles. She also worked in magazine journalism.

Much has been written about Tim Russert's enormous contributions to journalism and politics. But when fellow journalists and others pay tribute to Russert, they might also remember him as a skilled spokesperson and trusted counselor to former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1983 and 1984.

Those steeped in technology have always connected with techies who understand the cyber terms spoken by program designers and engineers. But as the average consumer becomes more tech-savvy, tech practices at agencies have had to become more consumer-savvy.

For most people, opening their inbox and seeing a warning that gruesome revenge awaits them is an unpleasant experience.

Clumsy at best, callous at worst, the New York Mets this past Tuesday morning unwittingly provided every organization with a blueprint of how not to handle a management shake up.

The "official" first day of summer is this Friday, June 20. Traditionally, summer is the time for family vacations and long weekend escapes. This year, the recession and the rising prices of virtually every consumer product seem to have Americans strapped and thinking about staying closer to home this summer.

Thom Brodeur, SVP of global strategy and development at Marketwire answers a few questions about social media press releases, IR, and the company's presence at NIRI in this week's Expert Q&A.

With the party nominations finally decided, results from the Dow Jones Insight—2008 Presidential Election Media Pulse show that if media coverage is an indicator of the final outcome of the Democratic presidential candidate race, then the nomination was Barack Obama's all along, as he outpaced Hillary Clinton in mentions in both the traditional press and the social media, with blogs and message boards leading the way.

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