Posts by Julie Wohlberg

CyberBullying, Blogger Style?

The NY Daily News reported today on a new twist to the teenage cyberbullying phenom that’s led to countless tragedies for high school students – both highly-publicized and unnoticed. In the article, the Daily News cited the case of Shellie Ross, a popular blogger, who suffered an unimaginable tragedy when she found her 2-year-old …

Defining Media: Are Bloggers Journalists?

In the late hours of Friday evening, Gizmodo editor Jason Chen returned home from a dinner with his wife to find police searching his home and seizing all of his computer equipment, allegedly searching for evidence related to the stolen iPhone 4G prototype that the blogger exposed to the public.
Under California and federal law, Gizmodo …

San Mateo Police Raid Gizmodo Editor Home, Search For Evidence Related To Stolen iPhone

Unless you’ve been without access to any form of media for the last week, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the Gizmodo vs. Apple battle playing itself out in the blogosphere and across media nationwide. For those of you who haven’t, here’s a quick summary:
Allegedly, a drunken Apple employee left an iPhone 4G prototype on a barstool, …

SXSW: 2010 Highlights

It’s been a whirlwind four days in Austin for 2010’s SXSW Conference. While I would have loved to stay for the film and music events, part of me is certainly glad to be back in Florida (those parts being, in no particular order, my feet, my back, and my liver). The last few days have …

Women Dominate Mobile Social Networking According to Nielson

According to a demographic study released yesterday by Nielsen Interactive, women are far more likely to use their mobile devices to “tweet” and “friend” more than men. According to the study, which found that 55% of mobile social networkers were women, “while social networking is commonly thought of as something for ‘the kids,’ the 35 …

2010 Blogger Conference List

Currently there are a some great conferences coming up that I would like to share with you. If you haven’t attended one of these, you are really missing out on meeting some great people and networking with companies looking to connect with bloggers.
Please chime in if we missed any important conferences or new ones …

Charity Auction: Bid on a PS3, Via StuffBuff: eBay 2.0

Ah, Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and now our thoughts are turning to spring, and the dreaded annual spring cleaning. While many of us have found a great way to clear our clutter and make some cash using eBay to sell our unwanted things, newly-launched StuffBuff (http://stuffbuff.com) may offer an alternative that’s both cutting …

The Power of Community – Social Media and the power of our Readership

The SheBlogs community has an amazing power. Over the last 7 months, we have grown to a membership of nearly 1700 female bloggers, who collectively reach more than 19.5 million monthly unique readers, or roughly one in five US Web browsers.
In times of triumph, we are able to offer amazing contest opportunities, giveaways, news announcements …

ANNOUNCING THE SHEBLOGS ADVISORY PANEL!

Over the past few months, the SheBlogs team has been hard at work sorting through the wonderful applications that we’ve received in response to our call for the new SheBlogs Advisory Panel. The selection process was a long and difficult one, but after weeks of discussion, we’ve narrowed down our panel to 15 remarkable women …

On Style Guides and Standardization

I recently came upon an article in TechCrunch, where the blog (one of the most significant in the Web 2.0 space) rebutted an email from a PR student who corrected a “style mistake” they’d made. Since reading the post, I’ve been pondering the pros and cons in the comment section, and debating the merit of …

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