Stakeholder research is incredibly valuable to informing an effective communications plan, developing targeted messaging and creating narratives that speak to real industry concerns. I’ve often seen vendors who think they understand their target audiences’ sentiment based on gut intuition or select anecdotal evidence (like a particularly vocal salesperson representing one customer’s feedback as an entire […]
On this episode of Inside the Media Minds, our host Christine Blake speaks to freelance and culture journalist, Thomas Hobbs. Thomas discusses his background and recalls how reading magazines and reviews, as well as listening to music, drove him to pursue a career in journalism. After college, Thomas became a business reporter and learned many […]
On this episode of Inside The Media Minds, our host Christine Blake was live at Black Hat 2021 in Las Vegas with Paul Wagenseil, Senior Editor, Security, at Tom’s Guide. Paul’s interest in security was sparked by reading Brian Krebs and Rob Pegoraro’s work in The Washington Post on his PalmPilot. Now as Senior Editor, […]
We have a saying around W2 Communications that “thought leaders have to have thoughts.” That means relevant thoughts that speak strategically to a need or concern experienced by many people. In my years working in the tech industry, I’ve seen my share of those who think their product or service is so brilliant that just […]
On this latest episode our host Christine Blake chatted with Nicole Blake Johnson, Managing Editor at GovLoop, the knowledge network for government. Nicole always wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon, that is….until she saw a full knee replacement. It was then she decided to pursue her love of telling stories and become a journalist. She […]
In this week’s episode of Inside the Media Minds, we sat down with Tonya Riley, reporter at CyberScoop. Tonya began her career at a start-up before she quickly jumped into freelancing, where she reported on many topics from lifestyle to technology. Tonya then made the move to Washington, D.C. where she jump-started her journalism career […]
In the latest episode of Inside the Media Minds, we sat down with Shaun Nichols senior news writer at TechTarget’s SearchSecurity. Shaun began his technology journalism career in the San Francisco Bay Area over 15 years ago as the U.S. correspondent at VNUnet. Now he has written for V3, The Register and Lawrence Berkeley National […]
This week on Inside the Media Minds we talk to Kelley Damore, Chief Content Officer at TechTarget, a global technology publication with 140 + technology focused websites aimed to help tech vendors reach buyers actively researching relevant IT products and services. Kelley started her career in technology right out of college 32 years ago at […]
For our latest episode we chatted with Heather Kuldell, Managing Editor of Nextgov, an all-day information resource for federal technology decision makers. Heather started her career in journalism in Atlanta covering arts and entertainment, but upon moving back home to the DC Metro area she pursued her long time interest in technology by joining 1105 […]
This week on Inside the Media Minds we sat down with Jamey Tucker, tech reporter and founder of What the Tech, a TV segment breaking down consumer technology for the everyday person. Ever since middle school, Jamey knew he wanted to work in TV and radio. That drive certainly served him well as his long […]