The BBC uses Seesmic to talk about the Credit Crunch
Cathy brooks just posted this on the Seesmic blog, I am so thrilled I had to post it here too. WEW. The steam train of social media and user-generated technology continues to charge into traditional media outlets. Many major "old school" news organizations, are embracing technology at a rapid clip and the Seesmic gang is both pleased and honored that quite a few of them are knocking on our door.
We've talked about our partnership with The Washington Post, which began in recent weeks and already has garnered strong attention on their top-ranked political blog, The Fix. And across the pond our friends at Rue89 integrated Seesmic video comments a couple of weeks back and recently hosted an interview on Seesmic with actor Dennis Hopper.
Today we're thrilled that one of the world's leading news organizations, the BBC, is adding Seesmic to their user-generated content mix! For some time now, the BBC has been leveraging social media tools enabling their audience to comment, and speak out. They now want to augment that even further by bringing a true conversation to the site. In their inaugural post they explain how they'll be using Seesmic.
And in this conversation, the first one they started, they are asking for people's stories about the global economic crisis. Check it out and join in! Your comments may just make it onto TV in the UK!
