Tag Archives: Germany

Brain drain? German scientists in the U.S.

Posted on September 15, 2012 by marcusmessner

The German government and several scientific foundations are attempting to reverse the so called “brain drain” and convince German scientists in the U.S. to come back home. I was recently interviewed by Stefan Koch, Washington correspondent of Madsack Media Group, … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Research, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Brain drain, Funding, Germany, Global, Government, Social Media, Twitter, Universities, VCU | Leave a comment

Social media for small businesses

Posted on February 10, 2012 by marcusmessner

While large corporations have implemented coherent social media strategies, small businesses still struggle to devote resources and time to an effective social media plan. I was interviewed by Jacob Geiger, editor of the business portal Work it, Richmond, on what … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Journalism, Public Relations, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Audience, Blogs, Business, corporations, Facebook, Germany, iPadJournos, IYLEP, Ratemyprofessors.com, Small businesses, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter, VCU, Work it Richmond | Leave a comment

Social media discussion in Germany

Posted on January 8, 2012 by marcusmessner

On a recent trip to Germany, I was invited to run a day-long seminar on social media at the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung,” one of Germany’s large regional daily newspapers. Together with Michael Fibison from Yahoo! and Ryan Nobles from Richmond’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Social Media | Tagged Audience, Business, Facebook, Germany, Global, Google, HAZ, NBC12, Newspaper, Social Media, Strategy, TV, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube | 2 Comments

Social media fire up “Occupy” movement

Posted on October 15, 2011 by marcusmessner

“Occupy Wall Street” in New York has developed into a worldwide protest movement during the last few days. As with many other street protests in recent years, social media played a central role in promoting and organizing the movement. Reporter … Continue reading →

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Are news media poisoning public opinion?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by marcusmessner

The cases involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony have shown some news organizations at their worst. Prejudging the outcomes of these cases, news outlets had to make 180-degree turns in their reporting when the two cases had surprising twists. CBS … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Law, Politics, Social Media | Tagged Affairs, Casey Anthony, CBS 6, CNN, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Florida, France, Germany, Global, Government, New York, New York Times, Newspaper, Privacy, Tabloids, TV, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Teaching and learning with social media

Posted on September 23, 2010 by marcusmessner

The Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University interviewed my colleague Jeff South and me on developing and implementing social media classes and components. The CTE’s Co-Director Jeff Nugent led an in-depth conversation with us about our summer institute, … Continue reading →