Matthew P. Block Enterprises » political reporting http://matthewpblock.com Spread Your Message Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:34:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 New Media Usage Leads to Traditional Media Coverage http://matthewpblock.com/2009/03/new-media-usage-leads-to-traditional-media-coverage/ http://matthewpblock.com/2009/03/new-media-usage-leads-to-traditional-media-coverage/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:34:14 +0000 Matthew P. Block http://conversations.purecaptures.com/?p=141 New Media Usage Leads to Traditional Media Coverage is a post from: MatthewPBlock.com Matthew P. Block Enterprises

]]> Earlier this week, a friend of mine and state representative for the Springfield/Willard area told me about how a simple message broadcast on Twitter was able to get him an interview on the news that evening. Rep. Shane Schoeller had been pondering a controversial report recently released here in MO and political reporter Dave Catanese was looking to run a story on the report.

Here’s what Shane tweeted:

The main (thing) I will be considering is how to hold the HWY Patrol accountable for the MIAC report. The language was too broad & labeled
2:25 PM Mar 22nd from txt

too many good patriots & Missourians as potential terrorists for expressing their viewpoints as they should thanks to the 1st amendment!
2:28 PM Mar 22nd from txt

You can see Dave’s report on his political blog here

Just a simple example of how putting yourself out there online reaps rewards beyond the online world.

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