by Steven Van Gaever on 16 January, 2009
Benelux mainstream media seem to discover Twitter. Hosts on tv and radio don’t really see what’s the fuzz about but at least they acknowledge something is going on. Belgian Radio 1 did a little experiment where godmother of Belgian Blogosphere Bnox tweeted following message: “I swear I saw Vincent Van Quickenborne and radio journalist Annemie [...]
by Steven Van Gaever on 19 December, 2008
by Steven Van Gaever on 26 November, 2008
Nathalie Lubbe Bakker works in a Belgian Beer bar in NY. She was at work when suddenly Pieter De Crem (Belgian Minister of Defense ) enters. Pieter De Crem was very known for his fierce oposition. He attacked the former Minister of Defense whenever he had a chance. One time he revealed the Minister of [...]
by Steven Van Gaever on 14 November, 2008
Twitter is popular among people that frequently are online. You would guess that with a profile like that they know the ins and outs of surfing the web. At least they would know some basic rules about safety on the web. Not quite. ZDNET noticed it and Mashable reported: “Something called “twitterrank” has been #1 [...]
by Steven Van Gaever on 5 November, 2008
The head of Belgian police, Fernand Koekelsberg, has had some rough weeks. He has been accused of promoting his personal assistant, to the level of a personal media-advisor. (Some say they even have a relationship that her assistance is a bit more personal than you would expect….) I won’t bother you with the full details [...]
by Steven Van Gaever on 4 November, 2008
Tonight is the night: elections! News addicts stay up all night to see the first results, but honestly I’ve had it with the media build-up until now. There’s nothing new being told so I think I’ll go to sleep like I usually do and by the time I get up the first results probably (hopefully) [...]
by Steven Van Gaever on 10 September, 2008
As a PR professional having a journalist as a girlfriend isn’t always an advantage. It has never helped me pitch a story one time to be honest. Whenever I talk about one my clients it seems my girlfriend is more critical towards the subject then any other journalist I talk to. Some time ago we [...]
