An Update
Here’s an update on what’s going on right now and what’s going to happen with this blog.
Basically, I decided to take the summer off to focus on my personal career aspirations as a journalist. I work as an intern reporter for a mid-sized Gannett newspaper in New York. I’ve been having a blast, but the job requires me to work hard and I realized that I would not have the kind of time I need to run this blog over the summer.
That’s why I took off.
In a way, I regret not writing about all that has been happening lately — particularly the great work of Vivek Kundra and Aneesh Chopra.
However, what I miss most is the great conversations I’ve had with many of you on this blog and on Twitter.
Perhaps most surprising is that my traffic has mostly been stable since I stopped posting. I know there’s an audience out there. That’s why I’m pleased to announce that Social Government will relaunch on Sept. 1. Some things will be done differently, but I’m not running to rename this blog Social Government 2.0.
In particular, I hope to focus more on quality than quantity. I want to get to know people better. I hope most of my posts are original reports.
And following the lead of one of our great contributors, Nick Troiano, I hope to incorporate more multimedia into this site.
If you have any ideas or would like to be a part of the new Social Government, let me know. I’m all ears. As always, I can be reached at ethan@socialgovernment.com or at @socialgovt on Twitter.
Thanks for reading. See you in September!
Ethan
P.S.: I want to pass on two very interesting events I recently got word of:
- The National Institutes of Health will be hosting social media expert Peter Shankman 10 a.m. July 21 at their suburban Maryland campus. For more information and to RSVP, contact levinerac(at)mail.nih.gov.
- For those folks on the west coast, Social Media Club Orange County will be holding a Government 2.0 discussion, also on July 21. Check out the event’s Facebook page for more information.
