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As we reach the midway point of 2010, we thought we'd do something new: replay for you the most important takeaways from the 2010 SWMS editorial teleconferences so far. Hear the audio selections in which leading reporters, editors and bloggers dispense wisdom beyond the usual cliché “Don’t call… email.” We found four consistent themes throughout the first six months of the year: data, SEO, context, and content. 

Data:

Julia Angwin, The Wall Street Journal
"Deeper than interactive graphics"

Sebastian Rupley, Gigaom
"We respond to good rich data"

David Sleight, Graphics Designer
Data: "The new wire service"

Robin Wauters, TechCrunch
Statictics: "Always interesting"

SEO:

Greg Jarboe, SEO-PR
"Keyword research is market research"  and "Tag, tag, tag"

Stephen Wellman, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Coaches reporters on search performance

Context:

Charles Babcock, InformationWeek
"Cues and clues"

John Dix, Network World
"Diagram it!"

Content:

Omar Gallaga, NPR / Austin Statesman
"Sound livens it up"

Nick Wingfield, The Wall Street Journal
"Video footage is super helpful"

Nick Kolakowski, eWeek
Think "Spy photos"

Here are last week’s subscriber-only posts. (Not a follower? Let us know. All SWMS news and research subscribers are welcome. Please no RT or forwarding. Thanks!)

Everyone knows GigaOm, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch and VentureBeat are blogs. They sure look like blogs. Articles are posts, and you can comment under each one.

But they're not just blogs anymore.

Sebastian Rupley oversees GigaOm these days, as a busy reporter and senior editor. You know him from his PC Mag days. He's charged with building a competitive edge in a maddeningly overcrowded blog space. He's joining us because he's all ears: how can you help? Expert sources? Scoops? Remember that Giga Omni Media  comprises several edit brands. Sebastian is an influencer to know.

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