Was The World’s ‘Northern-Most Island’ Erased From Charts?
by Kevin Hamilton (University of Hawaii) In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island. It was small and gravelly,...
While at the CMA conference in Connecticut this spring, I had the opportunity to speak alongside my media industry peers as well as crisis communications firm, MTI Network.
Considering gCaptain’s mission is to report the news and MTI Network’s mission is to keep their clients out of the news as much as possible, the points we discussed were really quite different.
Videotel, InterManager, MTI Network and the Hill Dickinson law firm have teamed up recently to create a new program called “Social Media at Sea” to address “the unique dangers of inappropriate use of social media by shipboard personnel.”
The objective of the program, according to Videotel’s CEO Nigel Cleave, “is to make [seafarers] aware of the pitfalls associated with the publishing of text, pictures and video clips and to provide the tools to ensure accurate, respectful and responsible posting, in line with any social media policy in place.”
Although the folks who are putting this new program are all good people with honorable intentions, we would prefer that you completely ignore them and instead, take note of our top eight tips on using social media:
Here they are:
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