What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists

 

 

 

 

 

As a blogger and aspiring Pro-Blogger, ghost writer, paid contributor, and any other writing that will allow me to get paid, I am really hoping that Facebook's new feature will help me get myself out there to more people. Right now, I only have two subscribers on Facebook. I am not sure how to get that number to increase. All I can ask is for people to support me and subscribe.

I haven't received the new Timeline widget yet, so perhaps that might help me as well. We will see.

What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists.

A Nice Surprise from the Montgomery Brothers

Last week I posted a guest blog from Jim Montgomery regarding the Occupy Wall Street protests that are going on.  I asked Obstructed Views to write a post about it because I knew they could tackle it better than I could.  And as mentioned before, I really like their style of writing.

Upon returning home Friday from Disneyland, I found another guest blog post from Obstructed Views in my Gmail, but this time it's from Jim's brother Kyle.  I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.

Kyle Montgomery has giving his view point on the Occupy Wall Street "copycats", which I find very interesting, because I was thinking the same thing about some of the new protests that have sprung up lately.  However, since I do not delve into that area of the world (yes, I know I should), I am not qualified to speak on it.  I could, but I would come off sounding like some rambling fool, instead of giving an intelligent point of view, that some may or may not agree with.

I like to keep my writing to things I know and am an expert on, and that's things that have happened to me personally, or things I can relate to.

Jim and Kyle Montgomery write on things I know about, but, as mentioned, give an intelligent argument to.

Let me reiterate what I have said before about Obstructed Views; I may not agree with everything they say, but I do like their thought process.  It gives me much food for thought and I hope it does the same for you.

I will be posting Kyle's content tentative title Kyle's Two Cents around Noon PST today.

Kyle's Two Cents - Occupy Wall Street Occupies Copycats by Kyle Montgomery

First things first, we want to thank Nikki for the opportunity to voice our opinions about certain things do without further ado, here it goes!!!

I want to briefly touch on these protests once again as it seems, as is the case with any newsworthy public issue, there are multiple copycat protests occurring. This seems ridiculous and redundant. People seem to be protesting for the sake of protesting and have no real agenda other than to say they did so. To each their own and if you feel it is legitimate, then by all  means protest. The problem I have is that it seems people are protesting anything that can be deemed controversial because they know it will get coverage. What's next, everybody with the last name of McDonald in the world will stand outside of the restaurant McDonald’s and protest not getting any revenue or even a free burger?!?!?!

Overlooked in all of the protest coverage has been the fact that Herman Cain has not only become a legitimate presidential candidate, but he has become the favorite to run against Obama in the upcoming election. There are some people who feel that some of these protests have been caused by Cain and his theories. I am thrilled at the fact that this country has come to the point that physical appearance does not seem to be as important to the majority. It seems that what they are proposing to do and their stances on certain issues have become more important. For instance, Herman Cain has come out and said he will oppose government funding of abortion and that he is 100% pro-life. He did not shy away from the question and answered honestly without conviction. Whether people agree or disagree with him, he knows what he stands for and there is integrity in that. People laugh at his 9-9-9 plan but I honestly don't think it's that bad of an idea and like his slogan says "Let's get real", it definite couldn't hurt. If it is in place and does the things he envisions it doing, how could it be worse than it is now?? Now as we all know, when it comes to politicians, its one thing to say it and another to do it. The only issue I have is that people are making a big deal about him having a mustache. Herman Cain seems like the real deal and mustache or not, we should all pay attention to what he says, rather than whether he has facial hair or not!!

This is Kyle Montgomery, and this is my two cents!!

 

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Kyle Montgomery is a co-founder of Obstructed Views Blog , which is an unbiased (as long as you agree with our views) blog where we tackle the worlds of sports, entertainment, politics, current events, and anything else we feel like.  Kyle can be reached at montyobv@gmail.com and on Twitter @Obs_Views_Blog

Obstructed Views - Views From Another Point

On LinkedIn, I am part of a few blogger/writer support groups.  Yes, I do call them support groups, although we do not sit around and discuss our problems.  Rather, these groups helps us with our problems with regards to writing.  But I digress.

Through one of these groups, either Bloggers Helping Bloggers or The Blog Zone, I came across the blog Obstructed Views and immediately became a fan.  I may not agree with everything that is being written, but Obstructed Views makes some valid points about a lot of things.

If some of your remember, I wrote a piece called How to Make a Million Dollars After Prison, which was a piece I wrote off the backs of one of Obstructed Views piece titled Suck My Vick  Although I did agree with their take on the Michael Vick situation, I respected it a great deal.

I ask everyone to please welcome Jim Montgomery from Obstructed Views as my first guest blogger for this week, and I hope for many weeks to come.