City of Oakland Social Media Mixer @ ERA Art Bar - Check out photos from July 1 event
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 21 May at 5:15pm.

ERA Art Bar was the spot on Friday, July 1, when the city of Oakland marketing department held a gathering for Oakland bloggers, techies, friends of the city and social media mavens to celebrate their new Facebook page, which has almost 3,000 likes after less than a month.

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Heading to Stanford to speak at McClatchy Symposium on news and social media, May 17, 2012
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 13 May at 9:31pm.

I'm honored to say that I've been invited to be part of an annual Stanford John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships program this coming week.  The topic of the event is “#Hashtagged: How Social Media are Revolutionizing the News" and the other speakers are from NPR, Google and Yahoo; we're going to be talking about the impact of social media on news, a subhect dear to my heart.

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Tonight! Oakland's Media Innovators Network On the Rooftop
Article by Niema Jordan.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 8:39pm.

INOAK is proof that you don’t have to be based in San Francisco, Mountain View, or any of the other traditionally techy cities to be a cutting-edge media startup. Innovate Oakland consists of new media, social media, and design companies based in the Town and interested in adding “tech hotspot” to the list of cool things about Oakland.

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OL Staff Shares: A year of living Oaklandishly by Howard Dyckoff
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Fri, 30 Dec at 11:34pm.

This has been a year of exciting developments and of activity and service for Oakland.

I am proud to be part of such a dynamic and diverse melange that exists in this city and I am amazed by the energy and creativity I see everyday in Oakland.

For me, this has been a year of increasing involvement with people and events all over the city.

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Oakland Local's top stories - Week of Aug. 7-14
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 15 Aug at 1:23am.

Were you so distracted by Obama's plummeting poll numbers that you missed local news this week? We’ve found a way to help you catch up quickly!

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City of Oakland launches new Facebook page and "I Choose Oakland" contest
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 26 May at 8:40am.

Signalling a new interest in embracing social media as a tool to spark discussion, outreach and community, The City of Oakland has launched a newly redesigned Facebook page and a brand new contest to help make locals aware of the page and involved with it.  A collaboration between the City Administrator’s Office and CEDA Cultural Arts & Marketing, Oakland's new Facebook page is at 

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Better Tools for a Better World: SF Media conference March 5
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 28 Feb at 6:32am.

How can new interactive media tools be used effectively for the common good?

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Oakland Local FREE social media workshops starting this week: Register Now!
Article by Kwan Booth.
Last updated at Tue, 15 Feb at 10:56am.

Over the last couple of years,  most community groups and civic organizations, have realized the benefit of utilizing social media and online communications to reach their audiences.

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