Fraser’s News

Attention Public Relations: Here’s What Internet News Wants From You

September 16, 2011

This is a summary of a talk I gave recently. There was enough slack-jawed astonishment from public relations folks that I thought it might be helpful for others. My name is Fraser Cain, and I’m the publisher of Universe Today. A space and astronomy news website read by more than 3 million people a month. [...]

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Off to Dragon*Con

August 31, 2011

I’m venturing from my Canadian stronghold to the hotlanta for the next week to participate in DragonCon. I’m taking the whole family this time, and unleashing them on an unsuspecting crowd of sci-fi fans. Here’s what I’m scheduled to be doing: Parsec Awards: Saturday, 4:00pm Regency V Astronomy Cast Live: Sunday, 4:00pm Hilton 204. Junior [...]

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Fraser on the Caustic Soda Podcast

July 30, 2011

If you’re looking for another popcultury podcast to listen to, here’s a link to the most recent episode of the Caustic Soda Podcast, featuring me. They wanted to talk about comets, meteorites and asteroids, so they thought I’d somehow be able to elevate the conversation. Did I? You be the judge. Here’s a link to [...]

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Universe Today Hangouts on Google+

July 15, 2011

I know I mentioned that I was on Google+ a couple of days ago, but I just wanted to give you another reminder. Since I did that post, Pamela and I did a live recording of Astronomy Cast during a Google+ Hangout. I’ve also done Hangouts with Phil Plait, Chris Pirillo, Adrian West, Jon Voisey, [...]

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Fraser on Google+

July 8, 2011

Just in case you were wondering, I’m on Google+. Not that I use it much yet, I’m still in the “kicking the tires” stage, but if you want to encircle me. Here’s a link to my profile… I think. I’ll let the other Universe Today team members link up their profiles… if they choose, in [...]

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Dragon*Con 2011

June 11, 2011

The folks at Dragon*Con have decided to decline having me as a guest this year. I already have my plane tickets, hotel booked, so I’m still going to go – I just signed up with a regular membership. It’s too bad, but then, this gives me the freedom to just enjoy the convention as a [...]

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New Podcast – Astronomy Cast

September 12, 2006

In case there’s any room left on your podcast schedule, I wanted to let you know about a new project I’ve been working on with Dr. Pamela Gay from Slacker Astronomy. We’ve started a new podcast called Astronomy Cast. Every week, Pamela and I will chat about a specific topic in astronomy to try and [...]

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Syndication Service Offline for a While

July 31, 2006

For various reasons, I’ve decided to take my syndication feed offline while I think of a new solution. Hopefully this won’t affect people too much.

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