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North Charleston, Charleston Fashion Week make national headlines

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North Charleston, the third largest city in South Carolina, is often over-shadowed by Charleston when it comes to the national press.

It’s not uncommon to see publications drop the “North” from in front of Charleston when talking about Boeing or events playing at the North Charleston Coliseum.

That’s why it was neat to see the city and its people and food get some much-deserved attention in The New York Times this weekend.

Note: Thanks to Mike Kelleher for pointing out this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine piece about Charleston.

Charleston Fashion Week, which has been getting rave reviews from locals all weekend long,  also received attention from CNN on Sunday.

All of the attention has instilled some civic pride in the community.

 

 

Should journalists quote from your Twitter, Facebook posts without permission?

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Popular local food blogger Christina Orso recently asked a question on Twitter that fired up a lot of discussion.

And yes, as a courtesy, I asked her for her permission before I reprinted her Tweet here but the question remains: Should I have?

It’s kind of hard to expect privacy when you publicly post something on a social medium where sharing is a rule, not an exception.

On the other hand, even I would find it a bit jarring to see one of my tweets quoted on a newscast or a blog or in another newspaper without any warning. At the least, I’d expect a tweet back letting me know or asking me to expand on my point beyond 140 characters. That seems easy and fair. That’s why our policy is to essentially stick to the Golden Rule: “Do unto others …”

But it’s not always that simple.

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Christmas in Charleston through the Instagram lens

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It’s a great time to live in Charleston: Christmas lights, lighted boats, 70-degree weather.

Well, unless you’re a terrified zoo giraffe.

But for the rest of us it’s an awfully fun time to walk around downtown and soak in the holiday spirit.

The Instagram app on your cell phone is a fun way to see what other people see. It also allows you to filter your own photos and share with everyone else.

I’ve collected several of your Instagram photos below of this weekend’s tree-lighting at Marion Square and the Charleston boat parade. Interestingly enough, there weren’t more terrified giraffe pics. (You can follow me on Instagram here.)

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Celebrities recognize Charleston on Twitter, Facebook

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Even the most famous celebrities recognize Charleston as a great city, so it’s no surprise when they’re recognized while shopping on King Street, frolicking on the beaches or just standing around the airport tarmac.

Celebrity sightings are so common now that we probably shouldn’t get so excited any more but we still do, especially when their Mount Pleasant wedding becomes national news. We just can’t help ourselves from taking out the smart phones and tweeting it.

That’s why I collected some of the best celebrity sightings captured on Facebook and Twitter from the last year or so often by the celebrities themselves.

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