Newcity looked at what we’ve been up to for their tech issue. I really appreciate that Ella understood this is way more than just signing a Mayor’s Office Facebook page.
Government 2.0: How Mayor Emanuel is Using Social Media to Engage Chicagoans
By Ella Christoph
Even before he took office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel knew he wanted a social media director—a position Richard M. Daley did not have. Appointed on Emanuel’s inaugural day, Kevin Hauswirth was not hired to earn votes for Emanuel during the election. Hauswirth, formerly an instructor of communications and advertising director for Roosevelt University, was tasked with the job of supplying Emanuel with a constant digital pulse—a live feed, so to speak—on the city. Rather than just tweet updates and YouTube press conferences, Emanuel wanted to hear what voters had to say over the Internet as well.
