Archive for August, 2008
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Ten years down the road, beatblogging is going to be much more important to the news organization than it is now as we're in the primitive stages of trying to figure it out.
I see it as the future band-aid, if not the solution, to the epidemic of emaciating staff resources.
Let's ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
I've been struck by an idea, and I hate keeping ideas to myself. Especially with fun communication toys like blogs and Twitter so easily available.
But I'm very enthusiastic about this idea, and I think it might be best presented through the Knight News Challenge, which offers moola to ideas that ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
According to a news release from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, local residents would "welcome John McCain to Harrisburg by unveiling a new video called 'Jobs' at a press event." As the reporter who covers local Obama events and issues, I was dispatched.
I quickly realized it wasn't much of a story. ...
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