Archive for the ‘Beatblogging’ Category

Beatblogging.org recaps the Hershey Home

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Pat Thornton's interview with me, and his resulting recap, is up at Beatblogging.org. His conclusion: Sometimes a Ning network just doesn't work. I believe the experience of the Hershey Home is a valuable laboratory for other journalists, especially those outside of the big cities. This is why I love the beatblogging.org ...

Five months later, reflections on Ning

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

At the end of the final June meeting of the Derry Twp. school board, I told a parent that I'd see her at the next meeting. But until then, I enthusiastically said to the Hershey Home member, she should participate a lot on the Ning network! "Ehh..." she said, shrugging her shoulders. I ...

Beatblogging success story: The “Open for Business” sign

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I love the beatblogging project because it's innovation in real newsroom laboratories, as opposed to tsk-tsking and dreaming. My foray into it has had its ups and downs, but I recently had a kind of success story that I didn't expect when I signed up. And it shows why I believe so ...

Why I’m beatblogging: It helps the print product, too

Monday, March 10th, 2008

As one of the 13 reporters in Jay Rosen and David Cohn's beatblogging.org project, I've read a lot of response to the concept. The Journalism Iconoclast is behind the concept, calling you an idiot if you're a sports reporter who isn't on the train. In a comment on one of Cohn's posts ...