TweetI’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 will push journalism forward. …
TweetAccording 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. The room consisted of …
TweetIt was the kind of press release every reporter hates getting: The dreaded check presentation. You’re almost tempted to cover it, but you know it’s only considered news if you’re lazy or desperately need to fill space. I was neither, and backed by an editor who similarly hates canned press conferences, I decided to ignore …
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TweetAs much as I want to write more about journalism and less about journalism bloggers, Journalism.me deserves some attention. It’s a simple blog aggregator that takes most of my favorite journalism bloggers and condenses them into a single RSS feed. And yes, it is a full feed, not a partial feed. The true brilliance of …
TweetIf you haven’t yet read the comment thread on a recent entry by Tampa Tribune intern Jessica DaSilva, go do it now. There’s no better example of the emotionally charged internal battle that the newspaper industry is facing. Seeing as I already expressed admiration for DaSilva’s blogging way before she suddenly became a celebrity, I’d …
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TweetPat 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 project — it’s real …
TweetAt 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 half-smiled in …
Tweet(This is posted simply so it can be added to my Clips page. Also visit this previous entry to see the video I made along with the story.) BY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News More than two years ago, Hersheypark officials privately gambled that few people would miss the Western Chute-Out. They figured the water …
TweetRun up the Score, in my humble opinion, is the best of the many Penn State football-themed blogs out there. Though my particular newspaper, in my humble opinion, offers the best Penn State football coverage out there, RUTS has become required reading. I swept the pigeons away from my typewriter long enough to e-mail the …
TweetTimesPeople will be marked as the beginning of a key revolution in newspaper Web sites. Not because of what it is — a pretty underwhelming social network based on recommending stories at nytimes.com — but because of the doors it’ll open to a more social experience in consuming news. Shoving content onto existing social networks …