TweetThe gears are turning, and pretty soon I’ll be embarking on what Ryan Sholin called a “community-directed reporting” experiment. From here on out I’m stealing Ryan’s name for it, because it’s a good one. The short version: I’ll soon be starting in a new role at The Patriot-News as a hyrbid mobile journalist/general assignment reporter …
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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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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 …
TweetThis does. So our photographer wouldn’t have to try to juggle his still and video cameras, I volunteered to shoot some video. I didn’t say I’d be good at it, I just said I’d try it. I clearly had no idea what I was doing. My favorite moment came when a friendly videographer there said …
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TweetAs 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 on Wired Journalists, …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News There was never much space between 4-year-old Grace Stanley and her mother, Louann. They routinely slept snuggled against each other. During the day, Grace rarely left Louann’s side. Grace talked, talked, talked, winning affection with her infectious giggle and near-permanent smile. Grace was Louann Stanley’s little baby. She still …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News In Derry Twp. elementary classrooms, the A, B, C and D grade markings you know from your childhood have been expelled. Now K-5 students strive for a P, which stands for proficient. If a student gets a W, or working toward proficient, that’s OK, too. That just means the …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News News of job cuts at the West Hershey and 19 E. Chocolate Ave. plants in Derry Twp. were greeted with tears and anger. But at the Reese’s plant yesterday, some workers said their slice of The Hershey Co. reorganization tasted much better. “It’s almost Hersheypark happy in there,” said …
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TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News Even 62 years after his death, Milton Snavely Hershey has an opinion on everything. The name and vision of The Hershey Co.’s founder is invoked in arguments over the future of the company, zoning changes and Internet message board etiquette. To get to the crux of the issues, residents …