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Tag Archives: newspaper
Baby steps: Adjusting the workflow
Since coming on board at my latest gig as city editor at The Journal in Martinsburg, I’ve been trying to adjust the newsroom staff’s thinking – from traditional daily deadlines to more constant digital ones. Workflow, I knew, was the … Continue reading
Digital first: workflow woes
I’m currently in the process of trying to revamp a very traditional newsroom at the outlet at which I’m currently working. I’m reading posts by Kevin Anderson and Doc Searls and beyond to determine how best to approach bringing very … Continue reading
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Tagged digital, Doc Searls, Kevin Anderson, newspaper, newsroom, traditional, workflow
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My Takeaways: “What Would Google Do?”
Jeff Jarvis‘ (@jeffjarvis) “What Would Google Do?” is a book, despite its two-year -old copyright, remains relevant today. I was afraid upon choosing it for a 2011 class that the ideas outlined in Jarvis’ book were going to be dated. … Continue reading
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Tagged "What Would Google Do?", advertising, American University, automatic players, big, blog, blogger, Charleston Newspapers, Dell, digital media spread, editor, elegant organization, Facebook, Gmail, Google, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google News, interactive journalism program, interactivity, Jeff Jarvis, journalism, link, linking, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, New York Times paywall, news outlets, newspaper, paywall, redesign, simplify, small, social media, The Charleston Daily Mail, The Charleston Gazette, The Parsons Advocate, Twitter, user control, video, Washington Post, Washington Post redesign, website, West Virginia Uncovered, West Virginia University, YouTube
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IJ is rockin’ my socks
My cohort has only completed its second class of Writing for Converged Media, but, of course, we’re already knee-deep in it all. Yesterday we welcomed Mandy Jenkins, social media editor for TBD.com and NPR Blogger Mark Memmott to speak to … Continue reading
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Tagged American University, blog, interactive journalism program, interactivity, journalism, liveblog, newspaper, NPR, reporting, resource, social media, speakers, student, TBD, Twitter, writing
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Election Night
The only other elections I’ve “covered” was the 2008 National Election. At that point, I was still a student editor at my college newspaper, so I had assigned election stories to reporters. I was in the newsroom, getting numbers off … Continue reading
Posted in Lets Talk Media, Working Girl
Tagged editor, elections, journalism, midterm, newspaper, writing
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Social Media Redux
I’m going on my eighth week as a weekly newspaper editor in a small town in West Virginia, and it’s kept me busy (to say the least). I think my first month was supposed to be a subtle transition into … Continue reading
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Tagged bit.ly, digital media spread, editor, Facebook, interactivity, journalism, newspaper, social media, Twitter, video, YouTube
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Looking Ahead…
I’m looking forward to what the rest of American University’s Interactive Journalism program offers. From what I understand, there will be a lot of writing intense classes down the road…which is RIGHT up my alley. But this should be interesting. … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School, Working Girl
Tagged American University, editor, interactivity, journalism, newspaper, student, writing
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Adapting
I’m adapting to being a student again. I’m adapting to being a 23-year-old newspaper editor. I’m adapting to a new town.