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04.17.10

Monkeys, bears and moose–oh my! journalism | (0)
Went to the zoo with the special lady friend. More pictures below, including the ones I took last year. I still need to color correct and edit a few.
01.28.10

Random post is random journalism | (0)
So I bought a new phone last week, because why the hell not. It's a super-duper smart phone of the Google Android persuasion. Even though I'm an Internet guy, I've refrained from getting a smart phone simply because I feel I didn't need it. I probably still don't. But damn look, I can snazzy pictures of my snow-covered walk to work. Totally worth it!
07.27.09

Better cold than unemployed journalism, personal | (0)
A.H. Belo reports $7.1M second-quarter loss I came to Minnesota for my current job about a year ago. Before I made the long drive and battle against the heavy winters, I had the choice to go to the Dallas Morning News, which is owned by Belo. Despite favoring MPR initially, it was still a tough choice. A bonus offer was thrown at me from Dallas, I'd be working in a medium I was more familiar with and the weather was a bit more forgiving. On the surface, Dallas seemed to be the safer choice. Obviously I chose MPR. Needless to say, ...
07.11.09

Life journalism | (0)
07.01.09

On the front lines journalism, politics | (0)
Today was a very fun day. I got to help be right in the middle of one of the bigger news stories of the day. Zipping from one side of town to the other to both Norm Coleman's home and Al Franken's home to take pictures. Not to belabor the point, but I really dig my job, even when it is stressful. Grats Al.
06.26.09

Friday fusillade journalism, personal | (0)
What a week. We launched our new site at work yesterday. It's been exciting to be a part of something this big, and so far things are great. Big news yesterday of course was Michael Jackson dying. I'm a little apathetic about it and hate the cliché reactions of "devastation" and "shock" that people inevitably trot out. Sure it's sad when any popular person dies, but the truth is, the thing most people loved about Michael Jackson still lives on in his music, his videos and movies. Everything else being said is just filler noise. Yesterday I went and took some pictures ...
12.05.08

The E&P feed paints a grim picture journalism | (1)
Ouch.
11.06.08

FOX News.com asks the important question journalism | (0)
Does Obama look older than two years ago? Um, yeah, about two years.
11.04.08

Note to USA Today… journalism, web design | (1)
...if you wanted to avoid framing this election as 'black vs. white', you FAILED.
10.07.08

Home page ugliness journalism, web design | (1)
I know the Las Vegas Sun gets all sort of accolades for its multimedia. I think I've even sung its praises once or thrice. But honestly, what is going on with the home page? A huge smattering of links above the virtual fold sitting right next to an often flashing, seizure-inducing ad does not a pleasant page make. Am I alone here?
09.30.08

Lede of the day journalism | (0)
From the AP:For an audition to be second fiddle, Thursday's debate between often ill-informed newcomer Sarah Palin and often gaffe-prone veteran Joe Biden offers unusually large pitfalls - and promise.Oof, that's a doozy.
09.23.08

‘EPIC 2014′, revisited journalism, new media, video | (0)
It's interesting how much of this video, made back in 2005, is starting to come true. Will they save the journalism industry? With today's unveiling of the Google Android phone, Google continues it's "epic" growth over the media landscape. And I for one welcome our new media overlords and look forward to toiling away in their underground research labs. Also of interest is the NYTimes profile of HTC and its founder, Cher Wang. Gives a little bit of insight on why Google chose HTC (and HTC chose Google) for the hardware of their phone. Investors, start throwing your money at HTC stock ...
09.06.08

The ‘targeting’ of journalists in St. Paul is grossly overblown journalism | (0)
You've probably heard the stories and the rallying cries crying fowl about the police presence (or state, as protesters would like to call it) to quell protesters during the RNC. You may have also heard that some journalists were arrested too, 19 in fact. That's 19 out of over 800 people arrested. That's 19 out of the estimated 10,000-15,000 journalists in town to cover the convention. You may have also heard the "horrible injustice" against Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, another ridiculously overblown incident. Needless to say, I'm more than a little annoyed at how this is being spun. Even ...
08.24.08

Jay Rosen on the political conventions journalism, media, new media, video | (0)
Via BigThink. Just a note to BigThink, nix the 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' colors on the videos.
08.20.08

AP, you’re on notice! journalism | (0)
More and more newspapers are planning on canceling their AP subscriptions due to their new and pseudo a-la carté fee structure. Many of the papers say the AP's proposed savings isn't enough to let them keep staff. I find it admirable that some papers are choosing to keep staff for local coverage over a $200,000+/yr AP account for national coverage. I still wonder what these papers will use for A-section fillers but that remains to be seen. Doug Fisher over at Common Sense Journalism weighs in as well. Sue Cross, AP senior vice president/U.S. media markets responded this way:"The last time we ...

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