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Michigan news media aggregating an unlikely earthquake
A little before 2 p.m. today, an earthquake (epicenter near Ottawa and Montreal) seemed to shake Michigan, mostly the eastern side of the state. That’s where I happen to be right now, visiting family. I didn’t feel it, probably because I was driving home when it supposedly happened but, as soon as I read about it [...]
Continue reading...Eight things your college newsroom needs to change (if it hasn’t already)
Friday, December 18, 2009
I spent a lot of today thinking about my college career and how the times have changed. In particular, Central Michigan Life has changed a lot in the 4.5 years I have spent there as a young journalist. Philosophies are different, mentalities are progressing and new trends are taking form while old ones are dying. This [...]
Continue reading...When it comes to consuming news today, Google Living Stories gets it
Friday, December 11, 2009
Another encouraging development for today’s journalism is coming from Google. I had a chance to check out Google Living Stories, still under development in Google Labs. It basically creates landing pages for some of the big topics locally/nationally, aggregating to news stories, displaying a summary and timeline of events and more. As of right now, it [...]
Continue reading...When news organizations use – and abuse – social media
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I finally had a chance to join in #journchat on Twitter last night. It is a conversation among journalists that takes place from 8 to 11 p.m. EST on Mondays in which @journchat, the moderator, introduces questions (some of which come from other chatters) for journalists of all concentrations to discuss. The fourth question was this: [...]
Continue reading...My aggregation experience: The Michigan government shutdown
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Four years ago, aggregating at Central Michigan Life was virtually unheard of. Staff policy was fixed on reporters and editors doing the legwork themselves – as in, make the phone calls, cross-reference and analyze. Don’t base your reporting on another newspaper’s reporting. Every story at CM Life required 2-3 sources at least before it could even [...]
Continue reading...Who am I?
The future of news media has never been more exciting to me.
I am a multifaceted young journalist currently working as online sports producer at The Arizona Republic. I interned at The Grand Rapids Press over the summer, and previously served as 2009-10 editor in chief of Central Michigan Life, the award-winning student publication of Central Michigan University.
I was named 2009 College Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association, and graduated from CMU in May 2010 with a degree in journalism and media design. I spent the summer of 2009 at The Grand Rapids Press as a copy desk intern, and summer 2008 at The Saginaw News as a metro reporting intern.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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