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We know where journalism’s going — but don’t forget about the newspaper just yet
(Nothing spectacular here; just wanted to put a thought down while I had it. I may expand on this later.) I’ve spent the majority of this week training for my second stint at The Grand Rapids Press, learning the new system workflow it implemented since last summer. Between that and settling in on the northwest side [...]
Continue reading...As one chapter ends, another one begins
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
This Saturday marks the end of my college career. Upon the completion of my take-home exam, which has to be turned in 2 p.m. Wednesday, I will graduate from Central Michigan University with a bachelor of science in journalism (news editorial concentration) and a minor in media design, production and technology. It took me five years [...]
Continue reading...Tip sheet for aspiring journalists, Twitter page and other things I’ve been working on
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
It’s been awhile since I updated this, so I thought I’d write up a snapshot of what exactly I’ve been up to the past month or so. On the online front, we have an online editor at Central Michigan Life — Dave Veselenak, who was managing editor last fall. This makes it a lot easier on [...]
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...Central Michigan Life’s five Web goals revisited
Monday, December 14, 2009
Earlier this semester (on Sept. 16), I wrote a blog post detailing five major goals I had for Central Michigan Life’s new Web site and its integration into our newsroom. For those new to my blog, we launched a redesigned cm-life.com on Aug. 20, switching from College Publisher to WordPress’s content management system, with the help [...]
Continue reading...A day of reflection: Summer internship is over… but much lies ahead, and I need ideas
Friday, August 7, 2009
Many hours ago, I walked out the doors of the Grand Rapids Press for the last time as a summer copy desk intern. I’m still not sure if that has hit me yet. Three months ago, I went through a day of orientation, two more days of training on a vastly outdated pagination system and cracked [...]
Continue reading...Journalism quick hits amid the redesign: J-schools need to move ahead
Monday, August 3, 2009
For the better part of the last week, the redesign of the Central Michigan Life Web site has been my life apart from work at The Grand Rapids Press. So I haven’t really had much time to cruise around the Web in search of good reads on the journalism industry, social and new media, etc. But [...]
Continue reading...Day 3 of redesigning cm-life.com: Logos are a-changin’, plus new features
Saturday, August 1, 2009
After putting up the first prototype logo for the new cm-life.com in the previous entry and getting advice from several other journalists and designers, it was obvious we had some work to do in that department. After all, I didn’t want to go too much further in designing the site without having a logo virtually set [...]
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.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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