Tag Archive | "Journalism"
The importance (and impact) of branding
Tuesday’s big story in azcentral.com sports (where I work) was the unveiling of Arizona State University’s new uniforms, logo and color scheme. This press conference was built up for some time by the ASU athletics department. This past Saturday, they offered a inside peek at the new identity via invitation only in nearby Scottsdale. And even [...]
Continue reading...Hey, J-schools: You’re doing it wrong.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The inspiration for this post comes from this well written piece by Lauren Rabaino (who you should be following on Twitter, too, if you’re at all interested in journalism). It was around the summer of 2009 when I began participating in Twitter chats such as #journchat, #wjchat and #collegejourn. If you’re unfamiliar with these, they are [...]
Continue reading...Do you party like a journalist?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A bit of background: About a week and a half ago, I finally earned my invite to try out Storify, a social media storytelling tool that allows you to combine tweets, Facebook posts, videos and more to tell effective stories. One of my favorite simple examples of Storify’s use is Adam Schweigert’s story of Ted Williams, [...]
Continue reading...Analyzing Patch and the need for hyperlocal news
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Marcia Parker, the West Coast editorial director of Aol/Patch Media, came to speak in last week’s “Must See Monday” series at Arizona State University’s Cronkite school. She was there to discuss hyperlocal content in a digital world, which essentially sums up the endeavors of Patch, a multi-million-dollar venture by Aol to bring hyperlocal news sites [...]
Continue reading...How to train your Webslinger: A creativity boost through engagement
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sometimes it takes a sitdown with some of the more creative minds in social media and journalism to get your brain into overdrive. That’s how I viewed the first meeting of the “Webslingers,” a group of about 15 Phoenix-area journalists, social media gurus and Web geeks (some would classify under all three) formed by Arizona Republic [...]
Continue reading...What do journalists really need? Adaptability
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Last week, 10,000 Words creator Mark S. Luckie wrote a blog post on five myths about digital journalism. I recommend you read the post, but just to provide a roundup, here are the five myths: Journalists must know everything. Social media is the answer (to saving journalism). Journalists must have database development skills. Comments suck/comments are essential for democracy. There [...]
Continue reading...A quick roundup of online journalism at work during Election 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
As a journalist, I’ve never been too involved on the politics side of reporting. With that confession aside — I love election days. Not just because few feelings compare to the rush of being in a newsroom on an election night, either. I remember working Central Michigan Life’s website in 2008, during the presidential election, constantly posting [...]
Continue reading...Turning to the public for journalism? Well, they did it in baseball
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The inspiration for this blog post came from an idle Tuesday night in the basement of my childhood home in Saginaw, Mich. I’m watching the MLB Network (one of my new favorite channels) at around 2:30 a.m., trying to rework my biological clock to stay up until 5 a.m. since I’ll be working until that time [...]
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, April 13, 2011
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