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A quick roundup of online journalism at work during Election 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...Establishing a true online, real-time mentality as a web producer
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Last week marked the one-month mark of my job at the Arizona Republic. And with this being my first foray into the web realm on a professional level, I wanted to take time and write down my thoughts on thinking in real-time as a gatekeeper of the Web. Because we’re definitely entering an age of real-time [...]
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...My quick take on TBD.com, a new interpretation of online news
Monday, August 9, 2010
Well, it’s finally here. After about a year, if not more, of development. Jim Brady, Steve Buttry and the TBD gang launched its highly anticipated community-driven news platform today in Washington, D.C. Normally I wouldn’t be so excited over a news site launching in an area that has almost no relevance to me, but it is [...]
Continue reading...Three things I dare journalism students to do before they graduate
Friday, July 16, 2010
I've always thought that if journalism was going to truly move forward, it's going to have to start again from the ground up. That includes thinking differently about journalism education. Here are three bold things students can do to make the most of it.
Continue reading...With LeBron James’ ESPN special, the line between sports journalism and sensationalism continues to blur (UPDATED)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
An interesting development took place while I was at work Tuesday night — although not all that surprising. A story broke on ESPN regarding NBA superstar LeBron James’ next move, which has been the big summer sports story outside of the World Cup. He plans to make his decision Thursday night. But, being [...]
Continue reading...The ups and downs of geolocation tools, and what we can learn from them
Friday, July 2, 2010
It seems many people are looking toward geolocation as the future of social media — that is, if it isn’t already “here” now. The evolution of online networking has taken big steps the past few years. We’ve already nailed down connecting with friends and family (MySpace, then Facebook). We then nailed down connecting with random people [...]
Continue reading...Michigan news media aggregating an unlikely earthquake
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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...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, November 3, 2010
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