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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...Five things (some) news websites are doing right
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
We’re obviously not there yet when it comes to perfecting the online news site. And there’s probably a different answer for every community and every audience. But from reading and seeing the online presentations of multiple sites for the past few years, I can safely say a lot of newspapers are making strides in certain [...]
Continue reading...What reporters and newspapers can learn from the Phoenix Suns
Monday, May 24, 2010
First, a disclosure: I’ve been a Phoenix Suns fan since the mid-’90s, the days of Charles Barkley, Dan Majerle and Kevin Johnson. So I’ve been following them a long time, and especially now, since they’re in the Western Conference Finals. The Suns also reached the conference finals in 2005 and 2006, both losing efforts — but [...]
Continue reading...Linking the print product with the online product: Do your readers know what you offer online?
Monday, March 15, 2010
One part of the online battle for journalists is building an effective Web presence. But it doesn’t mean much if your readers know little about it. Admittedly, one of Central Michigan Life’s struggles throughout the past year has been consistently promoting its online content. Like most other student newspapers around the country, our only effective promotional [...]
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...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...Quotes to remember so far from ONA ‘09 livestreaming
Friday, October 2, 2009
Unfortunately, Mount Pleasant, Mich., is thousands of miles away from San Francisco and Online News Association 2009 at the Hilton. But I did take some time today to check out two keynotes from today, via ONA 09’s Livestream. Here are some of the quotes that caught my ear, and they should for any journalist/media entrepreneur … [...]
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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