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Hey, J-schools: You’re doing it wrong.
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...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...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...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...Behind the scenes of 24MP: Covering our city, Mount Pleasant, in 24 hours via multimedia
Friday, October 30, 2009
I meant to post something on this earlier, but never got around to it until now. As you can see from sporadic updating since late August, being editor in chief at a student newspaper can be a tiring job, and it leaks into my out-of-office life a little bit, too. But anyway… On Oct. 14, the staff [...]
Continue reading...The Digital Roundtable: The beginning of live chatting on cm-life.com
Monday, October 19, 2009
Mid-September, I talked about one of my goals for the semester being the beginning of live chat discussions regarding Central Michigan University. Well, we are well under way with it. We wrapped up our second “Digital Roundtable” discussion earlier tonight with CMU’s Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe, Director of Student Life Tony Voisin and Director of [...]
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, March 17, 2011
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