Monthly Archives: August 2008
Young journalists challenged to work outside of mainstream media
Note: This post is part of this month’s Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists discussion on challenges facing young journalists. As a young student and journalist I have one great fear after graduation — not finding a job. Strings of layoffs, hiring freezes and newsroom roadblocks to innovation keep me on edge, especially when I remember I’ll [...]
GeoPress test
Just testing GeoPress plugin to see how it works. Testing at my parent’s house. geopress_addEvent(window,"load", function() { geopress_makemap(642,"Little Gap",40.803976,-75.536911,"google",Mapstraction.HYBRID, { pan: true, zoom: 'small', overview: false, scale: true, map_type: true },11) });
Beating the bum killed all my comments
Last week I discovered the known jerk/spammer/curmudgeon wenalway hit my blog. After I got home I quickly blocked his IP and removed all the comments he left when I suddenly realized I’d made a huge mistake. I removed all my comments except two. Sorry. It wasn’t intentional or anything, just an honest mistake I made [...]
Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists: What’s the goal of young journalism bloggers?
So last week I mentioned a new blog ring for young journalists (courtesy of Dave Lee) and after some name debate, we’ve got a label: Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists. Here’s what I see coming from this group: We can serve as a resourceTNTJ brings the youth of the industry together to pool our knowledge. The [...]
The move to Philadelphia