Author Archives: Jared
The move to Philadelphia
This is a personal post, but it’s tied to my journalism education in a large way. After graduating from Northampton Community College with an Associate’s Degree in journalism, I’m continuing to pursue my Bachelor’s degree at Temple University. That’s right I’ve moved from the sticks, to the city. Now, what does this have to do [...]
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 [...]
Philadelphia Weekly article covers the “death” of journalism