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Young journalist blog ring

By Jared | Published: August 2, 2008
A few weeks ago Dave Lee posted an idea he was kicking around for a blog ring of young journalists. I read through some of the comments and then decided to post my own where I mentioned my idea for an open group of young journalists. Turns out Dave is launching the blog ring soon [...]
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Worthy journalism skills to learn on your own

By Jared | Published: April 23, 2008
I’m interested in compiling a list of worthwhile skills I can teach myself, preferably over the summer. So far I’m crawling through Pat Thornton’s summer reading list, the Innovation in College Media blog’s multimedia course syllabus, and a few other “Top Ten” lists. But I still want to know more. If you’re a professional, what [...]
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Tea bag leaves office steamed

By Jared | Published: February 8, 2008
Today in my Writing for the Information Age class (Web Journalism) we did another exercise where we take a story in print and re-write it for the Web. The following is compiled from some staff reports at The Express-Times. A sugar-packet sized bag containing a brown substance brewed suspicion that lead to an office building [...]
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