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Business desk internship at The Morning Call
I started my internship at The Morning Call right after Memorial Day. On my first day I wrote a story from a press release. The story went over well enough, got some decent feedback from people that read it and know me personally. I enjoyed the rush of making phone calls and getting something ready [...]
For journalism to evolve, look at biology
I was having a great conversation about evolution last week. Pretty standard fair actually: niche roles, adaptation, survival and speciation (wherein a subgroup chooses desirable traits that aren’t possessed by the larger population and once those traits are the focus interbreeding stops). And then it hit me. Journalism needs to evolve just like species do [...]
Edirol-R09: The first thoughts
Today I graduated from Northampton Community College with my Associate of Arts degree in journalism. Now while all that may be exciting — just like my acceptance to Temple University so I can continue studying journalism this fall — the really exciting part came when I opened my Edirol R-09. Yes, my ultra-geek tendencies took [...]
The M-M-Max Headroom style of news distribution, or why journalists should work with Nokia’ US service to turn backpack journalism into back pocket journalism
Image via Wikipedia Awhile back I posted a photo of my mobile journalism kit where I mentioned I don’t have a smart phone. Nokia seemed to answer my prayers for the ultimate news reporting and mobile publishing tool with the N95, but I needed to be sure it would work before I dropped $500 or [...]
Why journalism is exciting, or how Web freedom makes me happy