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links for October 23rd from 15:36 to 16:34

These are my links for October 23rd from 15:36 to 16:34:

Now on Drupal - HamptonRoads.com and PilotOnline.com | groups.drupal.org - Excellent post about sites using Drupal. Great for inspiration.
Newspapers on Drupal | groups.drupal.org - Group for newspapers curently or developing their sites on Drupal. Going back to this for ideas.
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Bookmarks for October 2nd through October 4th

These are my links for October 2nd through October 4th:

Compost Buckets - Composting - Outdoor - Eco Home & Outdoor - Gaiam - Smell-proof compost buckets are a great way to keep everything going without offending my roommates.
ReportingOn - The backchannel for your beat. - Ryan Sholin launched ReportingOn this week. The goal, from what [...]

Rebuilding a Web journalism class from scratch

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As the potential handful of readers of this blog know, I’m a recent graduate of  Northampton Community College’s journalism program.
And I’ve also blogged about what I think of the journalism program at NCC. Quite frankly I think I’m lucky to get out of there with any idea of what online news could become.
So [...]

Why journalism is exciting, or how Web freedom makes me happy

Whenever someone asks me what I’m studying I cringe as I manage to squeak out the word — “journalism.” They freeze up, mention something about how they don’t read the newspaper or think the media is dying while criticizing me.
Here’s the kicker, I’m not cringing at journalism, I’m cringing at people who don’t know the [...]

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 over [...]