08.11.10     Tags: ,     Filed under: Blogging

A new start

If you’ve been checking this page or its RSS feed in the past few days, you’ve noticed a resurgence in posts and possibly the new appearance. An explanation of each follows, in that order.

I pay for this server space, and I’ve [...]

11.04.08         Filed under: Blogging, Uncategorized

2 great Election Day toolkits and MSNBC’s live-results map

With the morning off, I’ve had the luxury of spending more time with my feeds. Not surprisingly, the area of focus today is on the election.

Rather than post a lot of links individually, I’m buying in bulk. Here are two aggregations of online resources to help you watch the election results stream in. Go past the jump to see live results from MSNBC’s embeddable widget.

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10.26.08     Tags: , ,     Filed under: Blogging, Maps, Reflections, Work

Hanging on despite Spokesman-Review layoffs

It’s been a strange five weeks. It began with a relaxing Montana getaway and culminated Friday night with toasting two dozen laid-off colleagues at the billiards hall down the street from the newsroom.

Rewind. On Oct. 1, eviscerating cuts were announced at [...]

08.22.08     Tags: , , , , ,     Filed under: Blogging, Great tools, Industry, Reflections

The challenge facing young journalists? Being agile

Where will I be working next month? Where will I be working next year? What’s the best platform for this story? How do I learn video storytelling?

These questions speak to one of the biggest challenges facing young journalists today: the need to be agile.

A quick bit of context: I’m writing this to participate in a blog ring of young journalists. This month’s topic relates to the challenges facing young journalists. I’ve been a working journalist for just about three years. And in that time I’ve observed that staying in this field for very long will require flexibility.

As someone else noted, a good attitude will give you a foundation. I want this post to be constructive, not discouraging, so I’m linking to resources that can help you become agile in terms of…

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08.19.08     Tags: , , , , ,     Filed under: Blogging, Great tools, Self-promotion

What I’m posting about, visually

I’m copping an idea from Mark Luckie at 10,000 Words (hat tip also to Palewire, who’s done a lot with word clouds).

I used Wordle to create a word cloud of stuff I’ve written about here (it’s above).

It was super simple.

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