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March 2008 - Posts

Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:00 AM

Your neighborhood news web site

The Palm Beach Post wants to deliver news to the neighborhoods.  I’m not talking about those old “Neighbors” sections that languished and failed so miserably in our print editions. I’m talking about Backyard Post. It took
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:51 PM

Go live

Angelique van Engelen of ReporTwitters, and my newest friend on Wired Journalists, introduced me to a utility that looks like it could be very valuable to online reporters.  Cover It Live is a new blogging tool to help reporters, well,
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:37 AM

Back to nature: rambling thoughts from an unplugged week

I unplugged. I took the first week of vacation time during spring break from school, so we could play together, just chill, as the 16-yearold would say, and most importantly unplug from the various wires that keep us connected. I
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Friday, March 14, 2008 11:58 AM

Newsflash: A reporter brings back compelling video without eating up her day

Lisa Fernandez of the Mercury News recently blogged on News Videographer about a video she produced to illustrate a story she reported about a toddler who died in a pond.  Fernandez’s video is a great example of what reporters can do
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:06 PM

Dogging the page views

Stan Finger set a new record for our web site Kansas.com with his story about a man arrested for having sex with a dog. I’ve provided a link but don’t click on it: you’ll just drive up the numbers. The popularity of the story does remind me
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:31 AM

Hot links

After a busy week of deadlines, I'm using the weekend to catch up on some reading: Comedy is easy.  Audio is hard.  Cyndy Green keeps sound in synch by giving good advice on which microphones are best.Mindy McAdams
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Friday, March 07, 2008 1:23 PM

Getting started: Moving to that place on-line, where we all need to be.

The latest edition of The Quill offers tips and tricks to surviving in an on-line world.OK, I did write one of the articles.But be sure and read the excellent tips on:Collecting audio by Vincent Duffy of Michigan Public Radio.Getting into video by Angela
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:41 PM

Fitting multimedia into the workday

My multimedia goal now usually is to get home in time for dinner. I’m only partially kidding.  My first year created some long, hard hours of learning.  I knew I was straining patience when I would begin receiving text messages
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