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June 2008 - Posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:40 AM

Listen and learn: lessons on blogging, Twitter and covering the news live

I listened to the podcast the Guardian posted the other day on The Future of Journalism: Blogging, Twittering and Live Video.  Fascinating and thought-provoking, it's 87 minutes long, so download it to your IPod and take it with you to
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 12:43 PM

Now I'm blogging as part of the my job

My beat is in a courthouse, a building where human drama plays out in some form every day.  In eight years of covering courts, I'd often hear of interesting stories that wouldn't fit into what I was working on that day, or just didn't have
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:52 AM

What I learned about crime reporting via Twitter

The Twitter trial was exhausting. But the response was worth it.  That’s what I’ve found is usually true in this business. The most difficult reporting brings the best rewards. I had to take a week’s vacation after the capital murder
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