Tomorrow is the big day. Our news site launches for the first time with real content: articles, video, photos, polls, Twitter, Facebook, commenting, article ratings, etc… Yesterday I worked from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and today has been the same. It’s been a race to the finish with stories coming in at the last [...]
Best laid plans and all that
September 30th, 2009 · No Comments
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Reality
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
I don’t want to say reality bites, which is the title of a really disappointing 1980s movie, and, actually, things are going pretty well in journalism class so far, almost one month into the school year and 10 days until we launch the online news site. I have 28 students, none of whom know what [...]
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The birth of a new(s) organization starts tomorrow
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments
As of tomorrow, I am a journalism adviser. Officially. Not in my dreams. Not in my plans. Not just on paper. Not ideally. But really, practically, wonderfully. School starts tomorrow. Journalism 2.0 meets for the first time. As a former journalist, there is a part of me that can’t believe how excited I am about [...]
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