I was pretty much set that I wasn’t going to do another internship for my senior year. I figured The Temple News, freelancing, and school would give me all that I could handle.
But then an opportunity came along that was too good to pass up. For the first time ever, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
WooHoo!
11/28/2007 – 6:29 pm
If I ran a newspaper I’d….. (#1)
11/25/2007 – 11:36 pm
I often have random thoughts on what I would do if I ran a newspaper or magazine. So I decided to put them out there for all to see, criticize, and comment. This is the first of what is sure to be a long scatter-brained list.
…make all of my staff (that’s reporters, designers, [...]
The 4 secrets to being the “web guy”
11/18/2007 – 11:26 pm
While the knowledge of code makes online journalism much easier, I have to say that to be considered a “computer savvy journalist” the only things you really need to know are the following:
You are the one who should enable cool things to happen. Being an online editor or good online reporter is taking the [...]
How to use Facebook to leverage your college newspaper
11/14/2007 – 11:18 pm
I know what you might be thinking: “If I hear anything more about college and Facebook I’m going to chop my ears off and go into PR.”
Reality is, Facebook is the new beer. Actually that is an understatement. I’m pretty sure that the top two things that would piss my generation off the most [...]
My first Google Maps experience
11/13/2007 – 9:47 pm
In today’s issue of the Temple News (our first Global Edition) I had my first adventure with Google Maps. The map features push pins all over the globe detailing where Temple has a presence and where we could we put articles from the current and past issues.
Overall I liked the way it turned out, [...]