This post is aimed at the News Innovators including those I just met at BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia. Yesterday, my colleague Steve Buttry published a blueprint for change in a concept called the Complete Community Connection.
I will embed the PDF below, but if 30 some pages are too much Mark Potts offers a good, condensed analysis [...]
I’m still in the process of downloading and processing the ideas and next steps that came out of BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia on Saturday, but I wanted to share some quick links that help give a sense for the kind of day it was.
I also managed to sit down with Sean Blanda, who organized the event [...]
We’re all aware that washingtonpost.com has been able to do some cool stuff in recent years. One of their web ninjas, Steven King – editor of innovations – presented at BarCamp News Innovation Philadelphia and one of the lesser known ideas caught my attention.
It had to do with the way comments were visual shown in [...]
To kick off BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia, I was invited by Anna Curran – and by invited I mean I just happened to be standing next to her – to participate in a panel discussion on branding and whether the future relies more on the invidual than the institution.
A very timely discussion since organizations are looking [...]
I just got settled into the hotel in Philadelphia, PA and looking forward to a fun weekend. Below is a photo looking out of my hotel room. I’ve never been here before. Can’t wait to join 150 journalists and others tomorrow for BarCamp NewsInnovation.
It is hard to believe it’s already here but BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia is this Saturday and I am already in the Keystone state to not only root on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL playoffs but to take part in an event to help shape the future of journalism.
Sean Blanda and a host of others [...]
I’ve been presented with a great opportunity that I hope other news innovators will follow and offer advice and guidance when needed. I am documenting this adventure at the News Tribe.
The company where I work, Gazette Communications, is undergoing a huge transformation. Part of that includes rebuilding and re-envisioning a local news and information web [...]
About halfway through my freshman year of high school, I was approached by my English teach Mrs. Griffiths and asked if I’d be interested in joining the school newspaper. She saw something in my writing, but more intriguing to her – she would later reveal – was the way I asked questions.
Since that day in [...]