Newsdesigner has a roundup of front pages featuring news of the Virginia Tech shootings. There are imags from the top 50 U.S. newspapers, some international newspapers, and Virginia Tech’s student paper, the Collegiate Times. As several visitors point out in Newsdesigner’s comments, these front pages tend to highlight news a day late. Of course, this […]
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Corzine was going 91mph with no seatbelt
I spent a bit of time following Governor John Corzine’s condition this weekend. He broke his leg and a dozen ribs in a car accident Thursday night and has been in the hospital ever since. As details of the accident have emerged, we’ve found out that the drivers of the two pickup trucks involved will […]
Citizen Media helps tell the Virginia Tech story
While the national media has scrambled to cover the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, some of the most compelling stories have been produced by non-journalists on the scene. I say produced, and not just told, because that’s what new media technologies have made possible. Graduate student Jamal Albarghouti captured video of the police response on […]
Spending the weekend with Kubuntu
We’re in Philadelphia this weekend. I’m working on a story for NPR on the Philadelphia mayor’s race, and I wanted to record the first televised debate between the 5 democratic candidates, which was taped this morning. I got to play with all my new equipment. I had my Zoom H-4 plugged into the mult box […]
Make sure to check out my shared clips
This is just a quick note to my three loyal viewers, and to anyone else who stops by this page. I tend to read thousands of news stories and blog posts every day. And much like Robert Scoble, I don’t have time to write about them all. That’s probably where the similarities end. But I […]
109 freelancing resources
Freelance Switch has written up an amazing list of resources for freelance professionals. It’s mostly geared toward people who work online, doing things like designing web pages. But as a freelance journalist and radio producer, there are a lot of tools on the list that I can use as well. The list began as 101 […]
Our cat could kick a tiny helicopter’s behind
A few weeks ago I bought one of those tiny remote control helicopters for a friend’s birthday present. I figured he’d get a kick out of it, and I was kind of hoping his dog would too. It turns out it’s kind of tricky to control, but still fun to use. His dog, however couldn’t […]
First BSOD just four hours after getting Windows Vista
So Best Buy and Circuit City have a great deal this week on the Toshiba A135-S4527. It’s a Pentium Dual Core computer with a 15.4 inch screen, 120GB hard drive, and 1GB of RAM. I picked it up for $650 plus tax. The thing is, we’re still living in campus housing, and will be for […]
TV Squad site redesign: Now with more PVR Wire
TV Squad got a facelift tonight. The site is a bit cleaner, the categories have been tidied up and web 2.0-ified (if you scroll over each category, you get to see a list of subcategories), and most significantly (for me), PVR Wire is featured on the front page. While TV Squad is a much busier […]
Watching information spread
This is interesting. The other day Chris Gilmer wrote up a post about a new Google Service called Goog 411. Basically, you can call 1-800-466-4411 (1-800-GOOG-411), and you can get free information from a computerized voice. I’d been using 1-800-Free-411 the same way for a little while. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that phone companies […]
Best of the Best Indian dance competition
Last weekend I spent some time with the members of PennDhamaka, a South Asian dance group at the University of Pennsylvania. They were preparing for the Best of the Best Indian dance competition in Chicago this past Saturday, and Weekend America wanted to profile one of the teams that would be competing. I’m pretty happy […]
End of the line for Dell Axim series, I’m getting a laptop
Well, I can’t say I’m surprised to see that Dell is no longer selling Axim PDAs on its website. While Dell has never been an innovator in the Windows Mobile space, for a few years it did a remarkable job of presenting the latest technology at the lowest price. Dell wasn’t the first company to […]
Do newspaper blogs hurt newspapers?
Wall Street Journal columnist and blogger Jeremy Wagstaff poses an interesting question: Is old media killing itself by blogging? A growing number of traditional news outlets are adding blogs to their websites. But does that blur the distinction between blogs and old media like newspapers? Don’t people turn to blogs for quick, often opinionated analysis, […]
Journalist/blogger Josh Wolf released from prison
Having spent more than 7 months in jail, Josh Wolf has served more time in jail to protect his sources than any other journalist. He was freed yesterday after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. In 2005, Wolf filmed a San Francisco protest that coincided with the G-8 summit. During the protest a police officer’s skull […]