Author: Ryan Sholin
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Witness to a Shooting | New West Network
Powerful first-person stuff that happens when a reporter is a witness. Hard to write that inverted pyramid bit when you’ve been talking the shooter into helping put pressure on the victim’s wounds. via Travis S. Witness to a Shooting | New West Network
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A story that didn’t fit in the paper
I was skimming Mark Glaser’s Jennifer Woodard Maderazo’s round-up of online mappety map goodness at MediaShift a minute ago when I saw a link to the LA Times crime blog Homicide Report and remembered that it was one I wanted to check in on as a reference point for something we’re taking about brewing up…
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Well that was an interesting week
It has been a long time since I’ve been this happy to see a Friday night. It’s the end of my first full week back at work since the birth of our daughter. It’s the end of a week that started with a blog post that was intended to get approximately the amount of attention…
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Friday Night:Boswell’s – Mercury News Photo
Okay, this one I like. It’s a video in a bar about hanging out in a bar on Friday night, people trying to pick each other up. It’s straightforward but still artfully shot and edited. A nice medium between News and Artsy. Friday Night:Boswell’s – Mercury News Photo
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Blogging is like sex. – Strange Attractor
“The bottom line is that blogging is like sex. You can’t fake it. You can’t fake passion. You can’t fake wanting to engage with the public. If you do, it will ultimately be an unsatisfying experience for both the blogger and their readers.” Blogging is like sex. – Strange Attractor
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Post-thumb revisited – andreas04
Another potentially useful plugin related to getting an image from a WordPress post into an excerpt in a list of excerpts. Post-thumb revisited – andreas04
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Peninsula Clarion – Schools
The other Ryan Sholin graduates from high school. The story’s behind a newspaper registration wall (cue sad trombones and bugmenot). The mention immediately threw his name onto the second page of Google search results for our name. Glad to see him there. Peninsula Clarion – Schools
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Basic kit: Gear for the multimedia reporter – Teaching Online Journalism
Good list of the crucial stuff you need to get started at different price points. Basic kit: Gear for the multimedia reporter – Teaching Online Journalism
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The unglossy truth about what we could learn from magazines – The Inksniffer
Okay, this is officially the best new media blog subscription I picked up from the comments on the 10 Obvious Things post. Great ideas here, great directions to take a newspaper. The unglossy truth about what we could learn from magazines – The Inksniffer
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It’s all in the headline (or not) – Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog
Terry’s notes on pre-roll advertising in video. It’s all in the headline (or not) – Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog