Journalism, Technology, History

Ah, spring

Nice weather for outdoor jogging (I hate cold). Spring is back! Dropped another pound. Appreciate the comments of support. Recording the results certainly helps me stick with it. Here’s what last week looked like:    SessionsCalories burned Time exercising Miles...

Green Eyeshade finalist

Knoxnews submitted entries are finalist in two online categories in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 57th annual Green Eyeshade Awards. The competition covers 11 southeastern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West...

Forget televised, the revolution is already on video

Not convinced news video is really big right now instead of sometime from now? If Google buying YouTube wasn’t enough to convince you the audience is there, Andy Plesser has the tipping point in some internal CNN stats:

Just for "A Little Good News"

After a week of tragedy at Virginia Tech, it would be nice to have a world like the lyrics of the country song, “A Little Good News:” There’s a local paper rolled up in a rubber band One more sad...

Newspapers catching the "viral craze du jour"

The Newspaper Association of America’s girl in the know, Beth Lawton, has done a look at newspapers with a presence on Twitter. Just a handful of newspapers are using Twitter, including knoxnews.com. I have a list of the ones I...

Living on the beta edge

We launched the Associated Press beta video player yesterday on knoxnews.com that adds a “local channel” of video content. We’ve been in the AP video network for a year or more, but the ability to upload our own content into...

The karmagrrrl

Zadi Diaz has become one of my favorite vbloggers. When I was doing the viral thing, one of my co-workers said: “She’s no Ze Frank.” Ah, no, she’s not. She’s executive producer and host of JETSET and a lover of...

How Blacksburg got covered

Here’s a roundup of interesting coverage – and interesting trends in coverage – of the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech:

A better week

Back on track!    SessionsCalories burned Time exercising Miles jogged/eliptical  Actual 4 2605 3:44 13.72  Target 4 2000 3:15 No advice   The month-to-date miles is 20.086 Tags: jogging fatbloggers jason calacanis
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