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People who matter honored by York Revolution
The York Daily Record/Sunday News was pleased to host Jose Colon and his family in our skybox at Sovereign Bank Stadium for today’s York Revolution game. Colon was the first honoree for a new regular feature at Sunday home games … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Opinion, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged Centro Hispanio, Jose Colon, People Who Matter, york revolution
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The York Daily Record story, as told to a good friend
NOTE: Tonight, I am giving a virtual tour of our newsroom to the Cub Scout pack that my friend’s son is in. We are doing this via Skype on iPad because the boys live in the Philadelphia area. The following … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Community engagement, Digital first, Foundational documents, Newsroom conversations, Newsroom visitors, NewsVroom, Office Life, Personalities, Uncategorized
Tagged community engagement, Community outreach, Digital first, multiplatform journalist, online subscriptions, paywall, Randy Parker, social media, Twitter, what we're working on, ydr.com, york, York County, York Daily Record
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Turning a ‘blind eye’ loose on spot news
Veteran photojournalist Jason Plotkin got some disappointing news the day before Thanksgiving — he had suffered a detached retina. That’s not good news for someone whose livelihood demands a sharp eye. Then came another setback. Jason needed surgery to repair … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Personalities, Photography, Uncategorized, Visual
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YDR letters to the editor: Let the people have their say…
This Dec. 3 post focuses on a talk at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York about letters to the editor, and it features a video of a song about letters.
Join the Nation
Members of the high school sports community rally to support York Daily Record and GameTimePA reporter Steve Navaroli.
Posted in Community engagement, Office Life, Personalities, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged gametimepa.com, Navaroli Nation, Steve Navaroli, swimming, video, York Suburban
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Meet the sports staff and win free stuff tonight at York Suburban High School
The NewsVroom crew will be at York Suburban High School tonight for the big Division III matchup with Delone Catholic. Come out at 5:30 and meet GameTimePA reporters and editors and York Daily Record/Sunday News Managing Editor Randy Parker. We … Continue reading
Posted in Community engagement, NewsVroom, Personalities, Sports
Tagged Randy Parker, ydr.com, York Daily Record
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A lesson in journalistic objectivity and thanks
Kate Harmon learns a lesson in objectivity as she asked Jason Plotkin to shoot a video about her father’s journey with Parkinson’s disease.
Posted in Behind the scenes, Blogs, Metro, Personalities, Photography
Tagged michael j fox foundation, parkinson's, team fox
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Who does this tat belong to?
Buffy Andrews asks readers to guess what staff member of the York Daily Record/Sunday News sports this tattoo.
Goodbye to Kara Eberle and hello to Samantha Dellinger on the YDR editorial board
This June 26 post by Scott Fisher focuses on departing York Daily Record Editorial Board member Kara Eberle and new board member Samantha Dellinger.
Posted in Blogs, Opinion, Personalities, Policies, Smart, Visual
Tagged editorial board, Kara Eberle, samantha dellinger
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Newsroom dare: Get Jim McClure to wear the orange Harley vest and pose as Superman
A few weeks ago, I became the proud owner of a ‘orange crush’ ‘high visibility’ vest, a freebie from Harley’s Steel Toe Tour at its Springettsbury Township bike manufacturing plant. I couldn’t resist having a bunch of people in the … Continue reading
Posted in Digital first, Editor, Office Life, Personalities
Tagged dare, editors, funny, harley, Jim McClure, Lauren Boyer, newsroom life, Orange vest, reporter, Rutter's gift card, York Daily Record
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