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Tag Archives: Community outreach
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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With crisis of Hurricane Sandy subsiding in York, it’s back to normal at ydr.com
As Hurricane Sandy made its turn toward the Northeast, editors at the York Daily Record/Sunday News wanted to ensure that everyone would have unfettered access to the information we would produce on this dangerous event. Normally, we require readers to … Continue reading
Blast from York Daily Record past
Someone sent me this link recently to our website way back at the time of its inception. Back when it was known as the York Digital Record, and my email address was spidr@ydr.com. It’s fun to look at how we … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Blogs, Community engagement, Digital first, Uncategorized
Tagged Community outreach, york, York Daily Record
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The Mobile Media Lab has become NewsVroom
Here is the latest on the Mobile Media Lab project in York: We have a name We have most of the equipment in hand or ordered We have an aggressive schedule through September We are launching a promotional campaign We … Continue reading
Can newsrooms help lead a digital first transformation throughout the community?
I received an intriguing tweet the other day. @rparker717 @stevebuttry @jxpaton curious to know if you think that #digitalfirst could work as well in schools as it has for newspapers? It came from Doug Walters, who describes himself on Twitter … Continue reading
Mobile Media Lab speeds forward once again in York
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Mobile Media Lab. In my last update I reported that we had run into a serious hurdle. The van we were going to use from our delivery fleet was in no … Continue reading
A bit of a setback found in the Mobile Media Lab plans
Well, it turns out the van we have been planning to convert into a Mobile Media Lab will require a lot more prep work than we had thought. And it might not even be salvageable for the project. We met … Continue reading
Artistic vision evolves for Mobile Media Lab design team
Our artists have been collaborating and brainstorming and refining their concepts for the Mobile Media Lab. We are getting close — close enough that it really is important for you to chime in with critiques and coaching points. We’ve never … Continue reading
Design team gets started on the look of York’s Mobile Media Lab
I met yesterday with two of our artists, Melissa “Tink” Rosario and Samantha “Sam” Dellinger, to brainstorm ideas for the design of the York Daily Record’s Mobile Media Lab. We were joined by Krista Mercadante from the York Newspaper Co.’s … Continue reading
The YDR.com mobile media lab would be a vehicle for change
Steve Buttry, our company’s Director of Community Engagement & Social Media, wants fresh ideas for improving the relationships between the York Daily Record/Sunday News and our community. He’d like us to find new ways to do some of the great … Continue reading
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Tagged Community outreach, crowdsourcing, Digital first, How to get it published seminar, Office life, Randy Parker, social media, social-networking tools, Steve Buttry, what we're working on, ydr.com, York Daily Record
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