Tag Archives: Facebook

Facebook engagement for the York Daily Record/Sunday News in February 2013

To help gauge our Facebook engagement, we’re taking a look at the top 5 posts each month that people are talking about most.

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Norman Schwarzkopf passed away, and York County didn’t have much to say

When former General Norman Schwarzkopf passed away on Dec. 27, it was suggested to me by my boss that I put out a post on the York Daily Record’s Facebook page to see if there were any local Gulf War … Continue reading

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The spread of the flu from a journalist’s perspective

A week ago, we weren’t talking about the flu. Friday morning, it will be sprawled across our front page and was already covered in our York City Limits blog. The flu epidemic it seems, cropped up almost literally overnight. Or rather, the media … Continue reading

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York Daily Record front page for Monday, Sept. 10, 2012

Other highlights from Monday’s newspaper: World Trade Center Memorial comes at steep price Frank Bodani: Penn State’s 2-0 record can help the rebuilding project Hot dogs running at the fair

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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

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GatheringPoint is expanding how we share news

We’ve been doing some testing here at YDR on some location-based social media maps. We started working with GatheringPoint mapping in mid July with this page for our Dallastown readers. It shows all the social media communication going on in … Continue reading

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Street Rod Scavenger Hunt: How we did it

The street rods rumble into York County each June — several thousand impeccably kept and brightly painted classic cars from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and more. The scene is stunning, and the machines themselves are amazing, right down to the … Continue reading

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Behind the scenes of NORAD’s aircraft escorts

We saw it as you posted it Friday evening. Pictures of fighter jets over the Hanover area. We read your posts about the booming sounds, and the low-flying planes. And those tiny Cessnas that appeared to be escorted on by. … Continue reading

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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

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Teen Takeover a treasure at YDR

One night a month, I really love my job. Don’t get me wrong, I like what I do just about every day of the week (not many people can say their employer encourages them to check Facebook and Twitter often). … Continue reading

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