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Tag Archives: Lauren Boyer
YNC Fall Festival: A pie-eating, corn-shelling, turkey-crafting good time
Company vice presidents slammed their faces into whipped-cream-covered pies. Corn kernels flew as reporters and advertising reps went wrist-to-wrist in a cob-shelling relay. And it all happened under the watchful eye of a creepy, construction-paper turkey resembling “Twilight’s” Edward Cullen. … Continue reading
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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Staff Q&As: Meet business reporter Lauren Boyer
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business reporter Lauren Boyer. You might have seen her out in York County … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Blogs, Staff Q&As
Tagged business reporter, Lauren Boyer, mobile journalism, staff Q&As, york common cents
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Follow-up call leads to more news — good news
Sometimes fact-checking on stories leads to more stories. Lauren Boyer will be sharing with our print readers on Sunday a story about a local company, Military and Commercial Fasteners, celebrating 40 years working in York County. In a fact-check call … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Jason Plotkin, journalism, Lauren Boyer, Military Commercial Fasteners
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#YDR2012: Read the tweets from high schoolers attending Thursday’s journalism workshop
View the story “#YDR2012: A York Daily Record high school journalism workshop” on Storify [<a href="http://storify.com/laurenboyer/ydr2012-a-york-daily-record-high-school-journalis" target="_blank">View the story "#YDR2012: A York Daily Record high school journalism workshop" on Storify</a>]
Dating coaches? CPAs? Reporter Lauren Boyer discusses weekly live chats
At 10 a.m. each Friday, I’ve been holding live chats with different business professionals. Anything from the White Rose Matchmaker to a local CPA firm. I’m trying to gauge what works. I’m also trying to figure out ways to use … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Business, Digital first, News coverage
Tagged Digital first, Lauren Boyer, live chats, mandy jenkins, zombie journalism
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Digital First’s ideaLab honoree: Marketing Department’s Courtney Cashour
Marketing’s Courtney Cashour was typically humble and understated in sharing her successful proposal for inclusion in Digital First Media’s ideaLab. She is one of two talented women from the York Daily Record/York Sunday News/York Newspaper Co. to gain a coveted … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Digital first, Editor, NewsVroom, Smart, Uncategorized
Tagged Courtney Cashour, ideaLab, John Paton, Lauren Boyer
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Congratulations, Lauren Boyer, in joining the Digital First Media ideaLab team
She’s a nerd. She wants to be your nerd.
Posted in Behind the scenes, Digital first, Editor
Tagged Digital First Media, ideaLab, Lauren Boyer
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From the biz blog
Good piece by business editor Cathy Hirko here on mobile journalism and transparency.
Surprise! The vice president is coming!
The Sunday night shift in any newsroom is, more often than not, pretty quiet. And except for that little email I got from the White House saying Vice President Joe Biden was coming to York’s Goode Elementary School on Tuesday, … Continue reading
