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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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Why The Associated Press remains the York Daily Record gold standard for calling an election
In a few hours, I hope and expect, The Associated Press will tell us who they have projected to win the 2012 presidential election. They will try to be the first in the nation to report this, but so will … Continue reading
Why does social media matter?
I spent a day in Princeton, N.J., earlier this month with leaders of New Jersey’s media. It was at the New Jersey Associated Press Managing Editors meeting, and I was asked to join a panel of journalists who would share … Continue reading
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
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
Posted in Behind the scenes, Digital first
Tagged Facebook, GatheringPoint, maps, social media, Twitter
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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
Pinterest Q&A with Buffy Andrews
A virtual friend, Joanne Phillips, asked me to answer some questions about using Pinterest for her blog. Joanne runs the Newspapers on Pinterest account. She tweets by the handle @socialscraps. Here are her questions and my answers. My bosses thought it … Continue reading
Posted in Community engagement, Digital first, Social media
Tagged Pinterest, social media
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Teen Takeover on Tumblr
At several meetings now, I’ve been asking Teen Takeover if they’d like to start a Twitter account. No, resounded most of the teens. They’re not on Twitter. They don’t understand Twitter. They don’t. like. Twitter. They DO like Tumblr. “We … Continue reading
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Tagged Pinterest, social media, teen takeover, tumblr, wordpress, york blogs
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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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How social media helped me get the story
Sometimes we miss things on first glance. Maybe we weren’t looking in the right place, or we weren’t using the right tools. Either way, sometimes it helps to step back and have someone else do a look-over. That’s precisely what … Continue reading →