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Covering the 2012 election on live TV [NewsWorks]
Just because I’m a social media editor doesn’t mean I spend all day at a computer using Facebook or Twitter. Actually, it does sort of mean that, but if you’re a journalist in 2012, you’ve got to be...
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‘Affordable housing for vets’ under scrutiny by Philly civic group [NEast...
This is a story I wrote, collected sound and took photos for and published to NEast Philly, the hyperlocal news website I own/edit in Northeast Philadelphia. The Holme Circle Civic Association is doing...
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Why I love the Philly accent and why it’s not going anywhere [NewsWorks essay]
I could not sit idly by last week as University of Pennsylvania researchers announced findings that the Philadelphia accent may very well be fading. So as a NewsWorks colleague set out to determine...
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Temple University alumna profile: Patricia Romeu
I had the opportunity to interview film producer Patricia Romeu to be featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Temple (formerly Temple Review), Temple University’s alumni magazine. Romeu was to be one of...
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Teaching Temple University journalism students again
It’s been three full years since I taught journalism at Temple University, but I’m back in the swing of things. This semester, I’ve got two full sections of seniors in various stages of boredom and...
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What my multimedia journalism students will learn this semester
The Spring 2014 semester at Temple University starts today (we’re delayed a week because of snow and ice), and as of 5:30 p.m., I’ll be back in the classroom with junior and senior journalism...
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Why I closed my Philly-based hyperlocal news site
Two months ago, I wrote my last post for NEastPhilly.com, the hyperlocal news site I started in 2008 to cover Northeast Philly — a large part of the city that, to date, gets little media attention. For...
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How to explain your social media job
I was recently invited to speak to students in a social media innovations class at Temple University. I’ve been doing social media professionally for about five years, but I still haven’t found the...
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Finding a new home for NEast Philly’s content
When I made the decision in late 2013 to close NEast Philly, offers poured in to keep the site running. Many community groups, politicians, universities, bloggers and local newsies offered to either...
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And now for something completely different: Working at Billy Penn
I now work for Billy Penn. The Philly news site, not the person. It was a tough decision to leave NewsWorks after four years (and they didn’t make it easy to say goodbye), but as the title of this post...
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Billy Penn’s Election Night shared newsroom
Nov. 4, 2014 was easily the most fun and most productive I’ve ever felt on Election Night, and there are two clear reasons for that: 1. I’m working at Billy Penn, a very lean news startup. There’s no...
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My keynote address at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association community...
I had the opportunity Nov. 13 to geek out with other community managers and socially savvy reporters when the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association invited me to keynote their Sharon Johnson Memorial...
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3 things I’ve learned in my first 6 months at a Philly news startup
Six months ago today, I started working at Billy Penn, Philly’s mobile-first news startup. I made the decision about a month or so before that, officially becoming the company’s first hire (Founder Jim...
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Questioning Philly’s mayoral candidates at the Fox29 debate
Six Democrats are vying to be Philly’s next mayor, and with the primary less than a month away, Fox29 hosted one of three televised debates to get the candidates to talk about important Philly issues....
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How I do my job using just the contents of my purse
I’ve always admired Philly-based visual marketing firm Curalate‘s #MarketingMix Instagram feature that takes followers inside the bags of industry professionals. The idea is pretty simple: marketers...
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Panel appearance: Discussing news industry trends and obstacles with fellow...
What are the obstacles and opportunities in today’s media landscape? I spent a couple hours on the evening of April 23 talking about just that with David Board, dean of Temple University’s School of...
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Doing more with less in a newsroom: My BarCamp News Innovation presentation
The very first presentation I ever gave to group of professional peers was at Philly’s BarCamp News Innovation in 2009. I was about to graduate from Temple University’s School of Media &...
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Think like a reader: Tips from my ONACamp presentation in Indianapolis
First let me say the day-long mini conference the Online News Association invited me to present at in Indianapolis was impressive in many ways. There were some great presenters from all over the...
View ArticleWhat happened when I let my students Google me
In addition to the Multimedia Storytelling class I’ve been teaching for a few years at Temple University, this semester I’m also teaching Journalism Research. Students in this required course, mostly...
View ArticleThe very detailed guide to changing your name after your wedding
I got married. It’s pretty exciting. We tied the knot July 25 — six months ago already! — but I began my name change prep several months before that. Changing your name takes a ...
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