May 23, 2011
The most important word on the internet is ‘share’.—Hugh MacLeod
May 21, 2011
Don’t feel guilty if you spend the first 90 minutes of your day drinking coffee and reading blogs ‐‐ it’s your job. Your ratio of reading to writing should be high. Nate Silver’s terrific advice for young journalists in the digital age (via austinkleon) This speech is full of great advice.
Storify: Slave Lake fire
May 16, 2011
The fire that threatened and then destroyed much of Slave Lake took over my Twitter stream on Sunday night. Storify seemed like a good tool to curate the best of the pictures and videos being shared, so I gave it a try. Here’s the link. For more on the story, check out the Edmonton Journal, … More Storify: Slave Lake fire
May 14, 2011
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=&visual=true&liking=false&sharing=false&auto_play=false&show_comments=false&continuous_play=false&origin=tumblr This is the speech I gave to the Edmonton Journal newsroom on May 11, 2011, my last day of work after almost 14 years there. It’s a little rough around the edges, but I hope it gives a sense of what the place meant to me. The four people I thanked were Sheila Pratt, … More
Moving on
May 3, 2011
In honour of 10 years of service, the Edmonton Journal gave me a ring. “Married to The Journal,” I would say when people asked me about it. It’s not really a good idea to marry your job. Especially when you’re also married to a person. Lots of thinking has brought me to that realization, and … More Moving on
May 1, 2011
Anticipation. This is my boy, trying to get a butterfly to land on him. Sitting still is hard for him. Very hard. I don’t think this attempt was successful, but he did manage to get one later on in that visit to the Victoria Butterfly Gardens, during spring break.
April 29, 2011
mastermaq: (via Edmonton’s Blue Hour Man: Darren Kirby – MasterMaq’s Blog) “It struck me that Darren is doing Edmonton a huge service through his photography, capturing the way the city is transforming physically. “I think it’ll be a very useful, important thing down the road,” he agreed.” Great post, beautiful pictures, and inspiring passion.
Guideposts
April 27, 2011
shandro: I came across this document recently. The first part is called “What Do We Stand For?”, and it claims to have been from a 1966 speech from former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed. The last page is even more interesting. It claims to be from a 1968 speech he gave to the Jaycees and is titled, … More Guideposts
Jay Rosen: What I Think I Know About Journalism
April 27, 2011
copyeditor: 1. The more people who participate in the press the stronger it will be. 2. The profession of journalism went awry when it began to adopt the View from Nowhere. 3. The news system will improve when it is made more useful to people. 4. Making facts public does not a public make; information alone will … More Jay Rosen: What I Think I Know About Journalism
April 20, 2011
wnyc: A beautiful Radiolab video, made by Everynone, inspired by the new Desperately Seeking Symmetry episode. Watch in 720 HD: (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Seen and Heard in Edmonton 