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What Local News Can Do with Reader Location

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism has been experimenting with innovative local news products, and recently, it asked the following question: If we knew where you lived and worked, how might we serve you better with local news and information?  That’s a great question, and the Lenfest piece above offered some ideas it has been playing… Continue reading What Local News Can Do with Reader Location

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10 Years Since I Left Journalism

On December 30, 2005, I finished up my shift on the sports design and copy desk, stepped out of the office building of The Herald-Sun shortly after midnight, and walked away from journalism — the career and craft that had been my calling since the summer between high school and college. It has been 10 years since… Continue reading 10 Years Since I Left Journalism

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The New York Times’ Avalanche Package: Great Pieces, Need More Integration

In the BBC Victorian miniseries “Cranford,” there’s a scene where Dr. Harrison, fresh out of medical school and newly settled in a tiny country hamlet, is confronted with his first case — a patient who’s suffered a compound fracture to his arm. While the people of the town, including Dr. Harrison’s elder counterpart and employer,… Continue reading The New York Times’ Avalanche Package: Great Pieces, Need More Integration

A Difficult Goodbye

About three weeks ago, I designed a newspaper sports front page for the first time in six years as I served as an emergency fill-in on the sports desk at my old newspaper, The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C. Four days later, I found out that that would also be the last time I get to design… Continue reading A Difficult Goodbye

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