What Kind of Facebook User Are You?

CNN.com published an interesting article today: The 12 Most Annoying Types of Facebookers.”In my opinion the list was on point.
Combine dull status updates with shameless self-promoters, “friend-padders” and that friend of a friend who sends you quizzes every day, and Facebook becomes a daily reminder of why some people can get on your nerves.
Here are [...]

Read Full Post »

TOP TEN: Best Michael Jackson Front Page Designs

It’s been almost two months since international pop icon Michael Jackson passed away, and, it seems that the mainstream media has finally let the story die. Which means, now is the perfect time to take a look at how some of the country’s newspapers covered his death. Now I’ll admit, I haven’t seen every single [...]

Read Full Post »

R.I.P. Sun Newspapers

Ok, so the headline isn’t EXACTLY accurate.
The Sun Newspaper chain, which services most of the communities in Northeast Ohio, is not closing, however, late last month the company announced it would be closing 11 of it’s local newspapers.
The Cleveland Leader reported:
On Thursday Sun Newspapers announced major changes were coming to the chain of local weekly [...]

Read Full Post »

Lessons learned from the NABJ Monitor

Last week, I had the unique, and awesome opportunity to work as a student reporter for the NABJ Monitor, the
student project newspaper produced for the 2009 National Association of Black Journalists convention in Tampa, Fla. This was the second student project I’ve worked on, and this year surpassed any expectations I might have had coming [...]

Read Full Post »

Lessons from NABJ: Convergence the Key

For the last week I have been in Tampa Bay, Fla. working as a reporter/blogger/designer for the NABJ Monitor,
the student-run newspaper distributed during the annual National Association of Black Journalists conference. This is the second year I have worked for a convention student project. Last year, I was the youngest member of the UnityNews, the [...]

Read Full Post »