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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:56 PM

Almost live from Wichita

Inspired by Ryan Sholin’s running commentary, I thought trying to cover something live looked fun. So I gave it a shot. Armed with my new smart phone, I figured I do what I could to cover a news conference this morning as live as possible.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:54 PM

Briggs and strategy: an introduction to multimedia

I just finished my first read-through of Mark Briggs’ outstanding introduction to multimedia reporting, “Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive” Katie Lohrenz, my often-quoted online producer, told me to read it (from a link via Mindy McAdams).
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Friday, July 20, 2007 5:52 PM

If you get audio and no one hears it, does it make any sound?

The chemical plant explosion shook buildings. The call from our desk told me to go directly to the emergency command center, which was under the big cloud of black smoke the officials weren’t so sure we should be breathing. I was glad that
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:50 PM

Breaking news without video ... and still drawing hits

I returned from vacation to one of those two-week periods where the news broke at such a hectic pace that the days ran together, prompting calls from the copy desk late on a Monday night asking “Ron, did you really mean to say Friday, or did you mean
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 5:48 PM

The way it ought to work

I'm on vacation this week, kicking back at a lake in the beautiful hills of Arkansas, with my wife and the five children in our extended family. But I didn't want the blog to go neglected too long ... On my last assignment before vacation,
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