I’ve been quiet on this space for a while. That hasn’t been out of laziness or lack of something useful to say. Rather, I’ve been silent out of concern over who’s been reading my blog. I have attracted a stalker, you see. It started not quite three months ago, when I was approached by someone […]
Today, I had the pleasure of appearing on Betsy Richter’s weekly “Redoing Media” radio show on PDX.fm — alongside Portland, Oregon, political writer T.A. Barnhart. T.A. and I are two of the founders of the Oregon News Incubator group that came out of last fall’s We Make the Media conference, and Betsy invited us onto […]
Today is my first day in the Oregon News Incubator’s trial co-working space, per our month-long agreement with The Sentinel. I’ve never before worked in the same physical space as my editor, and it’s nice (and a lot faster) to ask questions and get feedback face-to-face. I am used to working with dogs in the […]
In the new year, ONI will be re-tooling our work parties a bit. You’ll still be able to find us around town, to sit with your peers in a public space to work and boost your productivity. But we’re looking at adding a new twist, about once a week: a themed work party. If you’re […]
At last night’s Digital Journalism social, I was talking to Michelle Rafter about writing habits and deadlines. She mentioned that her time as a newspaper reporter was probably the best training she’d gotten as a writer. “Because every day at 4:30, you had to have something to show for yourself,” she explained. The staff room […]
At last weekend’s We Make the Media conference, some of us started floating the idea of a journalism-specific co-working space — via our Twitter back channel while our breakout group was meeting. In short order, this idea evolved into a “media incubator” concept that now has its own post-conference work group, and has quite a […]
Yesterday, approximately 130 journalists and media professionals gathered in downtown Portland to discuss the current, declining state of the media — and what we intend to do about it. I have to say I was excited about the conference. I wanted to be part of a grassroots movement to revitalize and re-envision media moving forward. […]
