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I hate Mondays.
I am not a fan of waking up early for work, fighting rush-hour traffic and being the first one in the news room. But I do it because someone needs to be there. Someone needs report what is happening in town while most people sleep.
Someone has to generate content for the Web site.
Ah yes, the Web. Something I do not know much about, aside from how to post stories and photos.
So imagine my surprise when I found out I won GateHouse Media's Above and Beyond Award for December for my mix-up of reporters' responsibilities in the news room.
I'm honored to be recognized for an idea that has generated a lot of benefits for those working in The Times-Reporter's newsroom.
We're beating our competitors at getting stories, and, more importantly, we're getting information to the reader as soon as possible - even if it is only one or two graphs.
We're a small paper that has three full-time reporters. If you are having problems making that initial jump to the Web, check out what I did at GateHouse Newsroom.
I am not a fan of waking up early for work, fighting rush-hour traffic and being the first one in the news room. But I do it because someone needs to be there. Someone needs report what is happening in town while most people sleep.
Someone has to generate content for the Web site.
Ah yes, the Web. Something I do not know much about, aside from how to post stories and photos.
So imagine my surprise when I found out I won GateHouse Media's Above and Beyond Award for December for my mix-up of reporters' responsibilities in the news room.
I'm honored to be recognized for an idea that has generated a lot of benefits for those working in The Times-Reporter's newsroom.
We're beating our competitors at getting stories, and, more importantly, we're getting information to the reader as soon as possible - even if it is only one or two graphs.
We're a small paper that has three full-time reporters. If you are having problems making that initial jump to the Web, check out what I did at GateHouse Newsroom.
4 Comments
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Comment by Anna Derocher Voelker on January 28, 2008 at 7:43pm - Yeah, Katie. Glad you got the recognition. You deserved it.
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Comment by Dan Telvock on January 29, 2008 at 10:29am -
Katie, go check out my blog for the same day. We both started off with "I hate Mondays."
I found that funny.
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Comment by Dan Telvock on January 29, 2008 at 10:32am
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Congrats on the recognition. Great idea. Mobile, digital journalism works the best for police reporters. You go to the scene, pictures, videos, talk to people and you can post a lot of that almost immediately with a wireless PC and a sprint card.
As a government reporter, I find it a bit more challenging. So, I am expanding the beat a bit into social networking and feature writing to engage readers and residents. Slow process, but I have had bits of success so far.
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Comment by Howard Owens on January 31, 2008 at 7:15pm - Katie, great to see you show up at WJ.
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