If my e-mail box was in paper form, it would probably look like that picture most of the time. Digging into my work archives alone, I’ve received 27,185 e-mails since the beginning of the year. I’ve sent 6,541. I normally have a few hundred sitting in my inbox on any given day. I’m not happy [...]
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Last Living Survivor of the RMS Titanic
I had the privilege of producing an award-winning radio interview with Millvina Dean, the last living survivor of the RMS Titanic. The interview aired on the Phillips & Company Morning Show on KYKY-FM in 1997. At the time of the interview, there were only 5 or 6 living survivors alive. In the interview, Dean explained [...]
Guy Phillips Celebrates 30 Years
Guy Phillips, morning radio host at Y98FM in St. Louis, is a legend. His bio on Y98.com doesn’t do him justice, and why there’s not a lengthy Wikipedia article on him is beyond me. Maybe I should create one. After 30 years at the same seat on the same show on the same station…it’s obvious his [...]
Using Twitter in the Newsroom
WUSA 9 in Washington, DC started the new year offering weekly training seminars for everyone on staff called 9 University. Each week, there are courses ranging from SharePoint and Google Docs to writing better headlines and streaming Mogulus.
Twitter was taught as a two-part series: how it works, and how to use it in a newsroom. [...]
Moving old blogs
So I’m out sick today, and the only thing I can really do is check e-mail and drink lots of fluids. Lindsey spent all last week with the flu, and even though I received a flu shot, I still got a bit of it today. I’m hoping it’s only a one-day illness.
I’m taking this [...]
