Yup. Playoffs. The only team in D.C. to consistently make the playoffs in recent memory, the Washington Capitals have hosted three hockey games so far in their first round series against the Montreal Canadians. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend two, with a fancy and expensive video camera in tow. It’s been useful practice for [...]
New years typically mean new jobs for me. This year isn’t too different. After a brief hiatus and road trip with some college friends, I’m officially back at school. But it’s the last semester of my journalism program, which means it’s time for me to get a more practical education in reporting. To earn six [...]
[Photo courtesy Doug88888] This site was created as a part of a graduate class assignment. Up to this time, all post have been made to complete homework assignments. Boooring. Now the class is over, and I’m left with a website that I don’t know yet know what to do with it. In the next few [...]
The title is just a personal gripe of mine. I just think there should be a more concrete reason for calling it Twitter. They could do it, but have a mute option. But I digress. The topic of Twitter is indeed at hand, and today, it coincides with the topic of star power. There are [...]
The Washington Post has finally completed a month’s worth of voting to reveal the winner of their new competition, “America’s Next Great Pundit.” Kevin Huffman, a Teach for American executive from the District, won the finally round of voting by beating runner up Zeba Kahn by a few hundred votes. As is anything in Washington, [...]
I’ve wanted to write this bit for a long time, but couldn’t. I had yet to receive the elusive Google Wave invite. Yesterday, it finally happened. Hopefully you’ve heard of Google’s latest invention, a real-time communication tool via the Internet that’s got everyone excited, partly because it is potentially awesome and partly due to its [...]
What happened at Fort Hood on Thursday was a senseless tragedy, and clearly resonates with everyone. Yet in most tragedies, the reporters roll seems to be to find some motive, some reason behind the act, however odd and random it may seem. In the case of Maj. Nidal Hasam, D.C. news outlets had a rare [...]
The horror. Being a Redskins fan is a terrible existence right now. In fact, I can’t think of a time in my life when being a Redskins fan has been rewarding, fun, or something to be proud of. Full disclosure time. My career as a Redskins fans had the unfortunate luck of beginning around the [...]
The Washington Post is testing the limits of interactivity by creating the first (to my knowledge) “America’s Next Top…” contest for a newspaper. In the vein of popular reality shows with unoriginal names for dancing and singing competitions, the Post is hosting its own contest in search of America’s Next Great Pundit. “You’ve got an [...]
I had an interview with a recruiter from the Dallas Morning News, and he asked me a question I wish I had been better prepared for. What are some ways a reporter can break up the repetitive nature of professional sports coverage? I’ve been thinking about it ever since Friday morning. On a daily basis, [...]
Just something I stumbled across on the Washington Post website. There’s an article about this art project called One & Other on the Post site which does an excellent job of summing up the coolness of this project, and the provocativeness, too. Basically, there’s a tower in the middle of Trafalgar Square (it’s called in [...]
This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. If you enjoy Dan Brown’s novels, read them on your own time, and don’t want to hear what happens at the end of “The Lost Symbol,” this post is not for you. If you’re like [...]
A few weeks ago, The Washington Post launched another effort to add some glamour to their sports section, this time by embracing online content. World Wide Wilbon is a homepage of sorts for columnist Michael Wilbon, a place for readers to take in his regular columns as well as a host of other new content [...]
Obviously, I have no way of knowing whether the title of this upcoming analysis of mine is in any way true. Though now that I mention it, I imagine the Secret Service probably does something like this. You know, in case they happen to lose the president on a road trip or something. Irregardless, the [...]
I’ve decided to take a closer look at the forms of interactive media The Washington Post uses on it’s website. I visit the Post’s site more than once on a daily basis, and often read the paper version as well, and always appreciate the differences in the two; there are pros and cons to the [...]