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Entries for April, 2009 in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
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What do you see on your evening walks?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
A highlight of every day is my nightly walk with Paula through a meadow near our house. We hold hands, talk about the day and enjoy nature. This evening brought an extra-special treat, thanks to my observant wife. I would ...
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What local online networks do you use?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We're looking into local online networks as part of this week's Knight Digital Media Center program. (For background, please check my first post about the course. The course instructors define a local network like this: "In virtually all communities, residents ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
But, seriously, I think Texas A&M is an excellent university. That's why I'm speaking later today to students working on the college newspaper, The Battalion. We have three Aggies in our newsroom, David Tewes, Allison Miles and Jack Molitor. I ...
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How do you handle the brave new world of digital intimacy?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I admire those who somehow find time to go back to school while working full time. I'm racing each week just to keep up with the work from the Knight Digital Media Center program I blogged about recently. In my ...
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Twitter and a blog: What will they think of next?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I've been impressed by how many people from the Crossroads region are signing up for Twitter. Perhaps it's because we used Twitter to report on the police chief trial, the Gonzales shooting, the school mascot decision and other stories. Or, ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
My kids joke that I can come up with a song line at any point in the conversation. I guess that's what happens when you spend your childhood taping Casey Kasem's American Top 40. "Keep your feet on the ground ...
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Can a news site also be a place for social networking?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Three of us at the Advocate are taking a course called "Using Social Media," courtesy of the Knight Digital Media Center. Given that the point of the course is how newspapers can use social media to build audience, I figured ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I don't know Mildred Hearn of Yoakum, but I appreciate the wisdom she and other readers share in Sunday's Advocate. The spirit of Easter shines through in their words. Day to day, we get caught up with this or that ...
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Have you watched video interviews with the candidates?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
We decided this election to expand the use of our live Webcast and invite candidates to talk with the editorial board. We've been pleased by the opportunity to present the candidates to you in a new way. Through our Mogulus ...
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Our strange saga in Victoria County is starting to get national attention. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a national organization, has posted a summary of the Victoria Advocate's struggle to report on the fallout of the Michael ...
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Who do you contact to check out a rumor?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I received this e-mail today from a woman in Clawson, Mich.: I am writing in regard to an email I received about your town, Victoria, TX. Is there any validity to a story about Hispanics boycotting Caucasian stores? And that ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
Many online readers thanked us this week for our almost real-time reporting from the high-profile trial of Victoria's police chief. I even had one reader call me personally to say how much he liked the Web feature. The reporting was ...
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Will you make your voice heard?
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
As part of our celebration at noon today in De Leon Plaza, we conducted our weekly editorial board meeting with all of you. Every week, our editorial board meets to discuss issues we think warrant commentary. What is an editorial ...