How many ways can you say thank you?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

As I sit here stuffed, I realize I should pause to say thank you. I have so many people to thank that I'll never be able to fully do justice to them all. Of course, I have to start with ...

What if you could watch TV straight from the Internet?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, announced recently it will be offering the ability to stream video from the Internet straight to your TV. Early tech adopters already are figuring out ways to do this, but this advancement will make ...

What if you relied on e-mail for your news?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I wonder how many people trust e-mail as a source of information. I ask because we recently received repeated e-mails about a boycott by Hispanics that never happened in Victoria. Reporter Allison Miles blogged earlier about that urban legend making ...

How can we build trust by engaging our audience?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I'm honored to attend the Reynolds Journalism Institute's ethics and values forum this week at the University of Missouri. For two days, journalists and educators from across the country will be discussing ways to maintain and build the public trust ...

How do you change your point of view?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We're all such creatures of habit that sometimes we don't even stop to appreciate a gorgeous South Texas afternoon. We tried to alter our perspective Thursday by carrying our chairs outside onto the roof of the Victoria Advocate. Our newsroom ...

A dirty soccer player gets forgiveness

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Have you seen the video showing the dirty play of the New Mexico soccer player? My first reaction was astonishment that she could do this. Upon reflection, though, I wondered where the refs were during this game and how they ...

Will you be my Facebook friend?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

Hit by the flu this weekend, I don't have much energy beyond watching the Texans and talking to friends on Facebook. Because of my occupation, I'm a student of social media. I alternate between thinking it's really cool and finding ...

Name that tune: The future of local radio

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I don't know where all this leads, but I'm sipping coffee, reading the paper and listening to a radio station out of Boulder, Colo. That's possible because I downloaded an application for my iPhone that allows me to pick up ...