How have you brightened someone's day?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

A class of students at Our Lady of Victory School brightened the newsroom Monday. The students sent over yummy cookies and nine hand-written letters thanking the Victoria Advocate. I'm not sure why the school chose us, but we appreciate the ...

Rather than Aprill in Paris, it's Boston

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

The newsroom isn't a sentimental place. Gallows humor keeps us laughing instead of crying. Thus, when reporter Aprill Brandon clocked out for the last time Friday, no one shed a tear. In the video below, you'll see editors standing by ...

What's the difference between newspapers in 1982 and 2010?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I came across an article with a colorful reference to newspapers of 1982 while trying to warm up from a chilly walk up and down 7th Avenue in Manhattan. The article caught my eye because I started my newspaper career ...

How do you replace great talent?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

One challenge of managing a newspaper is that you're almost always looking for talent. That's probably true at many businesses, but it's particularly true in our industry because bigger papers are regularly trolling for talent at smaller ones. And the ...

How do you pick the cutest dog?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I'm glad we have our readers vote for the winner of our photo contest. Picking this month's cutest dog is going to be, well, rough. Go to "Your Photos" at VictoriaAdvocate.com to see and vote on the 65 and counting ...

No, Tide hasn't killed 7 people

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

We're happy to field calls from readers about Internet rumors. One woman called this morning because a friend said she'd seen a report on CNN about Tide detergent sent in the mail that had killed seven people. Of course, this ...

Have you ever wanted to make your own movie?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I heard an NPR story this morning about the popularity of Xtranormal, a software program, that turns text into a movie -- of sorts. For fun, I decided to try it out and create a spoof of a newscast. I ...