It seems I only post things here when I want something. Right now, I want you to watch this video: The 2011 Society for News Design conference will be in St. Louis; this is a promotional video for that conference. It was created by Brian Williamson, our Flash expert at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and [...]
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivered his annual State of the State address on Jan. 20. About a week before, Flash genius Brian Williamson, political editor Christopher Ave and I brainstormed a few ideas to cover the State of the State and the State of the Union for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The biggest, grandest idea [...]
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It’s finally here! The video for “Copy Editor’s Lament (The Layoff Song)” by my friend and colleague Christopher Ave. You have to see it. You can also buy the song on iTunes. So far, the 2009 newspaper layoff total stands at 14,571+ jobs.
Back in March, friend and co-worker Christopher Ave wrote a song from the point of view of a just-laid-off copy editor, “Copy Editor’s Lament (The Layoff Song).” Now you can get a copy of that song — only 89 cents at Amazon. Next month, the music video should be ready, too. I can’t wait to [...]
Friend and colleague Christopher Ave has written a song from the view of a just-laid-off copy editor: “Copy Editor’s Lament (The Layoff Song).” Christopher says the lyrics are fictional, but they’re still true. Head to his blog, Music for Media, to hear the song. Last month, George Kelly brought us “Furlough,” a revision of Peggy [...]
