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Sandy Hook Coverage Shows Scope of Digital First Teamwork
Coverage of the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School required unprecedented teamwork across Digital First Media. As reports began to emerge on that Friday morning, Connecticut Group Editor...
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Our Next Live Chat: ‘Rebuilding the News’
On our next Inside Thunderdome live chat, we will be joined by C.W. Anderson, a professor in the Department of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). You might know Anderson as part of...
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Introducing the Bizarre Blotter
Police found him lying naked in the middle of a Michigan street. When they tried checking on him, the 17-year-old became agitated and jumped on the hood of a police cruiser, allegedly shattering its...
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Drawing Lessons from DFM’s Coverage of Sandy Hook
When I first heard the news of the Sandy Hook tragedy I was sitting on a hotel balcony in Negril, Jamaica. It was the second day of a long-awaited vacation. Already my inbox showed hundreds of emails...
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Digital First Recognized for Sports Journalism
A number of Digital First Media newsrooms were recognized as finalists last week in the Associated Press Sports Editors’ annual writing and sections contest for work published in 2012. The Denver Post...
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Five Ways Circa Represents the Future of Journalism
Matt Galligan is co-founder and CEO of Circa. You can follow him on Twitter at @mg. On this week’s Thunderdome Live, we’ll be joined by Matt Galligan, co-founder and CEO of Circa. A “mobile first”...
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New York Fashion Week: Covering Style Off The Runway
I was sort of, kind of, not really, but maybe trying to get Bill Cunningham’s attention. I spotted him outside Lincoln Center, the main site for New York Fashion Week. Bill Cunningham: the famed New...
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Announcing the First Annual DFMie Awards
Digital First Media Editor-in-Chief Jim Brady announced today that the first annual DFMie awards will recognize the best DFM journalism of 2012. “Our journalists did a lot of outstanding work in 2012...
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Send in Your Entries for March Engagement Madness
Let’s have some fun with March engagement projects. My Valentine’s engagement contest resulted in 10 great engagement ideas. I’d love to get enough ideas for March engagement to use some kind of...
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Visit by Russian Media Sparks Discussion at the ‘Dome
Vice president of national digital sales Brian Georgi discusses Digital First Media’s advertising efforts with visitors from the Russian media. (Photo by Frank Scandale) Thunderdome took on...
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Digital First Continues Expansion of Community Media Labs
It has been almost three years since the Torrington Register-Citizen opened its newsroom to the public with a community media lab and newsroom cafe. Even after the initial buzz died down, the idea of...
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Denver Post and El Paso Times Win ASNE Journalism Awards
Earlier today, the American Society of News Editors announced winners of the 2012 Best Journalism Awards. Digital First Media fared exceptionally well, with the Denver Post and El Paso Times receiving...
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January DFMies: Gun-Control Coverage, Scandals, Multimedia, and More
Enterprise coverage of gun-control issues, scandal coverage and some spectacular multimedia projects won DFMie awards for January. Read/watch the winning entries and hear winners explain how they did...
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Trading Video Tips at Thunderdome HQ
When New Haven Register reporter Rich Scinto turned up in the lobby of 5 Hanover Square last week, he came bearing a camera, a couple of lenses and the curiosity and enthusiasm it takes to learn...
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Here Comes Clay Shirky (for a Video Live Chat)
The Thunderdome newsroom is buzzing with excitement for tomorrow’s live chat with special guest Clay Shirky, who has also agreed to let us stream the discussion on live video. The conversation will be...
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BANG’s MoJo Takes Community Lab Concept to the Streets
Many Digital First newsrooms are already inviting the public into their offices with community media labs, but several newspapers in the company are taking it a step further and hitting the road. The...
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A Day in the ‘Dome: Two Local Editors Drop By to Talk Shop
It is fair to say there is still some skepticism and misunderstanding about what Thunderdome is, and what we do. It’s not for lack of transparency, communication, outreach or reporting. The premise of...
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Pasadena, San Bernardino Papers Open News Lounges
Just a few weeks ago we published our map of Digital First Media community newsrooms. Already, we’re back with an update. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles News Group opened ‘news lounges’ at two of...
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DFM Engagement Editors Gather to Learn and Share Skills
Editors from Digital First Media newspapers across Pennsylvania and New Jersey are coming together today in West Chester, Penn., to deepen their knowledge of community engagement. The workshop, hosted...
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Digital First Debuts at Columbia University 2013 Career Expo
The 2013 Columbia University journalism career expo was not unlike a speed-dating event. More than 300 graduate students, all clutching stacks of resumes and clips, cycled through interviews with long...
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