Archive for August, 2008
Using Twitter to cover Hurricane football season opener
I’ll be posting updates and photos from tonight’s Miami Hurricane football season opener against Charleston Southern on the @miamihurricane Twitter account. Follow us!
We have lift-off! The new Miami Hurricane site is live
The redesigned TheMiamiHurricane.com is now live! No big surprises, if saw the beta site. Lots of big surprises if you missed the beta.
For an idea of what was going on right when we launched, check out my Twitter account late Sunday night, beginning a little before midnight: twitter.com/greglinch.
Webmaster Brian Schlansky (Twitter) has written an [...]
TNTJ: Uncertainty is the greatest challenge facing young journalists
This post also appears at Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists, a new blogging ring for journalists under 30 started by Dave Lee. We will be discussing issues relevant to everyone in the media, particularly the younger members. Here is the first month’s topic:
The biggest challenge facing a young journalist in today’s media is…
Uncertainty.
This is a very [...]
Check out my new digs at WordPress
After more than 10 months of calling Blogger home, The Linchpen has moved to WordPress.
Oh, the freedom!
I’ve become much more familiar with WordPress since working on The Miami Hurricane’s beta site with Webmaster Brian Schlansky. My new site is hosted by WebFaction, which I selected after hearing rave reviews on Twitter (thanks to everyone who [...]
An obligatory end-of-internship post: Reflecting on my Miami Herald experience
Friday was my last day as a Miami Herald intern. I’ve written several posts about the experience (links below), but now I would to provide a more comprehensive look.
From the first day, my colleagues were very friendly and welcoming. There are too many people to thank individually and I don’t want to leave anyone out, [...]
