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You might have heard I had a blog, but I'm curious about yours.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ernie Smith May 14.
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Replied Sep. 15, 2008
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Ed, so good to hear from you! Been a while. What's new?
Hey Ernie,
First time I've seen your blog. I love it! You need a sponsor.
Yeah Ernie!
Yeah reaching out and giving back is the best advice when you are looking to get to the next stage. Totally agree. But, of course, I run a journalism charity, so I am biased.
Nice to here from you, hope you are enjoying the new gig.
Hey all,
Ernie again, posting at VizEds because I realized I hadn't done so in a while (despite the fact I hit up Apple's blog daily). Part of it is because I get really busy with my own site outside of work, ShortFormBlog. It's been a long fight...
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- Location
- Washington, D.C.
- What best describes your role in journalism?
- Designer, Blogger
- What organization are you with?
- Express/The Washington Post, ShortFormBlog
- Biography
- You've probably heard of me. I've been floating around the SND and Visual Editors community in one way or another for about five years. And oooooh-weeee, I've been around the block.
Currently, I work on ShortFormBlog (http://shortformblog.com/), which you've probably heard of, as it's a kinda popular blog with the kids. I also work at Express, a free tab which you also might have heard of if you live in D.C.
But before that, I've had this career that featured a little bit of everything. The previous peak was at Link, this wonderful tabloid newspaper that the Virginian-Pilot put out back in the mid-to-late naughts to high community response (and unfortunately) near-profitability. It was easily the most advanced, forward-thinking newspaper I've ever been at. And it saddens me greatly to know that it's been gone for five months. Life's unfair sometimes, let me tell you.
Before that, I worked at Bluffton Today, also an experimental pub that focused on small-scale hyperlocal journalism, the kind that the news industry needs to focus on more.
Before that, I worked as a temp at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Before that, I got wonderful molding at Michigan State University, largely thanks to wonderful professors Cheryl Pell and Darcy Greene.
I like taking risks and thinking forward. Even as the peaks start to look like horizon in this newspaper industry, I think there's still many peaks to be found in journalism. And I'd like to think, like you guys, it's my job to find them.
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- http://shortformblog.com
- http://twitter.com/shortformblog
- AIM
- StickFig98
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 11:34pm on June 26, 2008,
Ernie Smith said… - I hear ya. Just throwing it out there. Couldn't hurt. :)
- At 5:42pm on June 26, 2008,
Amber Nettles said… - Ugh, thanks for thinking of me. i've got planning skillz but think i'm a little too green still. wouldn't want to get in over my head, plus, so far, i'm cool with what i'm doing for now.
- At 11:43am on June 2, 2008,
Amber Nettles said…
- Thanks for your input. I love the description of your work attire. Link looks great, btw. Could you tell Brianne and David P. I say hello? I interned at the Pilot on the desk and originally applied at Link when I first was looking for a job - Unfortunately, I was a little too green at the time. Do you know Brian Cleveland?
- At 1:42pm on February 14, 2008,
Trent Koland said… - Oh man ... that really sucks. The bright white pushed it to the next level to me. Either way it's still going to be a great product. :)
- At 10:23am on February 12, 2008,
Trent Koland said…
- Ok ... so one of my co-workers went to Virginia recently and brought back examples of the Link and the Virginian Pilot. I held a Link in my hand for the first time and I have to say I was EXTREMELY impressed. The bright white paper adds so much! And truly, the entire paper looked like it belonged together, nothing stood out as disparate. NPD just doesn't do justice to somethings sometimes. Anyway ... I just had to share with you.
- At 2:01am on February 3, 2008,
Megan Ruyle said… - Ernie!
- At 1:59am on February 2, 2008,
Josh Awtry said… - Ah, the beard. Fella had to do something so he could be told apart from the interns....
- At 10:31pm on February 1, 2008,
Clif Page said… - Ernie:
I swing both ways across the age divide.
- At 12:28am on January 30, 2008,
Robb Montgomery said… - Rock on!
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