We are online

My students have completed the first series of stories for our Gree-ality Web site. The stories are profiles of the candidates running for City Council. More to come after the election.

Someone likes what we're doing

Greeley blogger Jane Paudaux likes our student blogs.

Students blogging City Council

My Reporting Contemporary Issues class has begun blogging. They are covering Greeley's City Council. The meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of the month. So far students have only blogged on one meeting. Their second post is due by midnight tonight. Click on the link on the left to view the blogs.

I like the idea of blogging on deadline. It allows students to cover a meeting in a new way. We'll see how it goes.

Students in this class will also be publishing a Web site focused on how City Council elections will affect UNC students. Candidate profiles will begin running next Tuesday. I'll link to the site once the first story is published.

Journalists must change thinking

Great read here by Alan D. Mutter about how journalists can keep their craft alive, if only they begin to think differently.

Apps for journalistic iPhone fans

Just saw this at Poynter online -- the best apps for journalists who use the iPhone or iPod Touch. There is also a link to the best Blackberry programs for journalists, if you're so inclined. I checked out the AP Stylebook app, but it seems to be pretty pricey.

Farewell to a language guru

New York Times veteran William Safire was a great writer. He died last week. Safire was a speechwriter in the Nixon White House and later won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He also was the longtime writer of the "On Language" column in the Times magazine. Maureen Dowd's column is a great sendoff. Or is that send-off? If only I could ask Safire.

I won't add any unnecessary adjectives to describe him because they might cause Safire to turn over in his grave. I will, however, tip my AP Stylebook to the man who penned both “nattering nabobs of negativism” and “hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.”

The ultimate mistake?

Has there EVER been a better protest sign than this one?

If you can find a better example of bad proofreading, let me know.