Photo snapped circa 2 a.m. in a Rutter’s convenience store restroom.
Sometimes, my co-workers suggest I should be the bathroom beat reporter.
Honestly, I can’t help the scatological nature of the things I notice.
First, there was this story, earlier this year.
And, of course, my ever-present fascination with people’s disgusting work habits.
But I hit the mother load recently following a late night jaunt (and I mean really late) through a Rutter’s convenience store. Continue reading
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What’s going on in Boyer’s neighborhood? Click the map.
So, because WordPress is dumb, and I can’t figure out how to embed an iFrame into the non-customized blog that I barely pay anything annually for, here’s the deal:
Today, my editor Cathy Hirko gave me a distraction that, if executed properly, should keep me sufficiently amused all weekend. Continue reading
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Tagged beta, community, crowd sourcing, crowdsourcing, curation, digital first, facebook, foursquare, gathering point, GatheringPoint, geofeedia, Google, instagram, interactive, journalism, map, newspaper, pennsylvania, pins, public, reaction, reporting, see click fix, social, social map, social media, Twitter, website, ydr, York, York Daily Record
So, I had my doubts about guerrilla marketing stories.
To me, it just seems like a hassle — not to mention irritating — to be posting EVERY story I write on random Facebook walls, forums, blogs and the like.
But yesterday proved me wrong.
Our “Risky Business” package had dropped off the radar of ydr.com’s Top 10.
Sean and I may have shed a tear.
Alas, we weren’t ready to throw in the towel. This project is the result of months worth of work. Continue reading
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Tagged digital first, facebook, guerilla marketing, guerrila marketing, journalism, posting, promoting, reporting, risky business, social media, stories, Twitter, web hits, website, ydr, York Daily Record
York Daily Record/Sunday News Business Reporter Sean Adkins poses with a succulent, green vegetable.
Just a slice of life over here at the YDR business pod.
The other day, copy editor Teresa Cook gave me a fresh cucumber plucked from her garden.
Naturally, I figured, I’d use it to harass Sean.
This includes, but is not limited to, putting the elongated veggie in my purse and asking, “Is that a cucumber in my bag, or are you just happy to see me?”
Glad he has a sense of humor.
For another amusing photo of Adkins in action, click here.
Posted in Funny, Workplace Life, York Daily Record
Tagged coworkers, cucumber, fun, funny, lauren boyer, newsroom, picture, reporter, sean adkins, ydr, York Daily Record
BOYER IN ACTION: Testing out the HoodiePillow at Dallco Industries in York.
There are some stories you have to jump on, both literally and figuratively.
That’s just what I did when a press release from Dallco Industries came across my desk Friday.
As a manufacturing reporter, I hadn’t been so amused since a pharmaceutical company announced it was opening a distribution center for lube (of the medical variety, perv!) in the county.
Posted in Blog Posts, Business, Consumer issues, Funny, Journalism, Manufacturing, Reporting, Writing, York Daily Record
Tagged buy, chris hindley, cocoonification, dallco industries, doug dallmeyer, hoodiepillow, lauren boyer, manufacturing, material, new jersey, pillowcase, products, sewing, sleeping, York, york county, York Daily Record
NOTE TO SELF: Pick up books. We are, at the library, after all.
Last week, I planned to visit Martin Library in York with York Daily Record/Sunday News books editor Sarah Chain.
We decided to promote the visit as a meet-up/office hours/please-come-talk-to-us event in the Sunday News, ydr.com and social media channels.
Deb Sullivan, York County Libraries community relations director, even put our visit on the calendar.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., we parked our carcasses on the second floor of the downtown building.
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Tagged community outreach, digital first, digital first media, idealab, journalism, lauren boyer, Martin Library, meet-up, mobile reporting, mojo, open newsroom, reporter, sarah chain, talk to reporter, Twitter, york county libraries
Adkins
I don’t usually post every story I write on here.
But I think this one is worthy.
Check out this double byline from Sunday, co-authored by Sean Adkins and myself.
The story is the culmination of weeks of research at the York County Judicial Center, tallying up open judgments at the prothonotary’s office and calling folks involved with casing dating back as early as the late 1990s. Continue reading
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Tagged alabama, alabama toll facilities, ameri metro, court records, developer, document cloud, documentcloud, interactive, investigative, journalism, judgements, judgments, lauren boyer, reporting, sean adkins, sec, Shah Mathias, sunday news, toll road, York Daily Record
Went to a party last night.
It was a housewarming for @parva_x (aka Trisha) and a celebration of Follow Friday the Film being in town.
These were the nametags.
And they are so totally awesome.
That is all.
Happy Friday, everyone!
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Tagged #ff, documentary, follow friday the film, lauren boyer, nametags, party, tweet up, tweets, Twitter, York
Tell people where you are, and they will come.
On Tuesday, I had a visitor during my ideaLab office hours at Central Market.
It was Sue Diaz, spokeswoman for The Potter’s House, a 300-member Hispanic congregation that’s hoping to buy a historic church in downtown York.
She had corresponded with me earlier that day via the ydr.com Facebook page, where I had posted my location for the morning. Continue reading
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Tagged central market, community engagement, facebook, idealab, John Hilton, journalism, lauren boyer, meet-ups, mobile reporting, news tips, office hours, reporter, story ideas, the potter's house, trinity united methodist church, ydr.com, York, York Daily Record
Stop by Martin Library from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to meet YDR books editor Sarah Chain and share your ideas for coverage.
So, here’s the deal.
Part of my ideaLab project is to drag other people down with me.
Next week, my victim is York Daily Record/Sunday News books editor and multi-platform features journalist (and my super awesome friend) Sarah Chain.
I’m coordinating with York County Libraries to hold a meet-up Monday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Martin library downtown for book lovers and people who have input about ydr.com, the York Daily Record/Sunday News and any of our other bajillion awesome products. Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, book, book buzz, book club, books, community engagement, digital first, idealab, lauren boyer, meet-up, mobile journalism, mojo, open newsroom, reporting, sarah chain, talk about books, ydr.com, York Daily Record
