We got a note from the students over at Central York High School that just made my day Friday.
As you recall, wle did a NewsVroom presentation for two journalism classes a couple weeks ago.
Anywho, you can read it for yourselves.
A lot of them seemed SUPER enthused about getting out of the cubicle.
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Horrible picture. These were taken the day my mom gave me Penn State footie pajamas.
Click here to read my story on the adult footie pajama trend that’s sweeping the nation.
As some of you know, I’m a huge footie pajama advocate.
In fact, I blogged about the topic not too long ago for YDR.
Ever since then, I’ve been scouring York County in a search for my fellow footie brethren.
One day last month, I had the hankering for a light-hearted story. Continue reading
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Tagged adult, consumer, fad, fleece, footie pajamas, footiepjs, macklemore, nostalgia, trend, warm, York Daily Record
The stage of the Strand all decked out for Think Loud’s after party on Feb. 28. Later in the night, the curtains opened and Live played with a backdrop of empty seats.
The past couple weeks, for me, have been about music.
First, there was the lack thereof.
Last week, we broke this story about Harley-Davidson removing radios from its plants as a matter of safety and productivity protocol.
I know what you’re thinking. (Some people even emailed me to share their two cents.)
“Why is this a story?”
“What are you going to write about next? The contents of Harley’s vending machines? The employees’ bathroom breaks?”
Truthfully, this isn’t really a story about Harley at all. Continue reading
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Tagged band, data, fiber optics, Harley-Davidson, journalism, lauren boyer, live, manufacturing, music, party, removes radios, reporting, rock, safety, strand, tech venture, think loud, united federal data, York, york county
Just wanted to share this story that ran last Sunday on the front page.
It’s about naked people.
A few months ago, via Facebook, a man I didn’t know messaged me on Facebook about doing a story on nude models. I kind of giggled.
Let’s be real. Nudity is hilarious, and I can — at times — be the most immature human on the planet. Continue reading
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Co-journalist-in-crime Brittany Wilson and I pose for a picture with the class in front of a ScribbleLive of @TheNewsVroom tweets we used to illustrate live blogging during the fake presser.
Things got a little wild Thursday (as they often do when the York Daily Record allows me to be involved in anything).
The plan: Drive the NewsVroom to Central York High School and teach two journalism classes about the joys of journalizing and using social media.
This included a fake press conference with a fake press release featuring yours truly, the ‘Mayor of Shiloh,’ denying allegations that she embezzled city funds to build a half-size replica of Hershey Park in her backyard.
You can read that jawn here. Continue reading
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Tagged central york high school, digital first, fake press conference, journalism, lauren boyer, live blogging, mayor boyer, scribblelive, shiloh, students, teaching, the newsvroom, the prowler, Twitter, York Daily Record
So, last night was super fun.
I joined co-workers Brittany Wilson and Sarah Chain to kickoff the NewsVroom’s yearlong initiative of visiting York County libraries.
We traveled to Dover Area Community Library, where I had the opportunity to present my ideaLab project to Girl Scout Troop #20195.
Before a mock press conference, I discussed basic apps (QuickVoice, iMovie, Notability, 360Pano, etc.) and I got to play this video of this old man with his funny cane.
The best part: One of the girls recommended I go set up my “office” at Chuck-E-Cheese.
Loves it.
Here are some photos from the event:
I had to drive the NewsVroom van, because — let’s be honest — everyone else was scared to.
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Tagged Brittany Wilson, Dover, dover area community library, education, Girl Scouts, mobile media lab, newspapers, newsvroom, sarah chain, York, york county
During a brief hiatus from this blog, I learned about the joys of SnapChatting from my little sister, Casey. She’s 21 and totally hip.
Hello world.
I’m back at it after a couple week hiatus.
What happened during that time, you ask?
(Or maybe you don’t. I often think people are more interested in my shenanigans than they actually are.)
For one, I took the bajillion days off that I had been storing all year long for no particular purpose.
I used the time to experience the culture of the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
I also learned about the SnapChat app from my sister. My life will never be the same.
How it works: You send someone an image, but they can only see it for 10 seconds before it disappears. You can draw on the photo. Give them a mustache. Type a message on top of it. Whatever.
But they can only see it for 10 BLOODY SECONDS.
I don’t get it, but I love it. And I hear it’s what the kids are doing these days. Continue reading
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Tagged #boyer101, adventures, apps, community, farm show, lauren boyer, newsvroom, reporter, Snapchat, social media, ydr, ydr.com, York Daily Record
