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First try at New Hive: A graphic on BAE Systems and the proposed shutdown of the Bradley Industrial Base

Posted on March 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

So, it’s 10 p.m., and I really wish I was watching Chicago Fire.

However, I got addicted to New Hive instead. Continue reading →

Posted in Digital First, Graphics, ideaLab, Journalism, York Daily Record

Tagged bae systems, bradley, coding, dfm, digital first, embed, free, graphics, idealab, interactive, journalism, new hive, reporting, shutdown, website, ydr, york county, York Daily Record

A month of music: A lack thereof and a LIVE concert

Posted on March 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

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

Teaching digital journalism: I pose as Mayor Boyer of Shiloh for a lesson in live tweeting press conferences

Posted on February 22, 2013 | 1 Comment

Co-journalist-in-crime Brittany Wilson and I pose for a picture in front of a ScribbleLive of @TheNewsVroom tweets we used to illustrate live blogging during the fake presser.

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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Posted in Boyer101, Community Outreach, Digital First, Journalism, NewsVroom, ScribbleLive, Social Media, Twitter, York Daily Record

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

Four days in Newtown: Reporting on the Sandy Hook school shooting

Posted on December 21, 2012 | 7 Comments

The benches in front of Edmond Town Hall serve as memorials. The benches spell out a quote by William Edmond: "History has a secondary utility, which by relieving our minds from the fatigue, more serious occupation invigorates and prepares us for fresh exertion."

The benches outside Edmond Town Hall became memorials to Sandy Hook victims. Together, they spell a quote by William Edmond: “History has a secondary utility, which by relieving our minds from the fatigue, more serious occupation invigorates and prepares us for fresh exertion.”

He never showed up.

That, for some reason, is where it became real to me.

Somewhere between the piles of flowers, makeshift memorials, and barrage of funerals at St. Rose of Lima church, it hit me hard in a Sandy Hook hair salon on my last day of reporting from the Connecticut town.

Marci Benitez, a hair dresser at Fun Kuts, planned to cut 6-year-old James Mattioli’s hair on Saturday.

The appointment came and went. Benitez thought the young boy’s mother had forgotten, until she saw his name on a list released Saturday. Continue reading →

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Tagged collaboration, digital first, elementary, humanity, journalism, new haven, newtown, reporters, reporting, sandy hook, school shooting, thunderdome

Of parrots and pancake breakfasts: My Saturday working night cops

Posted on December 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is me and fellow business reporter Stephanie Reighart being awesome.

I spent Saturday morning hanging out with my coworkers, the NewsVroom and a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Boy Scout Troop 94 pancake breakfast in the Shiloh Fire Hall.

Trust me, anyone who was anyone and was on social media between 7 a.m. and noon that day knew without a shadow of a doubt that A PANCAKE BREAKFAST WAS GOING ON.

Why? Because we covered the crap out of it using ScribbleLive.

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Tagged birds, cops reporting, covering, exotic animals, fire, house fires, journalism, lauren boyer, Newberry Township, parrots, reptiles, writing, York Daily Record

A week of Johnson Controls: Reporting on the York employer’s possible relocation

Posted on December 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

Future home of Johnson Controls? We’ll just wait and see.

Last week got pretty wild.

For months, we knew a Fortune 500 company was looking to relocate within York County to Hopewell Township using a tax incentive program that needed approval from the school board, township and commissioners.

If they didn’t get what they needed, they’d likely go to Maryland — or so we’re told.

Not knowing who it was frustrated the hell out of me. Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Business Trend, Digital First, DocumentCloud, Johnson Controls, Journalism, Reporting, Spot News, Writing, York Daily Record

Tagged business, financing, hopewell township, jci, johnson controls, journalism, lauren boyer, relocation, reporting, south eastern school, stories, tax incentive, tax increment financing, ydr, york county, York Daily Record

Exploring York County dive bars and a column on the ‘pie party’

Posted on November 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

Another day on the job.

Remember that time I ate pie and made new friends in a rural neighborhood?

That column finally made it in the paper. I used Dickey’s fruit pie recipe as a breakout.

Hyperlocal fun!

You can check it out here. Continue reading →

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Tagged churchr, columns, hyperlocal, jackie b's, journalism, lauren boyer, pie party, random, york city, york county, York Daily Record, york pa

Boyer prepares to weather the storm: A list of pro tips for journalists covering Sandy

Posted on October 28, 2012 | Leave a comment

After I performed the list of tasks below, I wrote this blog while consuming a Grey Goose and orange juice. Gotta load up on Vitamin C before the storm, kids!

Hurricane Sandy is on her way. As a resident of Pennsylvania, I’m following along with the traditional inclement weather protocol of panicking while purchasing bread and milk like it’s the end of the world.

As a journalist, this preparation includes a few extra things.

1. First, I fed the Boyermobile. It was hungry.

Here I am at Rutter’s on Pennsylvania Avenue filling my car with gas and wearing my jammies just because Cost: $48. But it’s necessary. I’ll probably be out-and-about tomorrow, and if there’s no power I can charge my devices in the car.

2. I stocked up on supplies. Need to keep my glucose up.

Pro tip: Runts, Sour Patch Kids and assorted licorice thingies are crucial to the operation.

3. I loaded up my psychedelic orange gym bag with clothes and deodorant in case I’m stranded somewhere awkward tomorrow and can’t catch a boat to Walmart.