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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

Boyer talks SnapChat, whereabouts for the last two weeks

Posted on January 16, 2013 | Leave a comment

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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Posted in Adventures, Apps, Community Outreach, Funny, Journalism, Meet-ups, Mobile Reporting, NewsVroom, Social Media, York Daily Record

Tagged #boyer101, adventures, apps, community, farm show, lauren boyer, newsvroom, reporter, Snapchat, social media, ydr, ydr.com, 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

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.

There may or may not be toilet paper in this bag. You can never be too careful.

As you can see, I’m all ready for Sandy. I’m also halfway through my vodka and orange.

I’m going to finish that and get to bed.

Signing off, folks.

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Posted in Digital First, ideaLab, Journalism, Mobile Reporting, Reporting, York Daily Record

Tagged beat, candy, frankenstorm, gas, hurricane sandy, journalism, lauren boyer, pennsylvania, power outage, preparation, reporting, sandy, storm, ydr, York, York Daily Record

Meet Haley, my high school journalism job shadow from Spring Grove Area High School

Posted on October 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

I had a newsroom buddy today. Meet Haley Staub, 16, of Spring Grove aka @tarhelgrl50 on Twitter.

Well, today was tons of fun. (So was Friday, and the pie party, but I’ll get to that in another post.)

A Spring Grove Area High School junior from our Teen Takeover staff hung out with me all day for part of her graduation project.

She decided to shadow me after attending my #boyer101 session earlier this year. My presentation, apparently, hadn’t scared her off.

Here’s how the day went down: Continue reading →

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Posted in Boyer101, Community Outreach, Digital First, Job Shadow, Journalism, Reporting, York Daily Record

Tagged apps, digital first, haley staub, job shadow, journalism, lauren boyer, learning, spring grove, teen takeover, ydr, York Daily Record

Boyer the Explorer: I’m going to a ‘pie party’ in rural York County

Posted on October 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

Some delicious pie I consumed last week.

After visiting a diner in northern York County, I got an email from a reader.

“You should visit our close knit neighborhood in the farm country of Northern York Country,” it said.

Jim Dickey is having a pie party Friday night at his home on Blue Hill School Road. And I’m invited.

What’s a pie party, you ask?

It’s a community gathering in the rural farmlands — one with lots of pies, obviously. Continue reading →

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Posted in Community Outreach, Digital First, ideaLab, Journalism, Meet-ups, Mobile Reporting, York Daily Record

Tagged columns, community, dickey, journalism, lauren boyer, live blog, mojo, news, pie party, rural, ydr, york county, York Daily Record

ScribbleLive app, cookies and Christmas sweaters: Highlights from this weekend

Posted on October 15, 2012 | 1 Comment

It was a busy weekend over here in Boyerland. Here’s the rundown:

1. Attended my first high school football game Friday night with the NewsVroom, the York Daily Record/Sunday News’ mobile media lab.

It was a cold night to be outside. Here’s a photo of business editor Cathy Hirko attempting to nab fries from someone named “The Mummert.”

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Posted in Apps, Digital First, Journalism, Mobile Reporting, NewsVroom, Reporting, ScribbleLive, Social Media, York Daily Record

Tagged cookies, identical twin confusion, lauren boyer, live coverage, mobile, newsvroom, reporting, scribblelive app, ydr, York Daily Record

That time I visited a place where no one knew what the York Daily Record was … and it’s OK

Posted on October 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

Fruit cup + toast + computer + Hootsuite = love.

I got some good feedback from my column today, which focused on my travels Thursday through northern York County, a place that doesn’t get much attention from our paper.

So far, it inspired one couple to invite me to their a “pie party” next week in the rural farmlands of northern York county. More on that later.

I just wanted to add a few tidbits of awesomeness from yesterday, despite the annoying fact that no one intentionally stopped by to share a story idea.

But hey, it happens sometimes — even when you promote the crap out of yourself. Continue reading →

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Posted in Columns, Community Outreach, Digital First, ideaLab, Journalism, Meet-ups, Mobile Reporting, Reporting, Social Media, York Daily Record