Here is Pastor James hanging out in the background of my Tout video.
On Monday, I went to McDonald’s in Springettsbury Township to get some work done.
They say news doesn’t walk by your desk, and this particular fast food establishment has had plenty of action in the last year.
Seemed like a good choice.
I got my coffee, sat down in a cushy chair and ignored the fact that people were obviously staring at me for being that dressed-up weirdo on a laptop in McDonald’s. Continue reading
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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
Because I’m ridiculous …
And because I overestimate the interest in my random adventures …
And because I want practice liveblogging, so I’m not like “Um, how the heck do I use this?” when I have to do it for breaking news …
I’m liveblogging the rural ‘pie party’ extravaganza I’m going to around 7 p.m. Click here on our York Common Cents blog for updates, if you care.
Feel free to chime in with a comment and annoy me. Continue reading
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Tagged app, digital first, downtown inc, idealab, journalism, kickball, lauren boyer, live blog, mojo, pie party, rural, scribblelive, washington township, ydr.com, york county, York Daily Record, york pa
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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Tagged columns, community, dickey, journalism, lauren boyer, live blog, mojo, news, pie party, rural, ydr, york county, York Daily Record
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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Tagged columns, community, digital first media, diner, engagement, idealab, john's diner, journalism, lauren boyer, mobile reporter, mojo, ydr, York Daily Record
Here I am as a senior, co-editor of Hershey High School’s newspaper, The Broadcaster. Those were the days, people!
Confession: I didn’t even go to high school football games when I was IN high school.
I didn’t care.
I was that newspaper nerd with a helicopter mom who wasn’t allowed to be out past dark.
I also had like … two friends (who also, by the way, weren’t allowed to be out past dark). I lived life on the edge. Continue reading
