Between vacation and other shenanigans, I have been really REALLY bad at blogging lately.
So, here’s the run down of what I’ve been up to since the strip club story broke my heart when it ended abruptly: Continue reading
Between vacation and other shenanigans, I have been really REALLY bad at blogging lately.
So, here’s the run down of what I’ve been up to since the strip club story broke my heart when it ended abruptly: Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Journalism, Reporting, York Daily Record
Tagged journalist, lauren boyer, pa, pennsylvania, reporter, reporting, York, York Daily Record
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Posted in Digital First, Journalism, Social Media, York Daily Record
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
This morning was lovely.
I had a pleasant walk from my house to the OffCenter Grill at the Yorktowne Hotel, where I planned to sip coffee and put the finishing touches on a story for the business page.
On the walk home, I stopped at the market and ran into Nuts About Granola employee Kenny Brown, who recommends a piano bar in this oh-so-awesome video I made at my last mobile reporting at the venue.
I bought some fresh vegetables. I went home and ate lunch. Continue reading
This week, in #ideaLab mobile reportingland, let’s talk a little about willpower.
On Thursday, I voluntarily decided to work from the oasis of deliciousness known as Macklin’s Cupcakes.
I hadn’t really been out to that side of the county. I hadn’t really tortured myself, either. Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Funny, ideaLab, iPad, Journalism, Mobile Reporting, Social Media, York Daily Record
Tagged #fatatwork, bad eating habits, cupcakes, digital first, digital first media, digital journalism, idealab, journalism, journalist, lauren boyer, Macklin's, mobile reporting, mojo, office life, pennsylvania, storify, York, york county, York Daily Record
A York Daily Record/Sunday News file photo shows Bob Anthony, maintenance worker at U-Stor-It in York County.
A month ago, Denise Anthony at U-STOR-IT self storage, a local storage locker business, contacted me about doing a live chat.
Initially, I had my doubts.
Why would anyone want to chat with a storage unit place? Storage lockers, to me, seemed to be a niche so specific it wouldn’t attract a large audience.
Then I thought bigger: STORAGE WARS! Continue reading
(In the above video, Gary Richardson and folks from Glades Auction discuss a wooden carving of Jesus hanging out — sans arms — on a York County farm.)
I’m a pretty solid pain in the neck.
Just ask my mom.
So when the editorial board wrote an op-ed trying to get the attention of the History Channel show “American Pickers,” I knew I could be of assistance. Continue reading
Posted in ideaLab, Social Media, Video, York Daily Record
Tagged american pickers, come to pennsylvania, frank fritz, history channel, junk, lauren boyer, mike wolfe, pennsylvania, pickers, social media, ydr, York, york county, York Daily Record