In a time of ‘fake news,’ newspapers, digital are trusted community partners

One type of newspaper continues to not just survive, but thrive – hyper-local community newspapers like the Southeast Express.

Return of the king

https://youtu.be/cZCLa56PcEk The Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience in Canon City, Colorado, dedicated a new animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex on Oct. 6, 2018, months after electrical problems caused a fire that destroyed another and created dramatic viral photos. Edited in Adobe Premiere Clip (iOS)

I made a ‘zine

https://issuu.com/nerdvana/docs/proof

Pueblo food delivery options growing

https://www.chieftain.com/story/lifestyle/food/2018/06/06/pueblo-food-delivery-options-growing/9273093007/

R.I.P. Karen Wittmer

Saddened at the passing of Karen Wittmer, publisher at the East Valley Tribune since before I started there (1998) through 2007. https://twitter.com/jaysonpeters/status/938937771141369856 https://twitter.com/jaysonpeters/status/938900674066214912

Can Facebook woo publishers – again?

The social giant is working with media companies on a new tool that would push Facebook users to buy subscriptions to news outlets.

Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017

A sampling of my coverage of Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 for NerdvanaMedia.com

Award-winning videos from 2016

A video I shot and co-produced with Pueblo Chieftain reporter Peter Roper won second place in the multimedia category of the annual Better Newspaper Contest at the 2017 Colorado Press Association convention. "Remembering Hiroshima's Empty Streets" featured World War II U.S. Army veteran Bruce Elson recounting his experiences in the Japanese city of Hiroshima after … Continue reading Award-winning videos from 2016 →

Probably an unpopular view…

What value does AP provide its members when it effectively competes with them on all platforms using the same content? I mean, what are we paying for?

VIDEO: World War II veteran Bruce Elson – From Pueblo, Colo., to Hiroshima, Japan

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWGd9wczUD2wpaFuXZYop6hQlwrOBMEX I produced this video series with Pueblo Chieftain reporter Peter Roper, comprising the full interview (about 17 minutes) and a shorter version (about four minutes) focusing on his arrival and observations at atomic bomb site Hiroshima in 1945.