Va.Tech, the Collegiate Times and mobile journalism

I must say, I was incredibly impressed by the efforts of the staff of Virginia Tech’s student newspaper, the Collegiate Times. The day of the shooting, instead of repeating everything we got from wire services for thebatt.com, I chose to write brief updates and then link to CT’s website. These journalists, these students, did a [...]

Why open source will change the media

Arvinder Kang over at Our News Network has a great piece on the movement of the media world to open source software. Go check it out.

For student journalists eager to learn

I’m a student journalist, as is everyone at The Batt. We’re lucky to have a great budget, which gives us the ability to purchase great equipment and great software (I’m using a Mac Pro to do Batt video), but our budget is obviously not unlimited. I’m sure Bob Wegener, Student Media’s general manager, would love [...]

Cold, football and barbecue… in April.

Texas A&M Parent’s Weekend 2007 has come and gone, and I must say, I’m a little glad to see it go. There were quite a few things to cover, and definitely not enough staff and cameras to cover them. But, for those things we did cover, here’s a look at them:
Amanda Bentley, normally a sports [...]

Maps: online and in action!

I’ve finished the Atlas map of the 2007 National Aggie Muster locations.
There are a few A&M clubs that registered with the Association of Former Students but have not provided addresses. I’m going to follow up with those clubs tomorrow and get their locations on the map as soon as possible.
Obviously, the most important Muster map [...]

Maps galore!!

So, I’ve been busy this past week. Not counting the conference in Nashville last weekend, this week was pretty crazy, due to everything from tests to job interviews.
But I’ve also been busy working on some new stuff for thebatt.com. The company Faneuil Media, started by a former Google employee, has created a software called Atlas, [...]

New staff

Congrats to Zack Morgan, The Batt’s first full-fledged video reporter. He did a great job covering last night’s student body president run-off election debate, and in fact has been doing great covering the whole election.
Considering the room the debate was held in was most definitely not set up for media, I think Zack did a [...]

Inspiriation from a child

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a day with the Raulerson family.
Today, The Batt published a huge 3 page story and a photo essay about Tacey Raulerson, the 7-year old daughter of two A&M staff members. She was born with retinoblastoma, a cancer in the back of her eyes. When she was nine [...]

Innovation in College Media

I got back from Nashville late Saturday night, and boy was it a great trip. I attended the Center for Innovation in College Media’s first conference, and learned quite a bit about the importance of online journalism. Speakers included Jennifer Carroll, the vice president of new media operations at Gannett (the publisher of USA Today [...]