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Richmond Indymedia takes a break

June 16, 2008 - 17:22

The lefty-to-the-point-of-irrelevance Richmond Indymedia has announced a hiatus “until we can fix the tech problems that have plagued us”. Having posted only 8 articles in the first 5 months of the year, of which only 4 were actually about... (more...)

by john m | 9 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

what kind of message does Richmond send?

May 29, 2008 - 07:53

Paul Graham’s Cities and Ambition is a take on the message that great cities send in “a hundred subtle ways”, the vibe than uniquely identifies that city. While our lil’ city is hardly the center of much, is it possible to identify... (more...)

by john m | 25 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

on reporting local news

April 19, 2008 - 19:41

I put up 2 stories on Church Hill People’s News last weekend that ended up being picked up by 2 of the local TV stations this weekend. Last Sunday’s Sunny Market now even more gross and Monday’s neighbor vs neighbor became nb12’s... (more...)

by john m | 15 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

a medium-sized self-congratulatory moment (AKA “we’re #1″, or, “take that Dallas!”)

March 30, 2008 - 15:59

In a very recently released report (PDF), the Project for Excellence in Journalism says that Richmond ranks #1 in community/citizen journalism. If you are reading this, you’re part of what has helped make this happen. Cool, eh? The report, which... (more...)

by john m | 2 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

and if *they* win…

January 24, 2008 - 20:54

The presidential primaries are in full effect and we’re getting decent exposure to the main Democratic and Republican candidates. With this, for me, has come the understanding that there is one candidate on one side that I like a lot, and that... (more...)

by john m | 4 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

Cheeks in top 16, go vote!

December 25, 2007 - 19:16

The short film Cheeks by Richmond’s own Persistent Cough Productions has been listed among the top 16 entries from this year’s National Film Challenge (from the creators of the 48 Hour Film Project). In the challenge participating teams have... (more...)

by john m | 0 | Filed Under Entertainment 

revisiting the Richmond Free Press

December 2, 2007 - 08:56

Back in July, the Richmond Free Press caught some flack for their weak attempt at getting their news online. Since then, though, they’ve updated their site so that the entire current issue is online. You can get either of their smallish sections... (more...)

by john m | 2 | Filed Under Op/Ed 

on the richmond.com redesign, again

December 1, 2007 - 08:17

richmond.com, the self-styled (and all 1998-style) “the official Online City Portal” and home of the award-winning RBlog, has sprung for a redesign (sort of). The same mass of links line the left side of the page, and tacky ad-space still dominate... (more...)

by john m | 8 | Filed Under Literally et cetera, Op/Ed