Last week marked a couple firsts for me: my first trip to Hollywood and my first time at an Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) national conference. I could write volumes on the…

As a fresh reporter at a smaller newspaper, it’s not always possible or feasible to get big scoops. Small papers also have a limited area of interest, so it doesn’t make sense to write about…

Video and audio journalism guru Bill Mecca has a great, brief video on using the rule of thirds to set up video interviews. This is a topic that’s likely very familiar to photographers and…

I was told there would be pizza.

Coincidentally, I had a slice of pizza for lunch on the day of California’s June 2010 primary election. Maybe some part of my subconscious was telling me…

Video makes everything better. Just throw a camera at a reporter, crack the whip and you’ll be golden. Right?

As newspapers everywhere are faced with the challenge of being everything at…

It’s easy to focus on how much journalism has changed in the past decade or so, and it’s a topic I love discussing. But I sometimes find myself forgetting the long history that a lot of…

Earlier this week, local community-based journalism site Sacramento Press learned of campaign fliers that cited an opinion piece appearing on its site. The fliers, which slam a Sacramento City…

Mark Fiore is probably one of the coolest liberal political flash animation cartoonists ever. And that’s saying something. … I think. Anyway, this is hilarious.