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@drewbkerr We used these folks pretty successfully about a year ago: http://t.co/7d5gxYxGUD
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@JNorton24 THere's a great BuzzFeed breakdown of the new video.
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RT @BreakingNews: HBO reps confirm death of 'The Sopranos' star James Gandolfini at age 51 - @Variety http://t.co/ZAH4MvHsPC
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RT @ngerik: Quick, everyone check out this awesome photo of Cole Aldrich by @nickkrug: http://t.co/YHzukw43a8
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RT @mlavieri: Andrew Wiggins dunking over Cole Aldrich? Andrew Wiggins dunking over Cole Aldrich. http://t.co/9FSPGGTPPU #kubball
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#snowfail #thisisawful I don't know where to start: http://t.co/WggSQajUsM h/t @blturner. (I'm told this predates Snowfall, though.)
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@JNorton24 @jlarance Can I interest you in some insecticide resistant malaria-carrying mosquitos?
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@JNorton24 @jlarance Mumps! Not measles! Mumps!
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@jlarance @JNorton24 The worst part is, I've had all my MMRs too!
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RT @tomwarren: Microsoft's U-turn on Xbox One is stunning. Simply stunning. http://t.co/W093ULB2dx
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@dennisedit Agree completely. And I'd definitely say annoying.
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@dennisedit Me-too syndrome?
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RT @deanna_terry: After watching the video of loser Heat fans who left the game early demanding to be let back in, I get why Dexter is set …
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RT @torystarr3: UN warns of worst refugee crisis in nearly 20 years: http://t.co/CczDdFpk0c via @gdndevelopment
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@aschweig Yes. I need to go reserve a Tumblr now.
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@lisamgs Definitely rain. I wanted to put that in my tweet, but didn't have enough characters.
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Today's example of #snowfallgonewrong come from the fine folks at http://t.co/SNtxkDlyqI. http://t.co/NHh1OIO6X7
Profile
Summary
Previously, I worked on websites, including LJWorld.com, WellCommons and KUsports.com for The World Company. I successfully drove regular month-over-month traffic growth on both sites as well as growth in audience participation and engagement. I was also part of the team at The World Company that worked to turn the company to a web-focused, web-first, niche-based information company.
Experience
- Jan 2013 - PresentDirector, Interactive Properties / Public Radio InternationalIn my new role, I'll continue my efforts to build audience and engagement around our digital journalism and with our digital audience, but add a strategic focus on relaunching and reorganizing our digital properties to put engagement at the center of what we do.
- Sept 2011 - PresentSenior Editor, PRI.org / Public Radio InternationalWorking with a talented interactive team to help build the digital audience of all of PRI's properties, build audience interaction and audience engagement and work to create a future for journalism that is participatory, interactive and awesome.
- Jun 2010 - PresentAssistant Director of Media Strategy / The World CompanyI am leading the transformation of a talented newsroom and team of journalists into a group of digital reporters focused on building and fostering niche news websites. As part of this, I help identify and map out the niches that we should pursue and also work with our software developers and designers to create the tools we need to seamlessly integrate storytelling with social media and community publishing in a way our audience and staff can use. I also work with advertising and marketing staffs to make the new websites into successful digital communities.
- May 2008 - PresentOnline Editor for Lawrence Journal-World and 6News Lawrence / The World CompanyPart of the management team for the Lawrence Journal-World, 6News Lawrence and LJWorld.com. Responsible for strategic planning of online journalism efforts at www.ljworld.com. Technical assistance for reporters and editors working to do multimedia-rich, online journalism.
- Dec 2006 - PresentReporter / Lawrence Journal-WorldResearch, write and produce stories and videos on a variety of topics for our newspaper, TV station as well as our Web site LJWorld.com
- Jun 2007 - PresentReporting intern / The Kansas City StarResearched, reported and wrote breaking news stories, investigative and features for a daily newspaper.
- 2005 - PresentEditor / University Daily KansanHad a variety of roles including reporter, sports editor, designer, managing editor and a year as editor. Led a technological modernization and a cultural change to embrace the Internet as something more than an archive of previously published print content.
- May 2006 - PresentCopy editing intern / Des Moines RegisterWrote headlines, designed and laid out pages, edited copy for clarity, content and style.
- Jan 2004 - PresentSports reporter / University Daily KansanCovered KU football and basketball for a daily student newspaper. Wrote game stories, features and investigative reports on various KU sports programs.
- May 2004 - PresentReporting intern — Austin / American City Business JournalsWrote, researched and reported business-related stories for a weekly business newspaper covering the Austin, Texas, business community.
Education
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2003 - 2007University of KansasBachelor's of Science, Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism, Political Science
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1999 - 2003Parkway Central High SchoolDiploma in General College Prep
Additional Information
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Fire reported on second floor of Hallmark Cards in Lawrence
LJWorld.com to host round table on the intersection of privacy and social media; Join us
How did you hear about Sept. 11? What do you remember from that day?
Two people injured in car accident on U.S. 24-40 near Lawrence Airport
One person dead in early morning car accident in Riverfront Park in North Lawrence
Injury accidents gnarl traffic on three highways
Air conditioning problems reported at Broken Arrow, New York, South Middle schools
About 100 Douglas County Westar Energy customers still without power
Severe storms leave thousands without power in Douglas County
August begins with another 100+ degree day, excessive heat warning
Excessive heat warning effective through Thursday evening
Fire fighters extinguish small fire at Lonnie's Recycling in North Lawrence
Venting propane tank outside Robinson Gym leads to Hazmat incident at KU
Live blog: Downtown property owners discuss future of Downtown Lawrence
Excessive heat warning continues for third day
'Dangerously hot weather' expected; NWS extends excessive heat warning to Wednesday
Hazmat incident caused by sulfur-like smell; no contaminates found
Police locate child missing in downtown Lawrence
A recap of today's news about the closure of the Lawrence SRS office, as told via social media
NWS extends excessive heat warning to 8 p.m. Tuesday
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Jamie Shew is just an incredible election organizer. He was always a pleasure to work with as a member of the media and its incredible to see the lengths he's going to to make sure people in Lawrence can vote. It's especially striking compared to the decisions made in Topeka and around Kansas City.
Posted by jkealing on February 25 at 4:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Great pictures, as usual, Richard. One of these days, we're going to have to go on a trip together. Cuba?
Posted by jkealing on February 3 at 1:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Way to go George. Love the cop car design. Glad to see the design get some more notice.
Posted by jkealing on August 28 at 11:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hi Roe! Have you seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...
Posted by jkealing on July 10 at 2:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't know if this is karma for WM and I both posting on LJ today or what, but I just saw on Twitter that the court approved the SLT. Holy cow! The SLT is actually going to get built? Wonders never cease.
http://twitter.com/bradc25/statuses/2...
Posted by jkealing on July 10 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So, don't go to Hibbing. We have normal-sized bugs down here in Minneapolis.
Posted by jkealing on July 10 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Minnesota is absolutely lovely this time of year. Mid 80s. Though we did have two 100+ degree days last week.
Posted by jkealing on July 10 at 12:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What terrible news. I'm traveling in China now so I'm only now learning the news. What a sad thing to see when logging into LJWorld for the first time in several days.
Multi was always a huge help to me in knowing the ins and outs of the LJ comments, from long before I arrived on the scene. We've stayed in touch since I left and her comments were always appreciated. My favorite Multi story, though, is the time that she sent me a Free State Brewery gift certificate. I'd had a particularly challenging work week, both with comments and regular-old-work stuff, and had posted something about it to Twitter. Multi saw it and took it on herself to send me $20 to the brewery. The food and beer I had, courtesy of Multi, was oh so sweet.
Multi was one of the good once. God rest her soul.
Posted by jkealing on June 28 at 7:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When I lived in Lawrence, Black Hills Energy failed to bill me for any actual gas usage one winter. But I kept getting a bill with customer charges and fees and whatnot, so I didn't notice at first. Probably should have realized it sooner, but I was a college kid at the time. When I did notice, I let them know and wound up getting a bill for about $300 in back gas bills. Black Hills was "gracious" enough to let me pay that over six months without penalty. That wasn't my fault, but Black Hills expected me to pay if I wanted to continue getting gas from them. I assure you — I did.
Posted by jkealing on June 21 at 12:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Love your photos Richard. One of things I miss most is seeing your daily finds!
Posted by jkealing on January 3 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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