So I’m chatting with a colleague recently about how to save our local newspapers. My formula: Renewing an insanely passionate reporting focus on local politics, arts and college and high school sports. Saving big-time on production costs by printing and delivering the paper fewer days while overhauling the digital platform. Radically expanding the digital platform…
Eugene may be Tracktown, USA, and Portland has its Forest Park, but for the number of great runs less than five minutes from your front door, Corvallis is hard to beat.
LBCC English instructor and Shakespeare aficionado Peter Jensen will discuss his new book, "Shakespeare's Lovers," at the next Valley Writers event on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Jensen will read from the novel and "describe his journey of research and discovery" beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Room…
All who are fascinated by Google should add "The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)" to their reading list. This book by media scholar Siva Vaidhayanathan is an essential companion to Ken Auletta's "Googled" and "What Would Google Do?" by Jeff Jarvis.
This very cool graphic on the life and times of Apple genius Steve Jobs is courtesy of Infographic World. Well done. Created by: Infographic World
Plans are well underway for the second annual Welcome Day on Sept. 21 at LBCC. Welcome Day is an opportunity for new and returning students to learn more about the college and its campuses at the start of the 2011-12 school year. It’s also a…
The next editor-in-chief of The Commuter will be Jill Mahler. Mahler, a staff writer for the LBCC student newspaper, was appointed Wednesday by the Student Publications Committee to lead the newspaper staff during the 2011-12 school year. Mahler is from Sweet Home, where she served…