I came across some spiffy software last week called Cover It Live. It’s a liveblogging thing that would allow journos to give a unique perspective to certain events such as state basketball, or political debates, or maybe even fiery city council meetings. I’m hoping to introduce the tool to the newsroom at some point because [...]
In all the hoopla surrounding our site redesign, I completely forgot to point out a new feature we have in our classifieds section – PETS! What’s that you say? Pets aren’t new. What are you talking about?
We’ve partnered with a company called Gadzoo in order to bring you, dear readers, a feature-rich section full of [...]
As you might know, The Independent was sold in November of last year to a new company called GateHouse Media. This meant a lot of changes internally for us, but it will also mean some changes for you, the readers of our website. We will be launching a new look for our website that uses [...]
We have more blogs!
Our resident columnist, George Ayoub, is trying his hand at a video blog. It’s called A Shoe on the Freeway and it should be a lot of fun to keep up with, so add it to your favorite feedreader! We’re not sure how often he will post a new video for your [...]
It’s been a little crazybusy here at the Independent, at least for me, which might explain my lack of updates. Rest assured I have not forgotten this blog
Today, glitches aside, we hope to see a lot of folks in our live chat with George Ayoub as he sits courtside at today’s GICC vs. [...]