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New GI Blogger
Welcome to the Grand Island Blogger Network, Jack Sheard!
Jack is the Presentation Editor here at The Independent and beginning June 9th, he is going to begin training to run a half-marathon in August. Jack hasn’t done any serious running since 1998, according to his first entry, but on June 2nd, the paper will begin a [...]
Scenes from the Morgue
I kinda love how creepily misleading the title of The Independent’s latest blogger’s blog is. “Scenes from the Morgue” is aptly titled in so many ways.
First: it’s creepy and vaguely disturbing in a morbid kind of way. You read that title and think, “Oh man. I’m not clicking on that.” Images of dissected bodies, aniseptic [...]
Pleased to announce
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 [...]
Tv and Music
We have two more new blogs to add to our site – TV Babble and Touring with Tonya!
Ok so TV Babble is me, but I’ve been wanting to do a TV blog for a long time and this seemed like the perfect time to get it going Mine’s just getting off the ground, [...]
New Bloggers!
The Independent has been very lucky to have award-winning, fantastic photographers on our staff. They are Barrett Stinson, Scott Kingsley and Lane Hickenbottom. Now, two of our photogs, Barrett and Scott*, have started a blog that will highlight their work. Extra photos taken while out on assignment will be included as well as anything these [...]
Busy day
There’s a lot going on inside the newsroom today. During the morning budget meeting where we discuss upcoming stories and their various statuses, it came over the scanner that Senior High had to evacuate students due to an electrical fire in an elevator. Off went our esteemed photographer, Barrett to try and catch a good [...]
Independent bloggers
Managing editor and awesome cartoonist Bill Dunn has updated his blog with his latest editorial cartoons. Check them out! And Independent copy editor, Corbin Crable is getting the hang of this blogging thang and has updated his Cinemuck blog with his review of Oscar-nominated film “Juno” as well as a little commentary about actor Heath [...]
Welcome Cinemuck!
W00t! Corbin has blogged in his shiny new space called Cinemuck. Corbin is one of our fine Copy Editors and a lover of all things cinematic. He also works for the Mall 7 theater at the Conestoga so he’s right in there when it comes to knowing what’s the what at the movies. Head over [...]
Fridays
Fridays are usually pretty hectic around the newsroom, especially in the Fall. There’s Husker coverage to prepare for, high school football, and this weekend we have a lot of local teams in the State Volleyball tournament in Lincoln.
You can watch the front page of the Independent for score updates and as mentioned in a previous [...]