Category Archives: Media

Print and online, blogospheric, etc.

City could stream video by 2010

January 9, 2009 – 5:03 pm

Melissa Reeder, Northfield’s Information Technology Department manager, has set a goal to begin uploading streaming videos of the City Council meetings to the Internet in 2010, so long as there is money in the budget for the $8,000-$10,000 upgrade.
With streaming videos, image files flow to a video player on a Web site in a continuous [...]

By Bonnie Obremski | Also posted in Government, RepJ Stories, Technology, Video | Comments (0)

New Northfield Mayor Mary Rossing talks about her first day

January 6, 2009 – 5:55 pm

I surprised Mayor Mary Rossing in her store Present Perfect this morning with my video camera. I mostly asked her questions that had to do with Monday night’s City Council meeting, which you can read a bit about here. We touched upon her changes in meeting procedure, her tactics on facilitating meetings and her outlook [...]

By Bonnie Obremski | Also posted in Businesses, Government, People, Politics, RepJ Stories, Technology, Video | Comments (23)

Holiday greetings from Morgan and Cameron

January 5, 2009 – 10:04 am

Just like last year, we got a holiday greeting card from Morgan Weiland and Cameron Nordholm that included their photo.
Who are they? We have this blurb on our About page:
We’re indebted to former KRLX news director Morgan Weiland and former KRLX station manager Cameron Nordholm for their help in launching the show in early [...]

By Griff Wigley | Also posted in People | Comments (0)

Hager clarifies financial relationship between city and NTV

December 30, 2008 – 8:12 pm

Note: This is a story in progress. You might want to join the existing conversation on this topic. I’m excited to read about what people have to say! Please email me directly at RepJNorthfield@gmail.com if you would rather not post publicly.
Paul Hager, president and founder of Northfield’s public access television station (NTV), emailed me last [...]

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On creating a vibrant online eco-system for civic engagement in Northfield

December 27, 2008 – 1:25 pm

Earlier today I linked to and excerpted from an article in today’s Wall St. Journal (pointed out to me by Ross) titled: All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Newspaper; Bloggers are no replacement for real journalists.
Paul Mulshine, opinion columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, misses the point when he argues that citizens aren’t likely [...]

By Griff Wigley | Also posted in Blogosphere, Government | Comments (117)

Public access TV takes investment of time, money

December 20, 2008 – 9:27 am

Note: This is a story in progress. Please see my bulleted questions in green and help me move the story forward. I would like commenters to write the question(s) they are addressing into their post. You might want to join the existing conversation on this topic. I’m excited to read about what people have to [...]

By Bonnie Obremski | Also posted in Businesses, Community, Government, Non-Profits & Civic Orgs, People, RepJ Stories | Comments (5)

St. Paul network might aid NTV

December 16, 2008 – 10:26 pm

Note: This is a story in progress. Please see my bulleted questions in green and help me move the story forward. I would like commenters to write the question(s) they are addressing into their post. You might want to join the existing conversation on this topic. I’m excited to read about what people have to [...]

By Bonnie Obremski | Also posted in Arts & Culture, Businesses, Non-Profits & Civic Orgs, RepJ Stories | Comments (0)

NTV’s future uncertain after 23 years of providing public access

December 15, 2008 – 2:47 pm

Note: This is a story in progress. Please see my bulleted questions in green and help me move the story forward. I would like commenters to write the question(s) they are addressing into their post. I’m excited to read about what people have to say! Please email me directly at RepJNorthfield@gmail.com if you would rather [...]

By Bonnie Obremski | Also posted in Arts & Culture, Businesses, Community, Fluff & Faux News, Government, Non-Profits & Civic Orgs, Podcasts, RepJ Stories | Comments (58)

A Small Town with Big Ideas on Citizen Journalism

November 28, 2008 – 11:57 pm

   
Mackenzie Zimmer, a student in Doug McGill’s journalism class at Carleton College, has written a piece titled A Small Town with Big Ideas on Citizen Journalism (PDF - full text below).

A Small Town with Big Ideas on Citizen Journalism
By Mackenzie Zimmer
On any given day at the Goodbye Blue Monday coffee shop [...]

By Griff Wigley | Also posted in Blogosphere, Colleges | Comments (1)

Love Your Town

November 27, 2008 – 7:48 am

In yesterday’s Star Tribune, there was an article titled “Love your city? It might love you back“. The piece suggested that well-loved cities are more economically successful.
A three-year study of more than two dozen cities has found that there is a relationship between civic pride and economic growth. Paula Ellis of the Knight Foundation, the [...]

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Chicks, broads, and sluts in context: Yo, people, lighten up

November 14, 2008 – 5:46 pm

 
Jaci Smith, managing editor of the Northfield News, has been getting hammered by citizens who were offended by her Broadening the Field front-page headline in the Nov. 5 edition of the paper, announcing the results of the city council elections.
See the letters to the editor in this week’s paper. Her column in last Saturday’s [...]

By Griff Wigley | Comments (22)

Jeff Johnson to become emperor of KYMN

September 17, 2008 – 7:04 am

KYMN Program Director Jeff Johnson emailed me yesterday morning, saying “Hey Griff, Attached is a news story we ran this morning.  Call me if you have questions.”
Our lead story today involves us here at KYMN.
As we approach our 40th anniversary later this month, KYMN radio is being sold and local ownership will return [...]

By Griff Wigley | Comments (16)

DJJD photos at Northfield.org and Northfield News

September 8, 2008 – 3:29 pm

I’ve got a bunch more DJJD photos from Saturday to sort through/crop/upload.  In the meantime, see these links for DJJD photos by:

Northfield.org volunteers
Northfield News staff

I expect that the gang at DJJD will soon have theirs posted, too. Thus far, there’s only the Junior Royalty album on their home page.

By Griff Wigley | Comments (0)

Recession forcing car dealers, newspapers, blogs, podcasts to conserve space

July 9, 2008 – 7:19 am

Drive by Northfield’s car dealerships and look carefully.
  At Furlong and Dokmo’s, they’ve reduced their inventory dramatically due to the recession but they’re camouflaging it by spacing the vehicles further apart.
At the Northfield News, they’re expanding the size of the graphics and photos, enlarging the font size in many places, using larger [...]

By Griff Wigley | Comments (2)

Northfield’s heroin problem: one year later

July 5, 2008 – 8:16 am

Northfield News Managing Editor Jaci Smith’s column in today’s paper is titled Heroin is here and it is a problem.
And one thing I was never completely confident of was the breadth of the “problem.” I could never really get an answer, even after I began working here, on the veracity of Smith’s numbers. He said [...]

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