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Theater group really does put it all on the table

by Joe Wilson July 19, 2010

I have a good job being the publisher of a small-town community newspaper. There is a lot of stress and hard work, but there are many rewards as well. Knowing that I can make a difference for people is worth more than any monetary compensation.

One of the most significant rewards of working at a small newspaper is that I get to do a lot of different things every day.

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Oh, young LeBron! You’ll learn

by Joe Wilson July 12, 2010

Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I initially took it very hard and personally when NBA superstar LeBron James recently turned his back on my fellow Clevelanders and left for what he must have perceived as greener pastures in Florida.

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Takin’ the Fourth off

Fourth of July by Joe Wilson July 3, 2010

If you listen to my radio show, The Becky and Joe Show, you’ll not hear it on Monday, July 5. The good people at our internet radio station PDX.fm and PDX.am are taking Monday, July 5 off to celebrate Independence Day.

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Summer can bring adventure, if you’re looking for it

by Joe Wilson June 27, 2010

When I think of the summertime, I think mostly of my youth. I think of days without school and without adult responsibilities. I remember the invigorating feeling I used to get from just smelling the freshly cut grass. Summer felt like possibilities and the future. It felt positive and exciting. It still does, just not [...]

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Newspaper paywalls may be harder than a trip to the moon

by Joe Wilson May 8, 2010

I completely agree. Well, maybe a trip to Mars might be more accurate. – Joe Star Tribune CEO Mike Klingensmith talks new paywall, digital re-do Via: www.minnpost.com Mike Klingensmith is no rocket scientist, just the son of one. The new Star Tribune publisher/CEO’s dad was an aeronautical engineer for Honeywell in Minneapolis during the Apollo [...]

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Most people don’t know that Oregon lost a journalistic treasure last week

by Joe Wilson April 18, 2010

This is a story about my friend and colleague Vera Erickson who died last week. She was an inspiration to most people she met, but even more so to journalists and female journalists especially. Oregon’s oldest journalist dies at 92 Published April 16, 2010 in the Molalla Pioneer By Bethany Monroe Vera Erickson, Oregon’s oldest [...]

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Have recorder (and mics) … will report

Radio reporting by Joe Wilson April 10, 2010

Joe’s been a newspaper reporter and editor his entire life. Lately Joe’s been studying radio/audio journalism with some help from those in the industry.

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This would almost be too much to bear for the United States of America

Polish President Lech Kaczynski by Joe Wilson April 10, 2010

The news that Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, was so big that it was hard to fully grasp at first.

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‘Kiss of death’ er, maybe ‘kiss of creepy’

by Joe Wilson March 23, 2010

Does this animated GIF creep you out as much as it did me?

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As empty as an orchestra without a musical score

Rupert Murdoch by Joe Wilson March 3, 2010

Here is a an excerpt of remarks made by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch as he spoke before the Real Estate Board of New York yesterday.

Sometimes Murdoch can come off as a crazy old man who is out of touch with new technology, but then he gives speeches like this and I start to think I may be wrong about him.

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‘You mean radio came through the air, grandpa?’

On air by Joe Wilson February 18, 2010

I just got done reading an insightful column by iBiquity Digital President/CEO Bob Struble. iBiquity Digital is the developer and licenser of HD Radio™ Technology.

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Doing it aurally for a change

Studio mic by Joe Wilson January 31, 2010

Doing an audio show is more taxing than I ever expected it would be. I’m sure it will get easier and easier the longer I do it. I’ve been producing The Becky and Joe Show on PDX.fm in Portland, Ore.

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Jan. 17, 2009 “The Becky and Joe Show” posted

The show by Joe Wilson January 17, 2010

Becky and I posted the first episode of “The Becky and Joe Show.”

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