Bricks & Clicks
The Rockford Register Star is more than a newspaper: the ink on print or the “bricks” in the News Tower. We’re a multimedia news and information company: the “clicks” on our Web site and the TV clips on WREX-13. This blog explains our fast-changing media environment and interacts with our readers to show how and why we do what we do. |
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3 comments August 1st, 2010 07:16am Jennie Pollock
Due to mechanical problems, deliveries of the Sunday Register Star have been delayed by up to two hours. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working hard to get newspapers to your doorsteps.
Add comment July 29th, 2010 11:18am Anna Derocher
Sports reporter Jay Taft is our newest blogger. Jay likes to sprinkle in his own style of reporting while dealing with a wide variety of sports. He breaks down youth and high school athletics (from pint-sized football to prep girls swimming), all manners of college sports, extreme and action sports and now the Chicago Bears. Jay likes to tell the entire story, leaving nothing to the imagination.
Add comment July 15th, 2010 08:48am Anna Derocher
Our friends in Springfield at our sister news site, sj-r.com, put together these Blagojevich ring tones. (I am sure this will come as no surprise, but this is a warning that some may find the language offensive … even with the bleeps.)
Now you can enjoy the profanity-laced tirades of Illinois’ least-favorite son when you’re on the go. Beginning today, The State Journal-Register is offering free Blagojevich ringtones for your (bleeping) phone.
Keep up with the former gov’s trial, too.
3 comments June 28th, 2010 12:29pm Anna Derocher
I am excited to tell you about a new group of bloggers we recruited to share their thoughts on rrstar.com. They’re young adults — high school and college students — from the Rock River Valley who agreed to blog about the local and national issues that affect them. The blog is called Raising Our Voices. I hope you’ll check out what these kids are saying. Be sure to read their bios, too.
1 comment June 17th, 2010 03:40pm Anna Derocher
Saw a tweet today of this column that says social media is the third era of the web.
Here’s an excerpt from Justin Kistner’s piece …
In case none of that convinced you that social is more than a trend, here are some more quick stats:
* 3 out of 4 Americans use social technology
* 2/3 of the global internet population visit social networks
* Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web (more popular than email)
* And, it’s growing at 3X the rate of the overall Internet
What do you think? Is social media more than a trend?
Without social media (Twitter), I may not have seen the aforementioned piece. Or the one about Oprah getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Or the story about Caterpillar expanding.
Because I just happened to look through tweets on TweetDeck before the news wire.
Add comment June 14th, 2010 03:05pm Anna Derocher
I have another new blog to tell you about. This blog is from Sean F. Driscoll, who covers jobs news for the Register Star. His self-titled blog went online today. Check it out, and be sure to leave your comments and questions.
Add comment June 11th, 2010 01:19pm Anna Derocher
Jeff Kolkey, who covers private-public partnerships, is now blogging on rrstar.com. He’ll write about everything from downtown revitalization to attracting new industries. Check out his blog called, well, Jeff Kolkey.
Add comment June 8th, 2010 09:19am Anna Derocher
My job at the Register Star is different every day. As the editor of all of our websites, IÂ am responsible for how all the content is played and displayed online.
IÂ also, though, build web pages and train staffers on how to use social media.
Our newest venture is using Twitter as a reporting tool. We first used it when we thought AMCORE would be taken over by the FDIC. We had a reporter tweeting from Katie’s Cup coffee shop across the street. Now, we have reporters tweeting from municipal meetings and news conferences.
Last night, we were at Rockford City Council and Machesney Park Village President Tom Strickland’s State of the Village speech. Corina Curry tweeted from the council meeting, and Kevin Haas tweeted from Machesney Park.
A lot of the information we tweet never makes it into the story version you see online or in the next day’s newspaper. The tweets give you a good behind-the-scenes look at what’s happening.
Add comment June 2nd, 2010 05:05pm Anna Derocher
Bookmark our new blog, On TV, for everything that’s, well, on TV. Billy Kulpa, jack-of-all-trades journalist, is the blog’s lead writer. He commits to keep up with the latest behind-the-scenes news of your favorite shows (and his), as well as industry insider news, ratings, cancellations and more.
Billy is a Rockford native and 2001 Harlem High School graduate. He got his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Northern Illinois University in 2007. He’s been with the Register Star full-time since January 2008.
Add comment June 1st, 2010 10:12am Anna Derocher
Preps writer Emily Tropp has asked me for some time for her own blog on rrstar.com. And now she finally has one. Take some time to check it out and share your comments with her.
Emily Tropp
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