http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks 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. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:45:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en editor & publisher, an industry magazine, recently interviewed assistant managing editor anna voelker and executive editor linda grist cunningham about the register star's parole petitions. if you're a regular reader, you know that those convicted of murder in the 1970s were sentenced under different guidelines today, allowing them to apply for ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/07/03/our-public-service-work-recognized/ if you're a longtime reader of our sports section in print and online, you know the name mike nadel. did you notice you now can find his blog, "the baldest truth," at rrstar.com under the blogs index? so dig his takes on the cubs, the white sox, the bulls, the bears and ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/07/03/find-the-baldest-truth-dear-sports-fans/ america is about more than hot dogs and apple pie (though i like them both).  it's about chevrolets, too. but you can't eat a car! so....just a reminder that for the independence day holiday, you can find a number of recipes with us. for example, relish magazine will be inserted in wednesday's newspaper, ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/07/01/the-fourth-of-july-a-time-to-cook/ We brought back to rrstar.com our story commenting feature a few weeks. It's taking a while for it, well, to take off. But there's been a handful of issues in the last week that piqued your interest. Take a look at what others are saying: At vigil Graves family promises to push ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/30/find-out-what-people-are-talking-about-share-your-thoughts/ Welcome to Christie Bobbitt, metro editor of the Register Star and rrstar.com. It's her first day in the newsroom. Christie comes to Rockford by way of the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, where she was an assistant metro editor. She oversees the reporters who cover local beats like schools and community ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/30/new-metro-editor-starts-today/ I was surfing the Web today and came across this gem of a story: Baby Jesus back after 6 years. Talk about news of the weird. Here's a great quote from the West Des Moines, Iowa, woman who got back the key member of her large nativity: "Seven months later, they ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/27/thank-heavens-baby-jesus-is-returned/ Oh, you betcha. And in honor of the one-year anniversary Sunday of the iPhone debut, I share with you my favorite media video ever. It's David Pogue, personal-technology writer for the New York Times, singing to the tune of "My Way," "iPhone: The Musical." Stick with it till the end. It's ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/27/did-you-know-theres-an-iphone-musical/ Interesting report on Editor & Publisher on what college journalism students are learning in the way of multimedia. No surprise, but most of what they're learning, they're learning on their own. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/26/j-school-skills/ Brought my kids, Luke and Abraham, with me into work a few mornings this week because they had Vacation Bible School right around the corner at St. James. They love coming into the newsroom. For the first time, we went into the building from the back and they got to ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/26/mama-can-we-go-the-newspaper-way/ We posted a story today about a northwest Rockford neighborhood upset that a home in their neighborhood will house homeless Veterans. Well, you all are talking about it, and you aren't happy. Join the discussion. You're also talking about the man who died in police custody after a domestic-disturbance arrest. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/06/25/you-have-opinions-on-the-homeless-vets-story/