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As the online editor for the Mustang Daily (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo), I've recently been given the opportunity to make the big leap to College Publisher 5. I've agreed to go ahead and try it out on a testing server, but I'm not sure if it's a switch I'm dedicated to making quite yet. There are definite benefits. The new system would allow us to embed sound slide swfs within our articles, rather than having to embed the audio slideshows in a custom, html page that opens on a javascript popup.… Continue

The reporter sat down at his desk and placed his fingers on the worn, circular keys. It was the same typewriter he sat at night after night. The melodious clicking of each letter was his adrenaline. The black smell of fresh ink was a drug in his veins. The deadline rush addicted him to his job; it was the reason he woke up every morning. On the wall across from him was a flat, black clock. He didn't need to look at it; all he needed was to hear the slow and steady tick, tick, tick. He knew what… Continue

So, right now I'm shooting with a Canon 400D (aka Digital Rebel XTi). As much as I am in love with it and with everything about a digital SLR, I'm actually looking into buying my next toy: a simple, compact, point and shoot -- with video and audio capabilities! Why, you may ask? Isn't that somewhat of a downgrade? Yes, but follow my logic. Being a student journalist, I wouldn't exactly call it "convenient" to lug around six extra pounds of camera and lenses, in addition to my books and other c… Continue