It took some creative thinking and a lot of work to prove the benefits but finally I have my journey into the digital journalism future underway. Jetstream, my video blog, is still the longest running weekly episodic video blog in Chester Chronicle history, standing as it does currently at four entries. But they have been [...]
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Finally, I’m on the digital pathway
Posted: October 14, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, SportTags: Basketball, Cheshire Jets, Chester Chronicle, Jetstream, journalism, video blog
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What a way to make a living….
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, SportTags: Basketball, Cheshire Jets, Echo Arena, Jetstream, Luol Deng
As my quest to build broadcasting credentials into my journalistic skills base increases so the Jetstream video blogs (which can be seen at www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/cheshire-jets) improve in quality. Last week I was at the Echo Arena, a place sponsored by my employers for which I had a valid media pass. So I was caught off-guard when a tall [...]
Shooting from downtown
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, SportTags: Basketball, BBL Championship, British Basketball League, Cheshire Jets, Chester, Chester Chronicle, Jetstream, Northgate Arena, video blog
I know, for those of you who read this during what I call the Kindergarten sessions, I haven’t been posting as regularly as I used to. But now I’m breaking big news. I have been working on the Chester Chronicle’s new improved Cheshire Jets coverage and thanks to some technical assistance from internet wonder kid [...]
Back with my big basketball project
Posted: September 17, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, SportTags: Basketball, BBL Championship, Cheshire Jets, Chester, Chester Chronicle, coverage, fresh, revamp
If you have read earlier posts you’ll see I’ve had a lot on my plate recently. But as the light at the end of the tunnel was sunshine and not an oncoming train, it is time to fill you in on the lauch of my new project. For some time I have been fighting basketball’s [...]
I wish I was a little bit taller…
Posted: August 4, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, SportTags: Basketball, BBL Championship, British Basketball League, Cheshire Jets, Chester, Chester Chronicle
Tomorrow’s Chester Chronicle has a sizeable chunk devoted to basketball and personally I am very happy with this, as I have been trying for some time to fight the sport’s corner against the traditional behemoths of the back pages. With having the Cheshire Jets, one of the British Basketball League’s most successful franchises on our doorstep, has [...]
Boots, Bikes and Commonwealth Games
Posted: July 29, 2010 in Cheshire, Chester, Ellesmere Port, Flintshire, SportTags: Cheshire Jets, Commonwealth Games, football
What an unusual week. Very quiet for the time of year but as the Commonwealth Games preparations heat up there are plenty of things to pick and choose from, from Rob Partridge’s cycling exploits to Welsh team selections in gymnastics and swimming success. Football never seems to go away these days and the Flintshire teams are [...]
