http://blog.planetblacksburg.com Learning and experiencing college media Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:47:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Planet Blacksburg is back for another semester and looking to showcase the talents of aspiring student journalists. Develop your portfolio by reporting on the issues that matter to you. Gain valuable experience writing and editing in AP Style. Create video packages and photo galleries to tell more ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2008/01/18/get-involved-general-interest-meeting-info/ http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/12/01/acc-championship-halftime-update/ I'm down in Jacksonville with Brian Sewell, Dave Ruffo and my wife Ashley. The stadium is only at about half capacity. The ratio of Tech fans to BC fans is about 2:1, maybe higher. Most of the fans are concentrated across from the pressbox between the fifty ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/12/01/acc-championship-scrimmage/ http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/11/24/squashing-spam-with-recaptcha/ Welcome back, everyone! We've got a bunch of great things planned this semester including more photos, video and other convergence content. We will continue to have comprehensive news, sports and entertainment coverage as well as a revamped opinions section. We'll also participate in a number of service and social ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/08/27/planet-blacksburg-general-interest-meeting/ Planet Blacksburg just launched it's newest feature today: the photostream. The inspiration for this idea came from us having some great photos of events around town, but no article to put them with. So the photostream is a place for us to put those photos and a way for you ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/08/10/photostream/ For those of you who scour the internet searching for local news, or who are still keeping up with Virginia Tech news, you may have seen some of the recent stories about our forthcoming book, April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers. We did finish the book on time, around 7 a.m. on ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/07/25/update-on-book-project-ap-seminar/ Since we were first approached about the idea of creating a memoriam in the form of a book, the students involved have been working diligently. The deadline is June 1 and is fast approaching. But more than worry about the actual date, we the students are only concerned with making this ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/05/29/progress-continues/ There are already some articles and blogs, as well as some backlash about the book. I've seen one title "Capitalizing on Tragedy?", that hurts a little. It needs to be made clear that we did not seek out a deal to publish a book we were writing- Plume Publishing came to ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/05/09/to-clarify-for-some/ The clouds broke and the angels cried You ain’t gotta walk alone That’s why he put me in your way It came upon me wave on wave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a song by Pat Green, and it reminds me of what it's like to be at the third week mark. After hearing ... http://blog.planetblacksburg.com/2007/05/09/it-came-upon-me-wave-on-wave/