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Job Title: Reporter

News Organization: Times Herald-Record (Hudson Valley, NY)

Bio: Crusadin', investigatin', watch-doggin', multi-media-in', good-timin', state-of-journalism frettin' reporter with about 4-5 years experience. I cover a couple of small towns in the Hudson Valley and do as much CAR stuff as I'm able.I used to cover Santa Clara County and I miss it. I used to cover education and I miss it a lot.

Web site: http://bymattking.com

Blog: http://bymattking.com

LinkedIn URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bymattking

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Resistance is futile and hard to understand

I've been surprised by the response from people I've invited to join. The majority have yet to do so, which I don't understand.

No one loves the physical paper more than me. Nobody worries about the loss of substantive journalism more than me.

But I don't confuse the medium with the message.

Are other people meeting resistance? Is anyone articulating a good reason for not joining?

Posted on January 23, 2008 at 6:22pm — 11 Comments

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At 12:00am on March 5, 2008, Bruce Troetschel said…: Matt,

Thanks for the friends invite. BTW, I checked out your blog, and agree wholeheartedly about Houston- clean and quiet bordering on sterile. Not my kind of place.

At 10:19pm on March 3, 2008, Isabelle Roughol said…: Yup, I was. Odd summer to be joining a newsroom. What do you do in New York? (Are they hiring? lol)

At 9:57pm on March 3, 2008, Isabelle Roughol said…: Sure did, and I do remember your byline, though we never really hung out.

At 5:08pm on March 3, 2008, Dan Day said…: Everything's lofty relative to Modesto, elevation 91 feet!

Good to hear from you.

At 6:26pm on February 3, 2008, April Hunt said…: hey there, i'm a former th-r reporter and thought i'd add you. do you work for mele?

At 9:56pm on January 24, 2008, Digidave said…: Matt -- you really do seem to have a unique situation.

Might I recommend a copycamp?

http://copycamp.us -- again, the tools on that site assume a certain amount of connectivity - but perhaps you can organize it offline too? The best social networks are the ones that are solidified in the flesh..... no matter how cool the internet is.

At 8:13pm on January 23, 2008, Oliver Mackson said…: Thanks for the tip.

At 6:17pm on January 23, 2008, Amy Berkowitz said…: I am officially your fwend!!!! I feel so honored.

At 4:28pm on January 23, 2008, Shaminder Dulai said…: How the heck did you see that?!

I'm in ABQ for an internship, I've been here since Aug and will be outta here in about 3-4 weeks.

Not sure what's next, maybe hobo it around the southwest, jumping on trains and eating beans outta a can.

It sounds like you're a pretty cool paper, I didn't know you were from New York.