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Link: First OCRegister video you can play on Facebook Link: Video of surfing at the Wedge I worked with a video producer to change code in our Brightcove system so that people can watch our videos right on Facebook. Being able to post the videos on the Register’s Facebook page (that I maintain) lets people watch the video without going to OCRegister.com. Video pre-roll ads are still attached to the videos, when included.Read More →

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Link: OCRegister for iPad I worked with a team to redesign the OCRegister mobile app for iPads. The app includes the same features just in a new design built for iPads. The app is just version 1.0 in the Register’s tablet timeline. The app includes these features: Access the latest articles, photos and videos of the day Customize your “My News” with your favorite sections and blogs from OCRegister.com Share content via Twitter, Facebook or E-mail Read the Orange County Register anytime, anywhere, with offline browsing Save stories for reading at your convenienceRead More →

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As part of my new mobile and social position in the newsroom I led a collaborative effort to revise the Register’s disaster plan. In the past, the Register has had two normal work modes: general news coverage and big breaking news coverage. One of the main efforts with the new disaster plan was to make the Register’s coverage of every day and small breaking news coverage mirror the way we cover large wildfires and mudslides. Mirroring our disaster workflow with every day workflow will ensure more consistency and better preparedness among newsroom staff. We also adjusted the disaster plan to account for an increasingly mobileRead More →

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Link: The Register to host June 30 event celebrating Social Media Day – UPDATED Link: Register sponsors social media day (Register story about the event) Link: Social Media Day at the Register (by Long Boards Ice Cream Truck, one of the food trucks present at the event) Link: The Meetup page for the Register’s O.C. SMDAY I worked with my colleagues at the Register and with several prominent Orange County social media people to host a Santa Ana meetup for Mashable’s Social Media Day June 30. Mashable, which covers social media trends and innovation,  initiated nearly 450 group discussions or “meetups” in 74 different countries, to celebrate theRead More →