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For Weekend TODAY: Office Fridge Etiquette.

The segment I produced for this morning: “Office Fridge Etiquette,” aka “Our Coworkers Have Questionable Cleaning and Eating Habits (to put it politely).”

I bring my lunch about 75% of the time, and a coworker and I were bugging out about some of the things we find in our main fridge (raw steaks? Venison jerky? Cheetos (why would you refrigerate Cheetos??)? Half-eaten Ted Drewes (this isn’t even St. Louis, people)?) and figured plenty of people felt the same. I corralled Jenna into really checking out the territory — and this was the result.

Community connects to get man a winter coat, prompted by TV reporter’s Facebook post

We hear a lot about using newsrooms to connect the community/make a difference and about how engagement should be an integral part of journalism… but often think of it on a really complicated, trickle-down level. Here’s a concrete example of a journalist who made a simple request for a local viewer via social media, and brought the community together quickly to find a solution.

Alex Rozier, an anchor/reporter at KHQ, the NBC affiliate in Spokane, posted the following message on his Facebook page after receiving a message from a man in the community that could not afford a heavy winter coat in a hard-to-find size:

Soon after, one Facebook friend posted that they had the coat, but weren’t sure how to get it to the man… another posted that they could drop it off at their office and they would get to him… and as the conversation progressed, people living in the area realized that this man’s problem was perhaps one affecting a larger fraction of the area that they’d thought… it seems like it may even grow to something bigger. Whether it does or does not, it shows how one simple message from someone with a platform to post it can make a difference and connect people to solve a problem. Pretty cool.

You can view the whole thread here.

(I should mention that I do know Alex from the University of Missouri where we worked together at KOMU. He’s a great person and a fantastic journalist.)

“There is a fairy tale element to coming to White Castle.”

There is good television, and then there is great television. And then there is this story about White Castle on Valentine’s Day, which we all know is a thing, but until tonight I wouldn’t have described as aaaaaaaadorable. But here I am.

Rachel Bilson, a lot of cute Southern boys, the kind of landscape I miss and the perfect blend of country, dance & indie music.

Now all I need is a peppermint mocha.

above the fold: puppy dog face for no Christie run?

If you scroll down a little there’s a caption… but too-small-browser-lolz for the win.

…media types, post-feminist cutie-pies, and men on the street, all the sad young men.

silver plate for tumblr critics

(via slate review of the new girl)

commercials that we loved

Had to show this commercial to someone at work today because they had no idea what I was talking about. Unacceptable.

(Li’l Kim is in your head now. You’re welcome. If it’s not, it’s probably because you’re old.)

This is (one of the reasons) why I love television.

Highlights (though you really should watch the whole thing): 4:55, 5:16, 6:30.

wiresandlights:

UNITED FOR JOPLIN: KOMU 8 News Telethon Raises Over $1 Million

A beautiful, striking promo video prepped by newscast producer Robert Kessler for the telethon mid-Missouri NBC affiliate KOMU 8 News held today — a telethon that raised more than $1 million for residents of neighboring Joplin in wake of this week’s devastating tornadoes. It says something amazing about what the power of a group— however big or small — that is community-minded, service-oriented and motivated to effect positive change — can do. Having worked at KOMU TV-8 before moving to New York and knowing many of the current producers, anchors, reporters and staffers working there now, I know that their passion, sense of urgency, skills at passing on the word and drive to make a difference played a role in this (and it also says something touching and hope-inducing about the strength of a community and how even people outside that community can come together to help). I’m proud to know them and inspired by their work.

This is a beautiful example of how a local television station really is a cornerstone of the community — and how the work doesn’t end once you’ve wrapped a package and shown the damage air. This is true follow-through, and it’s inspiring.

Though this amount was raised through today’s telethon, KOMU is still collecting donations via their Web site, KOMU.com — or you can text JOPLIN to 864833.

I’m starting to post my TV/journalism related posts here, though some (like this one), I’ll probably reblog.

I can’t even start to say how proud I am of my friends at KOMU — and I know Joplin will still need help, far past today. Donating tonight, but looking to see if there’s anything else I can do, albeit remotely.

File under: ineffective marketing.

Effective marketing: E!’s “Always a Bridesmaid” Sex & the City marathon this afternoon.

Suddenly, the outside world fell away. It was just me. And baseball. My moment had arrived. And I knew what I had to do. I’m not sure how I did it. My memory begins with the crack of the bat, and the sight of the ball rising. Maybe that’s not exactly the way it happened. But that’s the way it should have happened, and that’s the way I like to remember it. And if dreams and memories sometimes get confused well… that’s as it should be.

The Wonder Years