http://lindseymastis.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:16:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/ http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:16:01 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1779 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/02/interviewing-omar-afifi-during-the-egyptian-revolution/feed/ 0 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/01/new-years-resolutions-2012/ http://lindseymastis.com/2012/01/new-years-resolutions-2012/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:12:13 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1695 http://lindseymastis.com/2012/01/new-years-resolutions-2012/feed/ 1 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:11:20 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1687 I drove up to Urbana, Maryland (in Frederick County) today to do a story about two garage fires that happened at the same time and within two blocks of each other. Fire damage is often a very visual scene. I snapped a picture with my iPhone camera, uploaded the photo to Camera+ and added some enhancements (brightening the photo and blurring the edges so people's eyes would go straight to the burned out cars). Then I added the photo to Instagram and shared it on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Foursquare...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/12/how-i-used-instagram-while-reporting-on-garage-fires/feed/ 3 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/teddy-roosevelt-home-rehab/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/teddy-roosevelt-home-rehab/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:07:22 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1641 This article by the Associated Press caught my eye this morning: "Teddy Roosevelt's NY home set for $6.2M rehab." Before I had the chance to start pondering the question (Why do we need to spend $6.2 Million to rehab an old home) I caught the first sentence of the article: "Theodore Roosevelt had a lot of stuff." Then I remembered that amazing picture of Teddy standing next to an elephant he had just killed. Pardon my language but I have to say: So badass! I bought some books Teddy had written, one about the outdoors. I never read them, but they are on my bucket list. Funny how a simple article can remind me of things I planned to do one day. Not to mention, I'd...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/teddy-roosevelt-home-rehab/feed/ 4 http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/how-social-networking-technology-affected-black-friday/ http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/how-social-networking-technology-affected-black-friday/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:32:35 +0000 Lindsey Mastis http://lindseymastis.com/?p=1636 As Black Friday draws to a close, I wanted to highlight some of the ways social networking played a part. PETITIONING BLACK FRIDAY Leading up to Black Friday, a Target employee started an online petition asking that Thanksgiving be saved. The reason, according to the petition: "A midnight opening robs the hourly and in-store salary workers of time off with their families on Thanksgiving Day." In other words, employees would have to end the festivities early so they could get a full night's rest before arriving at work that evening. Employee Anthony Hardwick from Omaha, Nebraska, got more than 200,000 people to "sign" the petition on Change.org. The move got a lot of press, but...]]> http://lindseymastis.com/2011/11/how-social-networking-technology-affected-black-friday/feed/ 1