Comments for Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation http://blog.grdodge.org Supporting leadership, innovation and collaboration for a better New Jersey Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Comment on Searching for the Future of Journalism by Dodge http://blog.grdodge.org/2012/04/25/searching-for-the-future-of-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-13578 Dodge Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:47 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=12047#comment-13578 Bernadette - thanks for your comment. It's really interesting to hear where you - and others like you - get your news in New Jersey, and also how design really impacts the way you read the news. We agree with you on the comments. There are some papers that are beginning to moderate them for the very reason you cited, and we suspect that the readers of those papers are grateful for it. Bernadette – thanks for your comment. It’s really interesting to hear where you – and others like you – get your news in New Jersey, and also how design really impacts the way you read the news. We agree with you on the comments. There are some papers that are beginning to moderate them for the very reason you cited, and we suspect that the readers of those papers are grateful for it.

]]> Comment on Searching for the Future of Journalism by Bernadette Jusinski http://blog.grdodge.org/2012/04/25/searching-for-the-future-of-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-13536 Bernadette Jusinski Fri, 18 May 2012 19:33:19 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=12047#comment-13536 I get my New Jersey news from the local Patch outlet, and from the Alternative Press, as well as nj.com, all online sources. Print sources include the local weekly paper, and The Star-Ledger (daily). I find most online news sites totally inadequate in that only "front page" stories are easily accessible. I prefer the presentation in which the reader sees the page as printed, and turns the page to see all the stories found in the print edition. I really don't like aggregated news sites, as we end up reading those stories with the most hits, rather than those with the most import or impact. I want serious, full and thoughtful news coverage, not fluff. Additionally, I dare say that readers' comment pages are the most horrendous innovation to news websites. Without monitoring and editing, comment pages descend very quickly into the netherworld, where intelligent civil discourse is very rare. Thanks for seeking opinions, and I do appreciate the irony found within my little block of comments. I get my New Jersey news from the local Patch outlet, and from the Alternative Press, as well as nj.com, all online sources. Print sources include the local weekly paper, and The Star-Ledger (daily). I find most online news sites totally inadequate in that only “front page” stories are easily accessible.
I prefer the presentation in which the reader sees the page as printed, and turns the page to see all the stories found in the print edition.
I really don’t like aggregated news sites, as we end up reading those stories with the most hits, rather than those with the most import or impact. I want serious, full and thoughtful news coverage, not fluff.
Additionally, I dare say that readers’ comment pages are the most horrendous innovation to news websites. Without monitoring and editing, comment pages descend very quickly into the netherworld, where intelligent civil discourse is very rare.
Thanks for seeking opinions, and I do appreciate the irony found within my little block of comments.

]]> Comment on Art All Night Trenton 2011 by Kickstarter Campaign of the Month: ARTWORKS’ Art All Night 2012 Iron Pour | Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation http://blog.grdodge.org/2011/06/23/art-all-night-trenton-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-13392 Kickstarter Campaign of the Month: ARTWORKS’ Art All Night 2012 Iron Pour | Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Mon, 07 May 2012 12:58:41 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=9035#comment-13392 [...] Dodge staff have attended and raved about the festival (see Michele Russo’s 2011 review here and Michelle Knapik’s 2010 experience here). We look forward to attending again this [...] [...] Dodge staff have attended and raved about the festival (see Michele Russo’s 2011 review here and Michelle Knapik’s 2010 experience here). We look forward to attending again this [...]

]]> Comment on Getting Our Hands Dirty by Annemieke Cowles http://blog.grdodge.org/2010/04/13/getting-our-hands-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-13334 Annemieke Cowles Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:19:28 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=4863#comment-13334 I was wondering if you recommend filling the bottom of the Stock Tanks with filler so not as much dirt is required. I was wondering if you recommend filling the bottom of the Stock Tanks with filler so not as much dirt is required.

]]> Comment on Poetry Friday: Greening the Festival with NJTransit by B. Dyer http://blog.grdodge.org/2012/04/27/poetry-friday-greening-the-festival-with-njtransit/comment-page-1/#comment-13332 B. Dyer Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:13:20 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=12066#comment-13332 "You can buy your $10 round trip tickets" Wow! $10 tickets! Can't wait to get to the festival :-) this will be exciting. “You can buy your $10 round trip tickets”

Wow! $10 tickets! Can’t wait to get to the festival :-) this will be exciting.

]]> Comment on Getting On The Land by We protect the places we know and love. | Hunterdon Land Trust http://blog.grdodge.org/2011/06/27/getting-on-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-13313 We protect the places we know and love. | Hunterdon Land Trust Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:53:23 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=9072#comment-13313 [...] This post originally appeared at the Dodge Foundation blog.  [...] [...] This post originally appeared at the Dodge Foundation blog.  [...]

]]> Comment on Dodge Poetry Festival Returning to Newark in Autumn 2012 by Liqa Al-Sarori http://blog.grdodge.org/2011/12/05/dodge-poetry-festival-returning-to-newark-in-autumn-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-13289 Liqa Al-Sarori Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:04:21 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=10662#comment-13289 I loved watching all the youtube videos , listening to those beautiful poems and watching those poets reciting with that passion . I am a poet from Yemen Mid-east who's never been to the US . I would like to recite my poems at the Dodge festival because I think they are good enough .. Is that possible ??If so, could you lemme know what to do?? I loved watching all the youtube videos , listening to those beautiful poems and watching those poets reciting with that passion . I am a poet from Yemen Mid-east who’s never been to the US . I would like to recite my poems at the Dodge festival because I think they are good enough .. Is that possible ??If so, could you lemme know what to do??

]]> Comment on Poetry Fridays: 2010 Festival Poet Michael Cirelli by This Thursday: The 4th Annual Blackbird Poetry Festival | HoCoPoLitSo http://blog.grdodge.org/2010/05/21/poetry-fridays-2010-festival-poet-michael-cirelli/comment-page-1/#comment-13242 This Thursday: The 4th Annual Blackbird Poetry Festival | HoCoPoLitSo Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:00:29 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=5371#comment-13242 [...] April 26th, to the campus of Howard Community College, this year presenting Kim Addonizio, Michael Cirelli, Naomi Ayala and Mother [...] [...] April 26th, to the campus of Howard Community College, this year presenting Kim Addonizio, Michael Cirelli, Naomi Ayala and Mother [...]

]]> Comment on Exciting 2012 Poetry Festival Announcements by Dodge Poetry Festival 2012 Announced | Cobalt Review | About Poetry Site http://blog.grdodge.org/2012/04/10/exciting-2012-poetry-festival-announcements/comment-page-1/#comment-13199 Dodge Poetry Festival 2012 Announced | Cobalt Review | About Poetry Site Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:02:21 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=11910#comment-13199 [...] Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced the dates for the 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival at a press conference last Tuesday.  Poets and [...] [...] Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced the dates for the 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival at a press conference last Tuesday.  Poets and [...]

]]> Comment on Getting Creative in Monmouth County by Mary Eileen Fouratt http://blog.grdodge.org/2012/04/16/getting-creative-in-monmouth-county/comment-page-1/#comment-13196 Mary Eileen Fouratt Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:29:32 +0000 http://blog.grdodge.org/?p=11979#comment-13196 We are so excited to be holding the first regional Creativity Convening in Monmouth County. Monmouth is ready to get creative! We are so excited to be holding the first regional Creativity Convening in Monmouth County. Monmouth is ready to get creative!

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