Stephanie Romanski

At The Independent, we’re trying to come up with a breaking news “mobilization” plan to put into place that takes into account our tools (cameras, phones, other recording equipment), our software capabilities and reporter abilities.
What? Why haven’t we done this already?
Well, it’s not like we don’t know how to cover breaking news. We do that [...]

Today was one of those days that makes you remember why you love this business so much. And if ever a case was made for every reporter in every newsroom having a smartphone, today was it.
When I walked into the newsroom this morning, the publisher was talking to the city editor and our temporary mobile [...]

RSS continues to baffle some folks. I’ll admit to not grasping the concept either once upon a time. But once I did, I never looked back, and so it’s one of my missions to make my coworkers’, friends, relatives’, and anyone else’s lives as easy as possible when it comes to keeping a handle on [...]