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This week, CoPress directors Daniel Bachhuber, Andrew Spittle, Lauren Rabaino and Adam Hemphill are attending the National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. These are reports from the field. For more updates, follow the conversation on Twitter.

In “Defining What’s Good in Digital Journalism,” Mark Briggs led a panel discussion featuring Bryan Murley from the Center for Innovation in College Media, James Wickett from impactnews.com and Gary Chapman from the University of Texas at Austin.

The session began with the showing of a video produced by Lexington Herald-Leader photographer Charles Bertram about a one-legged Little League player. Despite simple production values, the piece garnered an unprecedented amount of page views after going viral. According to the panelists, the story is a prime example of what is good in digital journalism and its success was incumbent to that. Read more →