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Wildfire in McLean

It’s time to celebrate! Our team had a big win, getting the top prize in the Gannett Innovation Challenge with Destinate! Here we are, celebrating with Team Nashvillle, too. And here’s the Rochester crew! A big-ass New York Strip: Creamed […]

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Destinate Wins!

Destinate, the mobile-first website that helps hungry travelers find great local restaurants close to highway exits, has won the second annual Gannett Innovation Challenge! Ready to kill it! Breakfast at corporate: Here we go! Hi. I’m next! Yes. Ready. Let […]

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A New Plan, and a Trip Home

As part of an Innovation 2016 accelerator grant, I am getting a chance to lead a team to develop a cool product. At the time, I did not know the name of it — we paid a firm later to […]

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Getting to Know the Teams

After a day of training and presentation, the Gannett groups got to know each other a little better over drinks at Barrel & Bushel in McLean. First, a meeting in the Hilton Lobby: Drinks and snacks: Good food! My team! […]

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Travel to McLean

A work trip to McLean, Virginia… and I decided to go Acela. Why not! We love trains. Though the system at Penn Station is a little uncivilized, I must admit. They don’t tell you the gate until moments before boarding. […]

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NAA MediaXChange Conference 2015

The reason for my trip to Nashville: the Newspaper Association of America MediaXchange conference, and an intense content strategy training program that Gannett arranged through Poynter. Since the theme of this blog is Eat. Drink. Live. (and not work!), I’ll […]