Ivan Lajara

Daily Freeman Life Editor Ivan Lajara talks about journalism, living in the Hudson Valley, language, the Web, cats and even politics. But he shouldn't.

Friday, May 18, 2012

A discussion about the nature of news

Posted by Ivan Lajara at 1:12 PM 0 Comments
Labels: News, newsworthiness, storify
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