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Otis G Experience: Overregulating Myself

Posted by DFO

Feb. 19, 2007 6:02 p.m. • 0 comments

OtisG Experience: This is an interesting topic to come up today. When I was making the blogfest video, I actually edited out the word “damn” from Brent’s karaoke performance at the end. I was thinking that might be offensive to some people. But, after I did it, I thought to myself “It’s Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown! A classic song! Who could be offended by that?” So, I wanted to put that back in, but I can’t edit a video that’s already uploaded. I guess my point is, I feel like I’m over-regulating MYSELF.

DFO: Otis, you’re experiencing what journalists run into all the time — when to be cautious and when to throw caution to the wind. I’ve learned long ago to publish it all, unless that still small voice inside, which keeps me out of trouble, is shouting at the top of its lungs.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.