Bill Dunphy

In 26 years in the news business, Mr. Dunphy has worked as an editor, copy editor, daily news columnist, investigative reporter, crime reporter, satirist and weather columnist at community and daily newspapers in Toronto and Hamilton. At the Hamilton Spectator he chaired a staff group that introduced breaking news, blogging, video and podcasting to the newsroom and their website, thespec.com. His interest in the computer as a useful tool dates back to 1974 when he had to learn Basic programming for a part-time job in high school. In the years that followed, he used computers in the newsroom for writing, to build databases, create collaborative software, crunch numbers and do his own desktop publishing. Since the Web was born he's been a newsroom leader in adopting Web tools for newsroom use, building online databases, blogs and wikis and playing a key role in training other staff in those technologies. Currently he's managing Metroland West Media Group's WebU, an ambitious Web and digital technology training facility putting 500 managers and staff from the chain's advertising, editorial, marketing and circulation departments through a week-long web boot camp. Blog:  http://ideas.typepad.com/webu WebU site:  http://websalad.ning.com (password protected) Twitter: http:twitter.com/Typist Delicious: http://del.icio.us/bdunphy Blip.TV: http://bill-dunphy.blip.tv/