Podcast of the Week: Mac OS Ken

February 13, 2009 Kyle Buis

A new feature I’m adding to the blog is a Podcast of the Week section.

The first recommendation I’m going to make is a show that essentially personifies what a podcast is and how grassroots it can be. Mac OS Ken is a daily show which brings news about Apple, the Mac and the iPhone five days a week pro bono. The show’s host, Ken Ray, is entering his fourth year of hosting and producing the program, though it’s moved from the Bay Area to Buffalo.

For the most part, it’s a one-man show, save for the guests on his Saturday show, Mac OS Ken Day 6. Unlike the daily show, Day 6 isn’t free. But from a $10 monthly subscription, Ray managed to quit his job at a San Francisco TV station and move to Buffalo before the unemployment ax started swinging across the nation last fall.

Working for himself and doing what he enjoys, Ray is an example of the dream podcasters yearn for.

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Social Media Editor

CBS Television Stations

Writing and editing content for our news website (CBS13.com) and social media channels. This was most recently spotlighted in our coverage of the Camp Fire in Paradise. I tracked evacuation orders and fire updates through multiple agencies while fielding questions from the public.
Educating reporters and staff on best social media practices.
Managing content flow of social media channels in the afternoon and evening hours.
Writing, editing and gathering information in breaking news situations, including the Oroville Dam Spillway evacuations.
Maintaining social media presence on Facebook and Twitter.
Engaging in social listening through Google Analytics, Facebook Insights and Signal. Video production on CBS website and Facebook Live using a Tricaster system and Anvato.

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Sacramento News & Review

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Appeal-Democrat

Initially brought on as a reporting intern, the company created a copy editing position that involved layout & working on our site. Started a technology blog, and column as well as covered Macworld in 2009 and 2010. The newspaper was named one of the 10 Newspapers That Do It Right by Editor & Publisher Magazine in 2010.