Conquering the multimedia mountain

I have been rightly ticked off for not updating the blog for three weeks. That the reprimand came from someone who works for a different newspaper company only adds to my shame.
It's been rather busy, to say the least. I've been running rings round the headless chicken. Much of the activity has surrounded developments online and I'm glad to say that it's paying off. Tens of thousands of new readers have logged on to dailypost.co.uk in October so it looks like the relaunch has paid dividends.
We're still on an Eiger-like learning curve as we enter the multimedia world but we're making our ascent steadily. Lots of shiny new kit has arrived so we can get out to shoot more videos and make more podcasts (in English and Welsh).
The biggest change of all is in deadlines. For years the deadline has been late evening. Now the deadline is...now. And this brings with it the pleasure of beating the BBC to breaking news stories.
I see that Auntie's massive shakedown of staff (which will seriously hurt its excellent broadcast news output) will still allow for massive investment in online activity . And here's me thinking I paid my licence fee for the telly and radio.
I tend to stick to Sky these days. All the BBC channels do is talk about Strictly Come Dancing and I don't give a monkeys about that. No wonder Dermot Murnaghan is clearing off.
Tomorrow's front page includes the tragic tale of a young musician from Llandudno who accidentally took a methadone overdose just after signing a dream record deal. We're featuring a recording of some of his music on the website.
We also have the story of a councillor who has been savaged by an alsatian in the Conwy Valley plus the first reports of another fatal motorbike accident, this time near Prestatyn. That takes the total number of biker tragedies in North Wales this year to eleven.
On a different note Ian Parri is taking a look at what might happen to S4C in the next 25 years - on and by the way, Happy Birthday S4C.
Take it easy. I'm off home to feed Haribo sweets to trick or treaters. That'll learn 'em.