i'm excited the 2008 poynter summer fellows are finally posting stories online. the fellowship was an amazingly intense time for me last year. i was beginning to get impatient. how can i live vicariously through the new fellows without a web update!

looks like this year there's more video and broader beats. the learning curve to develop new skills and explore a new community is steep, but keep checking back. every week is better than the last.

for those headed to st. pete for this year's geekfest, the poynter fellows archive is a great place to get a feel for the different neighborhoods. reading the st. pete times and searching their free archive is also inspirational. so much good journalism goes on in that *other* bay area.