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Dennis Pillion
Birmingham, AL
Single Web journalist looking for personal outlets.
Interests: Blogs, Alabama football, conservation, travel, humor, politics, basketball, writing, social media, the unexpected, Bill Bryson, Casablanca, the South, Catholicism, banjo music, procrastination.
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Birmingham Restaurant Week, or How I learned to stop worrying and buy bigger pants
Posted Sep 1, 2011 at DennisPillion.com
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14 hours in Tel Aviv
Posted Apr 28, 2011 at DennisPillion.com
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How to find a job in the media, or die trying
Posted Feb 25, 2011 at DennisPillion.com
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President's Day 2011: Hailing all 43 chiefs one-by-one
Posted Feb 22, 2011 at DennisPillion.com
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We've been exposed
I couldn't help but share this comment I got on one of my al.com posts today. I believe this story may have something to do with advertising revenue for the al.com site. ... It's possible that the more hits (including posted comments) this site gets the more attractive their pitch is to potential advertisers (like Blue Cross or Regions). I really believe that the original story and the follow up are an attempt to just generate hits to the site. ... tHEN YOU CAN PROMOTE YOURSELF TO ADVERTISERS AT A HIGHER PRICE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A B'HAM NEWS... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2011 at DennisPillion.com
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Media geek out at the Georgia Dome
Posted Dec 4, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Scoping out ESPN's 3D broadcast of the Auburn-Clemson game
Posted Sep 21, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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What would Shawn Spencer say?
Posted Sep 16, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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The peaks and valleys of biking to work in Birmingham
Posted Sep 1, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Vacation update: I found oil and missed Jimmy Buffett
Posted Jul 1, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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How Newsweek would cover a zombie attack (with screen caps)
Posted Jun 14, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Dear President Obama: Looking for an ass to kick? Start with your own
Posted Jun 8, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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This sports journalist found his swagger covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Posted Jun 8, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Journalism ethics panel set for April 13 at The Birmingham News
Posted Apr 8, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Crafting the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich (and no, it isn't frozen)
Posted Feb 28, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Amputee competes in high school wrestling tournament (with video)
Just a shameless plug for the video story I did this past week. It was a pretty incredible find when I was hanging out with a camera at the Alabama wrestling championships and someone told me there was a wrestler competing with a prosthetic foot. Then, I got to interview Chase Newton, his coach and parents, and was even more blown away by the story. I'm embedding the two videos below and my original post is here. Watch them or we're no longer friends. Just kidding (kind of). High schooler wrestles after losing half his foot in motorcycle crash Full... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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The future of Web video on al.com?
Maybe the headline is a little over dramatic, but we're changing the way we do sports videos at al.com. I've been shooting and editing video there for two years now, but now we're focusing more on telling complete stories with our videos, as opposed to just showing game highlights or post-game interviews. For example, check out this UAB basketball video I shot earlier this week: UAB beats Tulsa 65-55 for first place in C-USA Yes, that overly nasal voice you hear in the background is mine. That's another change that's going to take some getting used to for me. I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Why is Kyle Whitmire leaving the Birmingham Weekly?
Posted Jan 26, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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Matching donations for Haiti earthquake relief
Posted Jan 13, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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2010, the year of the (my) blog?
Posted Jan 12, 2010 at DennisPillion.com
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MOB presentation: Web video by al.com
Tailgating at the Magic City Classic Auburn Tiger Walk 2009: Gene Chizik's first Alabama football players visit Children's Hospital Alabama pep rally and Fan Fest in the French Quarter Alabama-Kentucky game highlights Alabama-Western Kentucky highlights http://videos.al.com/2008/03/stars_take_me_to_the_riot_live.html (bad vantage point) http://videos.al.com/2009/03/ben_kweller_sundress_live_at_w.html (good vantage point) http://videos.al.com/al/2008/11/election_2008_long_lines_as_po.html (digital cameras can do weird things) http://videos.al.com/2009/06/shark_and_ray_episode_3.html (recurring theme, humor, frame choice) http://videos.al.com/huntsville-times/2009/01/monster_trucks_at_vbc.html (recurring theme, humor) http://videos.al.com/al/2009/10/kid_critics_review_where_the_w.html (videos of kids are popular) http://videos.al.com/birmingham-news/2009/05/birmingham_police_beating_vide.html (viral success) http://videos.al.com/2009/11/i_fight_dragons_-_zelda_theme.html (surprise success) Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2009 at DennisPillion.com
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New windows being installed
Posted Oct 27, 2009 at DennisPillion.com
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An evening with Carbon Leaf... and Dennis
Posted Sep 30, 2009 at DennisPillion.com
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OMG, yay America FTW
Checking in from the press box at Jordan-Hare Stadium where Auburn is taking on Ball State. Don't worry, this isn't about the game or anything. I just have to wonder if it bothers anyone else that Auburn puts the words up on its scoreboard to the national anthem, they shorten "through" to "THRU." This is my fourth straight week to cover the Auburn and it's bugged me every time. They have plenty of room on the long ribbon scoreboard to spell everything correctly, yet they choose to use text speak. Really? It's considered disrespectful for me to remain seated or... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2009 at DennisPillion.com
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Dennis Pillion is now following michael ian black
Sep 15, 2009
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