Rob Weir's Profile

Rob Weir is the Director of Digital Development at the Missourian, which means he's in charge of all the Missourian's Web stuff as well as the IT department. He's a third-generation Missouri journalist and graduated from MU with bachelor's degrees in journalism and in political science in 1999.

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“Hi Marv, You can see it weekly on our site. We'll make every effort to post the show as ...”
“Hi Michael Williams, regarding your comment: "If any of y'all have manifesto chapters posted herein, or words you thought ...”
“Thanks, Derrick. I'll install FF on my virtual machine tomorrow and see if I can replicate it. If so ...”
“Jimmy, I don't know of any current plans to build an actual building (though I don't work in ...”
“If you're experiencing a blue screen phenomenon, I'd like to hear about it. Feel free to email me ...”
“Mr. Williams: I was out of town when this story was originally written, but we're actually planning to have ...”
“Mr. Sollozzo, I'm not sure what bothered you about Jake's comment. All we're asking commenters to do ...”
“The question isn't so much whether someone who works for a media outlet and also blogs is a journalist ...”
“Thanks Mike. I was referring more to your work with the Columbia Heart Beat blog. As I said, the eternal ...”
“To disambiguate, because a couple of people in the office have asked me, my question for Mike is driven by ...”
“Mike, out of curiosity, do you consider yourself a journalist?”
“Hi, we seem to have a reader who keeps requesting that this story be removed. Unfortunately, the person sending the ...”
“That's actually according to our newsroom editors who check these things. That's not in my job description. Rob ...”
“Fixed. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Rob Weir Director of Digital Development The Columbia Missourian”
“I'm confused. Does current policy allow for fondling or kissing students? Or is this something that just applies to ...”
“Ms. Piazza: It's a column, not a news article. We label columns, letters to the editor, analysis, questions, etc ...”
“I like this suggestion from Andy Boyle (@andymboyle) on Twitter: @wjchat Just have your mother follow you on Twitter like ...”
“Excellent.”
“Carl, The Missourian did a story before the election in which we investigated crime rates and found that they've ...”
“Mark: It looks like the link in the site is working ok, at least for me. What browser/OS are ...”
“Michael, You might want to look into leet-speak for your passwords. There are good and valid reasons why passwords need ...”
“All: The simple reason we don't plan to take it down is because that doesn't erase it. It ...”
“Pat: Thanks for the link to the Watchword site. We can certainly add Rick's info to this story, as ...”
“I'd like to sincerely apologize to Missourian readers for our troubles this week. You can read the ugly details ...”
“Mike, Tina Fey is a verified real name. (Her real name is Christina Fey.) We're looking into Michael Jordan ...”
“Mr. Eldrige: The poster known as "Mike Martin" is the real Mike Martin. No doubt about it. Rob Weir Director ...”
“The Watchword blog is here, btw: http://thewatchword.wordpress.com/ Rob Weir Director of Digital Development The Columbia Missourian”
“Hi John and Mark, thanks for the concern over "John Smith." A person or group of people seem to be ...”
“Mark: You're absolutely right, and we're working on correcting that right now. A byte is 8 bits, so ...”
“Is "relaxing" the ordinance the right term? Sounds as though they're making it more strict by increasing the distance ...”
“Ellis: Good point, but most signs in the U.S. use standard symbolic language as well. This sign is in ...”
“Pat, shouldn't that be "copy editors" sted "copyeditors?" Rob Weir Director of Digital Development The Columbia Missourian”
“Kirt: You're absolutely right. This was an AP story but it could have benefited from some additional information. A ...”
“I'm a huge fan of the switch. The salt is significantly easier to clean out of my garage and ...”
“I wonder what accounts for the variation over time in comments. Part of it is presumably Mr. Dudley losing his ...”
“I think I'll wait for version 2, in hopes of a camera, but those waiting on Flash support are ...”
“For those of you following the comment thread, here's a story about what happened: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories ...”
“Hi all, As we're following this comment thread, we're also trying to do some journalism here (to find ...”
“Hey, all: I removed the URL in Mike Martin's post that points to the blog about Ginger. I think ...”
“Ellis: Notre Dame is an independent in football. They compete otherwise in the Big East.”
“John: The URL is automatically generated based on a field in the story creation template. Reporters create all their stories ...”
“Amber: I haven't heard anything about that. I'd be interested (as I would guess the sports desk would ...”
“Excellent point. Vox magazine, which is published by the Missourian, wrote about the "Faces of Warhol" exhibit earlier this year ...”
“Anonymous, and other folks who use fake names: Please be reminded that our comment policy (linked below) requires that your ...”
“@Kansas: You may have seen other storm-related coverage on KOMU's newscast. I contacted their newsroom via Twitter and got ...”
“Art: We do actually have a link to feeds on our home page (and all our pages). It's under ...”
“I've removed two comments on this story -- one of which was spam, and the other responding to it. Rob ...”
“Mr. Knudson: To be precise, Mr. Zagier is no longer at Mizzou. He had a one-year fellowship as an editor ...”
“@Karen: The Missourian is staffed by students who work under the guidance of professional journalists. We've done it that ...”
“@J Thurston: This piece is labeled as "commentary." It's not an objective news story. Is there a simpler/more ...”
“Rick: We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to remove a comment, and also to revoke a user’s ...”
“I pruned this thread down a little, and took out a few comments that got overtly personal (or more than ...”
“@Chuck: You and Ayn have both given me good ideas, on the blog and via e-mail. Neither set of ideas ...”
“@John: One thing we know is that we won't be staying with the current system. The new CMS won ...”
“@ Ayn: We are working on a Web redesign as part of a software project. I'd love to hear your ...”
“@Danielle: Here's an excerpt from the "night note" the editor in question sent out. Every night, the Missourian editors ...”
“And the one that was below Jake's post has also been removed, for violating the Missourian's comment policy ...”
“Vox magazine also covered this story in May of last year in a wider story about cyberbullying. http://www.voxmagazine ...”
“John, they have been deleted. They violate our comments policy, which among other things prohibits personal attacks. http://www.columbiamissourian ...”
“Max, see Jake's response above. We believe, and teach our students, that part of the function of a newspaper ...”
“In case anyone's still checking on posts here, executive editor Tom Warhover addressed this story in his weekly column ...”
“Jake said it well -- this thread has certainly given us a lot of feedback. However, a few posts are in ...”
“@Ayn: As I said in my previous post, our total paid circulation is 6,306. Home delivery is a subset ...”
“@Ayn: The Missourian's paid M-F circulation is 6,306. That's verified by an independent auditing bureau. Our home ...”
“@Charles Dudley: Actually, I forgot to give my e-mail address above, but I'm happy to do so. It's ...”
“Ayn, how do you feel about this story? http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2006/10/24/holding-down-the-home-turf/”
“Wow, lots of comments on this story. I find some of the critiques really interesting. As a former features editor ...”