This is the fourth in a series of guest blog posts on the future of news by former staff of the Rocky Mountain News, marking the six-month anniversary since the 150-year-old paper published its final edition. Join us this Thursday at 5 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. MT to chat live with these writers.

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Well, six months after the close of the Rocky, I'm still running around with a camera (sometimes a still one, sometimes video) trying to make what is in front of me into a story.

I freelanced quite a bit before joining the paper, so (for better and worse) it hasn't been a shocking change. Although one noticeable difference is the different pace at which the "outside world" operates. What happened in minutes or hours at the newspaper happens in hours or days now. I don't think that's a bad thing, but it has been an adjustment.

I've been involved with a few projects and ventures since the closure. Some have worked out better than others, and others are yet to be determined. One exciting project is a Web site that Lesley Kennedy, the Rocky's deputy features editor, and I launched in June.