Posts Tagged ‘evergreen’



1. When the public gets pissed at you, meet with them face to face. Be professional and explain — but don’t ‘justify.’ The best tips I’ve ever heard were from Butch Ward’s guide to difficult conversations at MSCNE, as follows:
Assess the situation. Beforehand, decide if your goal is to save or end the relationship. Stick [...]



Flashback

13Dec09

A personal favorite from last year’s all-staff awards. I wonder who wrote this one in?

Another fave from last year? Christina Watts for “Most Likely To Be Outraged.”
I feel old.


Thank the lordy it’s almost over.


A quick map

07Dec09

Took me about an hour to make this for today’s big news.

NOTE: For some reason, it’s not working in Internet Explorer, but you can see it in Firefox.


As these things go, the first few photos get taken when everyone is still relatively sober, and most of the people haven’t gotten there yet. Can you believe it’s my third one of these things? As we say in the biz, “It’s tradition, bitches.”


We in the newsroom are horrible fish owners. When my uncle came, he took the duty of informing me that Woodstein’s little fin was sticking out because the water level was so low.
The truth is, no one cares about Woodstein. Lynsi did. Christina used to. Who’s idea was he anyway?
For you newer folks, Woodstein is [...]


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