Posts Tagged ‘journalism’

The Vacaville Reporter had a really cute Christmas story today on A1, about how local law enforcement are ignoring a certain portly man who could be arrested for many crimes, among them, animal cruelty and rooftop parking violations.
You should read it.
It’s awesome.


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 [...]


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.


She doesn’t blog (YET) but she’s on Twitter.


LiffNotes

29Nov09

I’m burnt out with this semester, work and school, and it’s affecting my performance.
I wear my hair up. way. too. much. It’s been a bad habit all my life. That I really should break. Like. Now. I just hate it when it gets frizzy and poofy like here.
I might actually fail a class this semester, [...]


I know. I know. I’ve been awfully picture-heavy around here lately.
Honestly, I just get excited whenever my life involves something other than work, school and drinking.
Our news editor had to quit this weekend, for personal reasons. Today I stepped in as a one-day temp. The ever-amazing crazy-awesome Briana takes the helm permanently tomorrow.
I won’t go [...]


Andrew Zahler of the Spokesman-Review stopped by WSU today to give a workshop to students and Greeners on Audacity and Soundslides. Ben set it up.
I felt hip because Zahler and I were already Twitter friends due to mutual colleagues in Wenatchee. For more on Zahler, visit his Twitter or his Web site. His outline for [...]


Working to redo my résumé tonight as I start to look for post-Evergreen employment. This new version is rough and unproofed, but let me know what you think. Here’s what I’m building on.
The main additions: my World internship, multimedia and being EIC. I purposely left off an objective.
I’d love (non-meanypants) suggestions.


From the MP2020


Photo courtesy of Michele Mihalovich.