Monthly Archives: March 2009

Tappy-foot syndrome

Posted on March 31, 2009 by

I’m not ignoring my blog, I’m really not. I’ve just been snowed under the last few days. I was supposed to have a much easier week this week, but so far, that hasn’t panned out. The only reason I have … Continue reading →

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Just Jennifer

Posted on March 27, 2009 by

As someone who writes a lot of health care articles for various publications, I’m accustomed to putting letters after people’s names. That is, I’m used to describing someone like this: “David Wyckoff, M.D., a pediatrician in Nashville…”  Or “Nancy Roth, … Continue reading →

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More furloughs for Gannetteers

Posted on March 24, 2009 by

I knew it was coming. Gannett has just announced a second round of furloughs. It will be a little different from the first round, which happened during the first quarter of the year. Editor & Publisher has the details, including … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Dean Cleghorn

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

Sad news from my grad school alma mater: Reese Cleghorn, the former dean of the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, just passed away a few days ago. He was 78. Read the tribute on the UMD website … Continue reading →

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Keeping motivated

Posted on March 20, 2009 by

One thing I really like about using WordPress is that it generates a list of random posts that might be related to your post. I’ve found some new blogs to read that way–blogs that I’ve never heard of but wished … Continue reading →

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If you can’t get enough of me…

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

If you can’t get enough of me, and I’m sure that’s the case, you can now follow me at Twitter. I’m @JenniferLarson. Yes, yes, I know. It’s a very creative handle. I labored long and hard to come up with … Continue reading →

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U-T sold

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

News from the site of one of my journalism internships: The San Diego Union-Tribune was just sold to a private equity firm, Platinum Equity. Read the article on the U-T’s website here. Not sure what this will mean yet for … Continue reading →

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Revenge on the mercy rule

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

I know how absurd it’s going to sound, coming from a suburban white woman who is pretty much the antithesis of cool, but BOOYAH! on Team USA’s win over Puerto Rico last night in the World Baseball Classic. It was … Continue reading →

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And another one down..

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Good-bye, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. On the heels of the Rocky Mountain News’ demise, comes the end of the P-I as it’s been known for nearly 150 years. At least the newspaper is not completely history; they’re still operating as an online … Continue reading →

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The mercy rule

Posted on March 14, 2009 by

Very creative use of language heard tonight on the new MLB channel: mercy-ruled. That’s “mercy-ruled,” as in the verb form of the noun “mercy rule.” As in “the Puerto Rican team mercy-ruled the U.S. team tonight.” Specifically, the Puerto Rican team … Continue reading →

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