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Monthly Archives: April 2009
More journalists join the ranks of the unemployed
Just read that the Baltimore Sun is laying off one-third of its newsroom staff. The Tribune company’s been floundering for awhile, trying to claw its way upward and out of bankruptcy, and I guess this is the latest effort. Reports … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Journalism, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore Sun, baseball game, blog, Capital News Serivce, Economy, journalist, laid off, newsroom, Paper Cuts, pink slip, professional, reporter, staff, Tribune, unemployed, University of Maryland
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What an internship should be
Recently, Deborah Ng of Freelance Writing Jobs discussed the difference between an internship and unpaid labor on her website for freelance writers, both current and aspiring. Ng makes the important point that interns aren’t–and shouldn’t be–slave labor. Internships must offer … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
Tagged AJR, American Journalism Review, Carl Larsen, Deborah Ng, editorial assistant, experience, freelance writer, freelance writing jobs, intern, internship, internships, Journalism, learning experience, MDDC Press, Memphis magazine, Michael Finger, Over the Mountain Journal, publishing, Rem Rieder, slave, slave labor, supervisor, U-T, Union-Tribune, unpaid
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Retro References
Editor & Publisher’s website ran a really interesting column by Ralph Keyes a few days back: “Eddie Haskell and Howard Beale: Go Home! Journos are Alienating Readers With ‘Retro’ References.’” In the column, Keyes explains that many journalists are using … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged allude, alluding, Baby Boomer, character, college, cultural references, dated, dated references, demographic, Eddie Haskell, Editor & Publisher, Facebook, future, Gen X, generation, Generation X, Hall of Fame, high school, journalists, Keyes, Leave it to Beaver, media, media outlet, Millennial, MySpace, newspaper, online, publication, reader, readership, references, relevant, reporter, retro, retro references, student, text, Twitter, writer, writers, young
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Use your manners, please
Today is my son’s third birthday. In honor of his birthday, we stopped by Publix to buy some popsicles to take to his class at school. Despite being unruly and newly three, he behaved quite nicely in the grocery store, … Continue reading
Posted in Random musings
Tagged annoyed, bad behavior, cashier, customer service, entitled, entitlement, grocery store, inside voice, manners, polite, rude, son, three
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Taking a breather
Hello. I wanted to post something here today so y’all wouldn’t think I’d dropped off the face of the earth or anything. I spent the end of last week and most of the weekend consumed with my son’s third birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Random musings
Tagged birthday, birthday party, book, burn, candle, exhausted, post, recommendation, recover, son
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We all need some downtime. Don’t we?
Do you ever just get tired? Tiiiiiiired? Tired and uninspired? Or, as we say here in the South, tahhhred? I’m beat. I just had a crazy month or so, and I’m just feeling sort of depleted. I finished up a … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Uncategorized
Tagged About Freelance Writing, All Freelance Writing, assignment, Betsy, Blackberry, book, brain, busy, Carolyn Haywood, chore, clients, freelance, freelance client, Freelance Writing Gigs, freelance writing jobs, Journalism, Journalism Jobs, lead, Media Bistro, productive, project, society, thought, tired, work
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Stolen
My credit card was taken by an evil stranger today. I don’t know exactly when it happened, but based on a record of fraudulent transactions from my credit card company, I think I know approximately when it happened this morning. I … Continue reading
Posted in Random musings
Tagged account number, cancel, card, credit card, credit card company, credit card stolen, customer service, Federal Trade Commission, found, fraudulent, investigation, liable, loss, lost, new card, owner, purchase, reissue, report, spend, steal, stolen, stolen credit card, wrong
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Am I the latest sucker?
I am a huge dork. But am I a sucker? You know those late-night infomercials that scream and shout and cajole you to buy the latest nifty little product for only four EZ installments? I am usually immune to these. … Continue reading
Posted in Fixing things
Tagged "as seen on TV", advertising, carpet, chamois, commercial, complainer, complaint, device, Dirty Santa, hardware store, horrible, husband, infomercial, installment, klutz, mess, mini-ShamWOW, miracle, mock, mop, plastic, product, ShamWOW, spill, sponge, stain, stained, sucker, television, toddler, towel, TV, useful, want, wow
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Death and taxes
Okay, so, no, that was a sensationalistic post title. This particular post really has nothing to do with death. But it does focus on taxes. Bizzia.com has a good series of articles right now about dealing with taxes as a … Continue reading
