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Tag Archives: reporter
Why you should start a family blog
I recently celebrated a very important anniversary. It was the five-year anniversary of my very first blog, Three Peas in a Pod. I started this family blog in May of 2006, shortly after the birth of my first child, William. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Freelancing, Journalism
Tagged anniversary, blog, Bringing Up Nashville, capture, column, detail, editor, Family, goal, health care, high-resolution, journal, memory, Nashville Parent, newspaper, nurse, NurseZone, parent, password, photo, privacy, reporter, social media, Three Peas in a Pod, website, write
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Last time I was this pregnant…
So most of you probably know by now that I’m expecting a baby. Soon. I’ve written about how, er, challenging it was to work through some of the woes of pregnancy, and I’ve also written about how we’re going to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Freelancing, Journalism
Tagged baby, California Association for the Gifted, career, child, enterprise project, freelance, freelancers, gifted, gifted and talented, gifted education, home office, job, maternity leave, newspaper, No Child Left Behind, office, pregnancy, pregnant, reporter, students, Tennessee Association for the Gifted, write
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The freelancer away from home
I’ve been out of town for the past few days, and I haven’t had a chance to post anything here on my blog. Sorry, y’all. I didn’t even say I was going anywhere, either. But I am still alive, really. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Freelancing, Journalism
Tagged assignment, caffeine, cell phone, coffee, coffee shop, colleagues, Diet Coke, freelance, freelance writing, freelancer, Freelancing, home office, interview, journalist, laundry, Mississippi, Natchez, newspaper, newsroom, noise, notes, office, parents, phone, reception, reporter, Verizon, voicemail, work, working, writer
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Working for (or during) the weekend
Raise your hand if you’re working–either as an employee of someone else or as a freelancer–today or at some point over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. I was grousing earlier because I am trying to pin a couple of people … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Holiday, Journalism
Tagged Christmas, freelancer, Freelancing, Holiday, interview, job, Memorial Day, news, newspaper, reporter, Thanksgiving, time off, vacation, weekend
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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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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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Time to buy new supplies for the mobile office
A couple of days ago, I realized that I no longer had a pen and notepad within easy reach inside my car. I realized it when someone returned a call on my cell phone, and there I was sitting in … Continue reading
Posted in Fixing things, Freelancing
Tagged car, gluesticks, note, note pad, notebook, office supplies, pen, pencils, pens, phone number, problem, purse, reporter, reporter's notebook, Staples, Target
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How Can I Miss You, if You Won’t Go Away?
You know what one of the hardest things about being a freelance writer is? I mean, other than not having bored coworkers to shoot the breeze with over the top of your cubicle or bad office coffee to complain about? Not being … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
Tagged avoid, coworker, evasion, freelance, freelance assignment, interview, interviewing, persistent, reporter, source, stake, stakeout, talk, write, writer
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