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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:48 PM

Don't be stupid

I never knew what those words meant when I went through wildfire training at the Register. Our required training covered all the basics of covering a wildfire, something I was assured I might cover - but something I never really thought I would.Until
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:41 AM

Higher standards and a full copy desk

A coworker sent me this article about copy editors being consolidated, along with designers and other aspects of newspaper production. John McIntyre, of the Baltimore Sun, includes this little quote from the president of MediaNews: “We have to
posted by ElysseJames | 1 Comments
Friday, October 19, 2007 5:37 PM

One big adventure

A while ago I blogged about changing careers, and how difficult it is to do even when one has only been in a job for a year or two. Well, I can attest to change being possible, and though it is difficult to do, we are able. And I think our youth gives
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Friday, October 19, 2007 2:06 PM

Promotions and chance

I want to announce that I am being promoted to a daily reporter! For five months.It's so strange the events that have led me to where I am in my career today. A few months ago I was drooling over the iPhone, saving money on everything I could so I could
posted by SonyaSmith | 2 Comments
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:54 PM

AFK for some time

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately folks. I'm doing my part for my local chapter, as I mentioned, by participating in our annual all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza: Gridiron. It's amazing how a talented choreographer can somehow turn cynical media
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:21 PM

Ethics revisited

After much anticipation, here's the ethics post, as promised!For review, here's what I said: Media are the gatekeepers of information. Indeciding what's news and what isn't, we're essentially biased. Our bias is cultivated by those
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Monday, October 08, 2007 1:11 PM

Back from the national convention

And boy was it sweet!In four days I...Learned some of the best video production tips I've ever heard;Was elected as SPJ's Region 11 Director;Watched as journalism legends Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Ben Bradlee and others discussed Watergate 35 years
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Friday, October 05, 2007 12:45 AM

When change is smooth

We have an advantage being young. We haven't been working in one career for most of our lives. This is a time when we can switch apartments each year, swich jobs if we don't like a certain path, switch boyfriends or states or clothing styles with little
posted by ElysseJames | 1 Comments
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:50 PM

Clearing the record

There was a brief I wrote about a theft case. It was simple, it was just a brief, and it was not a complicated case. Unfortunately I got the suspect's sex and age wrong, as well as the time and place of the incident. Needless to say it was the worst correction
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:02 AM

My terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

OK - it wasn't all that bad. But, it was pretty embarrassing and still stings a little.What's that you might ask, why it's my most embarrassing day on the j-o-b yet!The day was Thursday, my mood - burnt out from churning out a massive a1-a3 for that day's
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Monday, October 01, 2007 3:02 PM

Let's meet up in D.C.

So, if you read this blog regularly you already know that this week I'm heading out to SPJ's Washington, D.C., national conference.A few people asked what gen j and I are up to at the convention, so I thought I'd pass some thoughts along in hopes that
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