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Oy vey, I am sick of this 28 Mar 2013 | 11:55 pm
Russians in a Skokie Panera are discussing Rahm Emanuel in a way that makes me very, very tired. Allow me to explain. It's an older woman and an older man. The man lives in Florida and is here visiti...
Goodbye Sun-Times Media, hello journalism 26 Mar 2013 | 09:34 pm
Today I submitted my resignation. My last day as a Pioneer Press/Sun-Times Media Group employee will be April 9. There, I think I've finally learned how not to bury the lede :-) Before we get any fu...
Calling all journalists: share your PR horror stories 11 Mar 2013 | 08:30 pm
I'm doing a panel tomorrow for these folks' annual conference. I'm repping community/local media i.e. the little guys :-) We also have someone on the panel from the Chicago Tribune, a public radio sta...
I still don't know what to do with my life 26 Jan 2013 | 08:04 pm
Journalism, right? I'm doing it, but I'm still not sure. The trouble is, I want to do so much more. I want to do things that are so much grander, so much bigger. I want to help solve the business p...
David Simon on writing 23 Nov 2012 | 09:05 pm
He was talking about writing for television, more specifically Treme, his series about New Orleans, but David Simon still expressed exactly how I feel about the writing process: I’m not one of those ...
Why do newspapers have a hard time online? 28 Oct 2012 | 07:49 pm
We could be here all day answering this question and actually many, many, MANY people have already answered it very well. But what I always find lacking in those explanations are the practical, nitty-...
Have advice for me? I'm listening. 10 Oct 2012 | 01:45 am
I'm going to start being a "real reporter" on Monday, October 15. If you have any advice for me, let's hear it. It could be advice on working in a newsroom, reporting/journalism advice, advice about w...
What can developers build for the news? 4 Sep 2012 | 07:39 pm
Image credit I've been on App.net for just a short time now and the first thing that became abundantly clear is that there are LOTS of developers on there. That makes a lot of sense if you know the w...
A career in journalism? Ha. 25 Aug 2012 | 01:08 am
It's like I could have written this: When I was struggling, I suspected that my failure was due to lack of funds. I’d transcended my blue-collar roots, I thought: I’d been to university; I didn’t wor...
Journatic sheds staff 6 Aug 2012 | 01:23 am
UPDATE #2 8-8-12 Crain's has a story on this. They cite an unnamed source who says 6 full-time people (from an alleged work force of 60) have been laid off. UPDATE 8-8-12: A Journatic Editorial Direc...
