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Great Photography Lives

Looking through the Boston Herald’s three-part series on the best news photos of 2009 has me thinking about news photography. Like most people, I fancy myself a photographer. I’m not too great, but I have a good eye. With training … Continue reading

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Blogging Isn’t Always Journalism

Update: Talked about this very issue in class on 11/14. We came to the conclusion that there are blogs out there that are respectable, and even run by Pulitzer Prize winners. But as Conrad Fink, professor and journalism guru, says … Continue reading

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Deadlines

I’ve never been into procrastination. I think I get this from my father, a military man obsessed with being on time (read “if you aren’t five minutes early, you’re late). If I have a due date for a project or … Continue reading

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Some Great News

Today, after a hellacious day at work and a PACKED day at school, I had three great pieces of news. 1. Earlier in the day, my professor used my article as an example of an editorial done right for the … Continue reading

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An interesting web moment

Just noticed the top story on cnn.com: 12 annoying types of facebookers.  I mean, lots of things going on in the world. A win for compassionate release as famous Lockerbie bomber is released due to sickness, and what do we … Continue reading

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