Category Archives: attitude

Learning from “The Rocky Mountain News”

It’s no secret that newspapers are in trouble. In fact, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism‘s “State of the News Media” report said the industry “ exited a harrowing 2008 and entered 2009 in something perilously close to free fall.” For media junkies, it’s also not a surprise that “The Rocky Mountain News”  is closing. But [...]
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This is my brain while blogging …

I know I’m behind on this little meme, but I’ve been behind what with my trip to the Everglades and working on my design final. Am I a practical thinker? The analysis dialogue changed on the Typealyzer classify me as an “INTP — The Thinkers.”   The logical and analytical type. They are espescially attuned to [...]
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Philadelphia Weekly article covers the “death” of journalism

As a student at Temple University I’m enjoying an abundance of daily and weekly publications, in fact there’s too many to read them all. The cover story for this week’s issue made me stop and browse through the little tabloid (and make me slightly late for my Design for Journalists class). “Journalism is Dead? Then [...]
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Young journalists challenged to work outside of mainstream media

Note: This post is part of this month’s Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists discussion on challenges facing young journalists. As a young student and journalist I have one great fear after graduation — not finding a job. Strings of layoffs, hiring freezes and newsroom roadblocks to innovation keep me on edge, especially when I remember I’ll [...]
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