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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Hyperlocal Brooklyn
Though I live in Astoria, I spend much of my time reading about Brooklyn and going to Brooklyn because I write for brooklyntheborough.com. One of the things I quickly learned is that Brooklyn — other than being the artist/hipster/musician mecca … Continue reading
Farewell to the old school newsroom
Photo by luc_legay This piece by the American Journalism Review is dedicated to newsrooms of years past. Back in the days when white men from blue-collar backgrounds got reporting jobs without journalism degrees, sometimes because they failed at everything else. … Continue reading
Embattled Mindanao
Mindanao, Philippines, October 2008. My dad was a journalist in college (maybe even post-college) in the Philippines, but he gave it up because he said it was too dangerous. He was right. Of the top 20 most dangerous countries for … Continue reading
Happy Monday!
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. …The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
– Sylvia Plath
