December 2008
10 posts
champaign (the city, not bubbly) for new year’s eve…i think
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next...”
– T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”
thanks illini :)
Dec. 31/Jan. 1 applications
14 more little packets of hope sent out today. Fingers crossed one of these organizations will give me a foot in the door this summer.
hoping the illini keep it close and spare me some abuse from my boilermaker sister.
finishing up a story about a special olympics fund raiser. with photos. i feel new-agey…even if they’re going to take some editing.
battling santa unions. i love this. http://tinyurl.com/7s78rj
This American Life →
They find stories I can hardly imagine. Case in point: dissent within a Santa Claus union.
Tracking the employment search & other journ-nerd...
Since I spend most of my time consumed by it, why not blog about it? I’ve applied to more than 40 organizations so far. As a result, I’m planning on spending the next few months compulsively (and unnecessaily) refreshing my Gmail, checking the mail at both addresses and going into full panic mode when I see an new number on my caller ID.
But in the meantime, I’m diving headfirst...
“This is not the journalism of the future. It is now.”
– Teak Philips, St. Louis Post Dispatch photo editor c/o Kurt Greenbaum