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5 Things I’ll Need to Survive the Summer

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The 2017-18 academic year is in the books, closing my 15th year of teaching. Summers are the best thing about being an educator. Notice I didn’t write “summers off are the best thing about being an educator?” Whoever thinks teachers get summers off obviously hasn’t been a teacher. My summer workload consists of a lot of work for College Media … [Read more...]

My Favorite Books of April

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Wow, April was a busy month! I knew I was struggling through the month, but I can tell how busy I really am during a given time by how many books I read. I read only six books in April. Of those, I gave one non-fiction and one fiction book perfect scores. The Sun Does Shine It’s better to be white, wealthy and guilty than it is to be black, … [Read more...]

Lessons from #EditorTherapy on Creating a Positive Newsroom Culture

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The majority of leaders believe that a positive company culture is important for an organization to thrive. Positive workplace cultures have been tied to greater creativity, productivity and employee loyalty, just to name a few benefits. Many of us have worked in positive and negative organizational cultures, and I’m sure we’d agree that … [Read more...]

My Favorite Books of March

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It's interesting what I think of as a good reading month. I read 10 books in March, which is a pretty average month. However, I gave three of those books perfect grades, which I consider pretty successful. I consider 12 books a strong reading month, but I don't really have an idea of how many books I typically give perfect grades. It could be … [Read more...]