Education is powerful. It's also ongoing. To be a truly educated person, you must devote your life to learning, not just certain times of your life or even particular times of the year. It may seem silly for college students to think about intentional learning habits. After all, you're learning nearly every day in a classroom. But classroom … [Read more...]
13 Ways to be Happier in the Newsroom
The average person spends half of every day at work. If you're a journalist, I'm willing to bet you spend more time than that work. Finding happiness in our work is important because we spend so much time in our workplaces, performing work-related functions. People who are happier at work have greater job satisfaction, making them more committed … [Read more...]
Quotable: Rita Mae Brown on Conformity
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Fast and Fair: How Long Should Journalists Wait for Comment?
You wake up to a message from your university's emergency alert system telling you there was an attempted sexual assault on campus overnight. It's a message no student wants to receive because of the questions and emotions that come with such an alert. For you, a student journalist, there is another layer of emotion and an adrenaline rush that … [Read more...]
Do You Have Your New Stylebook Yet?
Perhaps the only thing more wonderful than getting a new book is when that new book is an AP Stylebook. As much as I enjoy getting my new Stylebook each year, I don't always love the changed entries. The over/under change in 2014, for example, sent me into a tizzy. It also seems like we just get used to a rule and it changes. This year's … [Read more...]
Quotable: Anne Lamott on Terrible First Drafts
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My Favorite Books of May
I normally wouldn't be too pleased with a 50 percent, but when it comes to giving perfect grades to half of the books I read in a month, I'm a happy girl. I read eight books in May. Of those, I gave four—one non-fiction and three fiction—perfect scores. You can read my reviews below. Girl, Wash Your Face I loved Girl, Wash Your Face … [Read more...]
