Author Archives: Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Roy Peter Clark‘s piece, “Your Duty to Read the Newspaper,” is generating more feedback than I’ve seen on Poynter.org in a long time. He writes that journalists have an obligation, a duty, to read the newspaper — in print, not pixels. The fact that this article has sparked so much discussion is proof in andContinue reading “Reading the Newspaper: A Duty, Pleasure or Backwards Slide?”

Time.com TIME magazine ran an interesting piece about stay-at-home dads who, in leaving their jobs to raise kids, fear they may be abandoning their masculinity. If being a caring, stay-at-home dad means being “less manly,” than what does that say about a woman’s role as a mom? For some dads, staying at home with theContinue reading “Dads at Home with Kids and Still ‘Manly’”

Not gonna lie, I was pretty excited when I saw an Urban Outfitters in Ybor City today. I’ve bought a couple things from Urban Outfitters in the past — usually a funky handbag or jewelery — but I love just going in and looking at the different styles. Sometimes I wish I were more ofContinue reading “Stumbling Across Some ‘Shopping Treats’”

http://www.etsy.com Halloween used to be one of my favorite holidays, in part because of the free candy. My friends and I always went to the rich neighborhood in town in hopes of getting king-sized candy bars, and it usually worked. I “saved” my candy and hid it under my bed for when I really wantedContinue reading “Coolest Costume … What’s Yours?”

I’m sitting in the airport now, waiting for my flight to Providence, and I couldn’t help but write a blog post. After all, airports are “the” place to people watch. I haven’t seen too many emotional people yet, but I probably will as I get closer to my gate. Apparently, beaches are good places toContinue reading “At the airport”

This is a worthwhile package from PBS’s “EXPOSE: America’s Investigative Reports” show. Peter Zuckerman was a visiting faculty member during Poynter’s six-week summer fellowship and is a 2003 graduate of the program. The EXPOSE videos are pretty inspiring because they show great journalism at work. I’ve always believed that to be a better journalist, itContinue reading “A Little Journalistic Inspiration”

Will Self’s writing room — note all the Post-its! I’m in love with writing outside. While in college, I used to sit outside the library against a large stone that served as my backrest. Though it wasn’t the comfiest place in the world, it was the place where I wrote some of my greatest collegeContinue reading “A Glimpse Inside Writers’ Rooms”

With so many articles about cancer, it’s hard to keep track of the latest technologies, treatments, and scientific findings. When I read stories saturated with stats, I can’t help but think, “Enough about numbers. What about the people?” I didn’t need to ask this question after seeing an interesting package The New York Times ranContinue reading “Cancer Coverage: The Names Behind the Numbers”

All too often, I make up lyrics to songs. Half the time I know I’m not singing the right words, but occasionally it’s fun to pretend jargon has meaning. It wasn’t until I started watching TV in my new apartment that I realized how often I make up lyrics when I can’t decipher what singersContinue reading “Making up Lyrics to Songs, Listening to Bad Grammar”

As I walked behind a family feeding ducks, I started to think a lot … about slap bracelets and cranberry-colored spandex. (Click here to see the family that inspired this post.) It struck me tonight just how often present-day stories remind me of stories from my past. Just like life, the transitions between stories, betweenContinue reading “One Story Leads to Another …”