I wrote a story for Poynter Online this week about the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times‘ recent narrative, “For Their Own Good.” The story details the lives of several men who were severely beaten as children while at the Florida School for Boys, now the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, in Marianna, Fla. One ofContinue reading “Story Behind St. Petersburg Times Narrative about Florida School for Boys”
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Clara the Cat: Loquacious & Irresistibly Cute (Not That I’m Biased Or Anything)
I love these photos that my friend took while cat sitting Clara last weekend. The contrast between the first viciously cute meowing photo (my cat likes to talk a lot) and the second “look-at-me-I’m-so-adorable” photo is classic. How can you not like cats after seeing these photos, or after spending some quality time on thisContinue reading “Clara the Cat: Loquacious & Irresistibly Cute (Not That I’m Biased Or Anything)”
Prepping for Friends’ Weddings
When I walked into my friend’s apartment in Minneapolis last weekend, I spotted a wrapped present on her bed that said “Mallary.” I opened it to find a little canvasboard that had cut-out photos of my friend and me from senior year of college. In pink paint, my friend had written, “Mallary, will you beContinue reading “Prepping for Friends’ Weddings”
Grammarians, Language Lovers Unite at 13th Annual ACES Conference
“Who loves semicolons?” a grammarian asked while teaching a workshop at the American Copy Editors Society conference last weekend. A room full of hands shot up. “Woohoo!” one audience member yelled. It was an appropriate set-up for the discussion that followed — a discussion rooted in the nuts and bolts of grammar and in theContinue reading “Grammarians, Language Lovers Unite at 13th Annual ACES Conference”
In Minneapolis for the ACES Conference
My plan was to live blog from the conference, but the hotel doesn’t have WiFi. You can check back this weekend, though, for some updates.
Where to Go When Visiting Minneapolis?
This week I’m going to Minneapolis for the American Copy Editors Society conference and to visit one of my best friends from college, who just recently got engaged. I’ve never been to Minneapolis before, so I’m taking suggestions as to where I should go and what I should do. Normally, when I travel somewhere IContinue reading “Where to Go When Visiting Minneapolis?”
Stories Behind Dallas Morning News’ ‘At the Edge of Life’ Project
When I interned at The Dallas Morning News last summer, I heard a lot about “the death project.” Editors talked about in the stairway and the other interns would ask with interest if I’d heard anything about it. I never met Lee Hancock, the reporter on the project, but I met photographer Sonya Hebert brieflyContinue reading “Stories Behind Dallas Morning News’ ‘At the Edge of Life’ Project”
Signs Misspelling Name of Webster Lake Now Fixed
“There’s no excuse for a misspelled word,” my late grandpa once said, picking up his dictionary and grunting like a body builder lifting a heavy weight. I agree with him, but am willing to allow for a little clemency when it comes to words and names like Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. Yes, there’s a three-mile long lake inContinue reading “Signs Misspelling Name of Webster Lake Now Fixed”
St. Petersburg Times Wins Two Pulitzer Prizes
I nearly cried when I heard the news. The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times had won not one, but two, Pulitzer prizes — one for national reporting and another for feature reporting. It’s the first time the paper has ever won two Pulitzers in the same year. The national reporting award was in recognition of theContinue reading “St. Petersburg Times Wins Two Pulitzer Prizes”
Story Behind Go! Cover Photo of Kissing Interracial Couple
I wrote a story for Poynter Online this week about a Go! cover photo of an interracial couple and the racially charged comments it generated. To find out more about the issue, I talked with editors at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, including Kurt Greenbaum, editor of social media, about how they handled the comments: WhenContinue reading “Story Behind Go! Cover Photo of Kissing Interracial Couple”
Word on the Street 