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Katie Couric may not be everyone’s favorite broadcaster, but she has always struck me as a dedicated reporter, even when she was covering “fluffier” news on the TODAY show. Now she’s reporting from Iraq, making it difficult for people to accuse her of only covering the softer issues in life. Instead, critics are saying sheContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Women in the Media”

A few days before I graduated from Providence College, my friend Rebecca gave me a book called, “14,000 Things to Be Happy about.” The book has been sitting on my desk for the past couple months, but I haven’t cracked it open until now. Looking at the title of the book every day, though, hasContinue reading “Happiness in Life’s Little Things”

A friend from Poynter today said the list of books I included a few posts back was good, but serious. Every once in a while, I should include a book for the fun of it, he said. The book he suggested is called, “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” a mystery novel with lyrical writing. He endedContinue reading “Having a Little More Fun on the Street”

Flamenco dancing at Cerviche Tapas Bar and Restaurant down here in St. Pete is good, but it doesn’t compare to the dancing in Sevilla, Spain. I studied in Sevilla for seven weeks during the summer between my junior and senior years and dream of someday going back to see my host family, revisit the city’sContinue reading “‘I May Take a Holiday in Spain’”

As I drove home from work Friday, I spotted a group of a dozen or so boys who were all wearing skin-tight, white jeans. I wish I had taken a photo of them crossing the street in front of my car, strutting along the roadway like the Beatles, their heads down, their facial expressions serious.Continue reading “Better Not Wear Saggy Jeans — You Might Get Arrested.”

I’m a multi-tasker, so when it comes to reading books, I can’t read just one. I’m always juggling a couple books at a time. Usually, I read while watching TV or eating dinner. When reading articles online, I’m almost always chatting with friends and checking e-mail in between paragraphs. As a child, I walked twoContinue reading “‘So many books, so little time.’”

Oops. I just realized most of the links in my last article didn’t work. I’ve fixed them, in case you want to look over the post again and click on some of the links like the link to my del.icio.us page. Also, I just started a group on Poynter’s Journalists and Facebook group and amContinue reading “Corrected links, Facebook discussion”

I’m now officially a “deliciouser,” a neologism I use to describe del.icio.us users. For years, I’ve saved articles in Word documents or e-mails, or kept them stored away in blue binders. My dad still cuts out articles about journalism, or news about my hometown, and mails them to me. Maybe I should introduce him toContinue reading ““D to the E, to the L-I-C-I-O-U-S””

I promised you in my last post that I’d explain how my passion for journalism started, so here goes: I’ve always wanted to tell stories. As a child, most of my friends played hide-and-go-seek. I read Harriet the Spy. Inspired by Harriet, I would walk around the neighborhood with my Lisa Frank notebook and askContinue reading “Just Your Average Neighborhood Beat”

I love how children are so carefree and innocent. Reporters can learn a lot from children, particularly because they are always asking questions in search of answers to the “why” questions in life. When I’m stumped for a story idea, I try to put myself in the shoes of a child, not to become innocent,Continue reading “Childhood memories stir laughter, teach lessons”