Here’s the thing — journalism is transactional. You rely on other people to feed you information that you can use to write your stories. In exchange, your sources get to draw attention to the things that they think are important. For instance, if you’re writing an article about a new business, you contact the business … Read more
Today’s another pretty nice day. It’s not as beautiful as yesterday, but still pretty nice. I went and walked around a little bit in Loyola Park, which is actually my backyard. It’s starting to thaw out, finally, and the park is really great now that it’s a civilized temperature outside. I wish I had taken … Read more
It’s beautiful today. The temperature is something like 50 degrees, and all the snow that’s been covering the ground for the last month is melting. It’s not spring time yet, but you can tell it’s getting closer. It’s certainly a good day to air out the house.
I’m pretty much posing this so that I’ll remember to check it out again when it’s time to figure out what to have for dinner. The Chicago Reader’s list of dining options in Rogers Park. http://www.chicagoreader.com/rogers_park/restaurants/
I guess today it’s going to be back to the Land of Bridgeport. I’ve only got three story ideas so far, and that just ain’t going to fly when I need to be turning in three stories a week. I’m going to go down to to the South Side again today, and see if I … Read more
I’ve just finished up the first half of the first quarter of my year at grad school. That means that next week, I begin beat reporting in on the South Side of Chicago, specifically in the Bridgeport neighborhood. My beat is business, so if you happen to have any tips about business happenings in Bridgeport … Read more
