The University of Central Florida (my undergrad alma mater) has some kind words about my little sister, Arden, who’s about to graduate from their nursing program. She’s a real contender in the friendly, familial competition for who can spend the most time in school, especially since she’s going back in the fall. Monroe-Obermeit’s eight years of … Read more
As you can tell by looking at the dates on my recent posts, I haven’t been making too many updates lately. Alas, how is the rabid Ian Monroe fan supposed to know what I’m up to? Well, I’ll tell you. I began my job hunt back in November with this post offering a bounty for … Read more
So I got extremely frustrated by the inability of my previous webhost to provide me with even the most trivial of support, and I decided to change servers. However, in the process, I got a little ambitious, decided to upgrade WordPress, and I managed to screw a few things up. Permalinks, for one. So any … Read more
This comes via boingboing.net today. After J-school, I’m more convinced than ever that newspapers (ink on dead tree) are pretty much doomed, with the exception of some niches — free papers, alternative papers, hyperlocal neighborhood papers. Even among my journalist friends, I can’t think of anyone that has an actual subscription to a dead-tree daily … Read more
So the Medill project came to a successful conclusion. I’m now a Master of Science in Journalism. I’m still looking for some full time work, but I’ve managed to get a couple of freelance projects that will keep me fed and housed for a couple of months. I’ll post more about them as they get … Read more
Greeting, friends. Eleven months ago, I left Florida to come to Chicago and work my way through Northwestern’s Master’s of Journalism program. Since then, I have been gainfully unemployed, focusing all my attention on my studies. This year-long project has been a success thus far. I’m now in my fourth quarter, and the end is … Read more
Once again, it looks like I’ve been neglecting the occasional update for you lovely folks. Let me give you the quick rundown of what’s going on. I’m knee-deep and wading through this obituaries project. The interactive innovation project at Medill this quarter is about obituaries, online and off. That’s eating up a metric ton of … Read more
The interview and photos were done last quarter, but apparently, the so-called “Look Book” has now been published. Here’s how my little piece of it came out. Thanks to Katie Rogers for scanning the page for me!
So today was my first day of my last quarter of studies at Northwestern. It seems that I’m going to be thinking intimately about obituaries for the next ten to twelve weeks. It also is creeping up on time for me to start looking for work. Can’t support this lifestyle with no income, so it’s … Read more
The tingling in my loins and radar signals creeping into my brain can mean only one thing. X-Day is getting close! July 5th’s on it’s way! Maybe this year is really 1998! X-Day, for those of you that might not know, is my all-time favorite holiday. I’ve been celebrating it for years. It’s a … Read more