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
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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!
It’s windy today, and cold. Well, not as much as it will be soon, but there’s a notable fall chill. It feels like a learning kind of day. In fact, I have my first arts reporting class tonight, and I’ve been reading about obituaries all day. And while drinking coffee at my desk, I came … Read more
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
So this is an interesting thing. I had two classes this quarter at Northwestern University, and they both had similar, but seperate objectives. First, it was a project to highlight my interactive graphic design skills. Secondly, it was a project to highlight my interactive storytelling skills. Ok, so with the approval of the instructors for … Read more
Media theorist and author of many influential books on advertising, corporate influence on culture, and too many more to name, weighs in on the future of the publishing business on Publishers’s Weekly. Conclusion: The publishing business’s woes are short-term; good things are coming: Behind the bad news, there is much to look forward to. Our … Read more
This reflects, quite consisely, what I think about health care reform in the US: All of us put our money into a big pot, and when you have medical expenses, you take some money out of the big pot. That—in 25 words—is everything you need to know about health-care insurance. This is no different from … Read more
See, this is how the professionals do it.