A bookworm journalist blogs on literature and life
I finally found a way to upload my first multimedia project online! To view the project, click on the picture at right and a new window will pop up with the audio slideshow. If you’re interested, check out these previous posts about my experience doing multimedia reporting, and my experience putting the project together. Thanks [...]
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For all book lovers, today’s comic on Penny Arcade.
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One of my secret (or maybe not-so-secret) nerdy passions is grammar. I’m no expert on grammar rules, but I like to think I generally get things right. Over the last few weeks, there have been a bunch of mainstream news articles that have brought up some grammar issues that caught my attention. In Birmingham, England, [...]
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Welcome to my second edition of J-School Journal. I hate that name, so instead of formalizing my feature with a name I’m just going to commit to writing a post about journalism and journalism school on Friday, without worrying that it has a snazzy button or name (unless I come up with something cool later [...]
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I rarely get books in the mail because I don’t usually do ARCs and don’t often enter in giveaways online. I don’t do ARCs because I like to read what I feel like reading without feeling obligated to get to a book specifically because I agreed to review it. I’m not sure why I don’t [...]
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A friend sent me this link to a Slate article called “Diagramming Sarah” by Kitty Burns Florey. A summary just doesn’t do this story justice, so I’m going to quote a big chunk of it. Click on the link to read the full story — it is well worth your time. ——— “Other Palinisms are [...]
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