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My Takeaways: “What Would Google Do?”

Jeff Jarvis‘ (@jeffjarvis) “What Would Google Do?” is a book, despite its two-year -old copyright, remains relevant today. I was afraid upon choosing it for a 2011 class that the ideas outlined in Jarvis’ book were going to be dated. … Continue reading

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Election Night

The only other elections I’ve “covered” was the 2008 National Election. At that point, I was still a student editor at my college newspaper, so I had assigned election stories to reporters. I was in the newsroom, getting numbers off … Continue reading

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Social Media Redux

I’m going on my eighth week as a weekly newspaper editor in a small town in West Virginia, and it’s kept me busy (to say the least). I think my first month was supposed to be a subtle transition into … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead…

I’m looking forward to what the rest of American University’s Interactive Journalism program offers. From what I understand, there will be a lot of writing intense classes down the road…which is RIGHT up my alley. But this should be interesting. … Continue reading

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Adapting

I’m adapting to being a student again. I’m adapting to being a 23-year-old newspaper editor. I’m adapting to a new town.

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