Depressing news

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Tags: depression, economy, Journalism, snow

Depressing news

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After a morning job interview in downtown Boston, I stopped in for a quick coffee at the Starbucks in Government Center. As I sat at the counter and stared out the window, I saw this little scene and had to take a photo of it (with my cell phone).

I could scarcely believe how spinning-newspaper-cliche this looked.

This photo was featured on UniversalHub on Wednesday, March 4th. Thanks Adam!

Laid off

Friday, January 30th, 2009 Tags: Journalism, work

Laid off

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I got laid off on Monday.

Though I knew this was coming for quite a while, getting a pink slip was still unpleasant.

I was just one of over 70,000 Americans who got laid off on Monday across a wide range of industries. It's scary. I suppose I should take some comfort in knowing I'm not alone right now--especially judging by the long lines at the unemployment office I visited this morning--but I don't. I'd really prefer everyone be able to go to work.

As someone in front of me at the unemployment lines joked today: "When it comes to the economy, when you know someone who's been laid off, it's a recession. When you're the one who's been laid off, it's a depression."

All my office accoutrements neatly placed in a box, with a white folder detailing my severance package resting on top.

I still haven’t been able to open that box since I brought it home.

The death of journalism in America

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Tags: Journalism, media, musings

The death of journalism in America

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As my bio says, I’m just a newbie reporter. So perhaps it’s presumptuous of me to opine on the State of Journalism with only a few years of experience under my belt.

But something—okay, everything—bothered me when I read this post on Poynter.

“…But nothing journalists do will reverse the dark tides of popular cynicism. The wrecking balls destroying the credibility of the press cannot be stopped until we focus more attention on the credibility of those who are pulling the levers, including a public that has been conditioned, like rats in a Skinnerian dystopia, to hate us.”

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Yes! Finally! A MySpace for journalists!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Tags: Journalism, media

Yes! Finally! A MySpace for journalists!

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Just what I’ve always wanted! And no, I’m not being facetious.
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Post amnesia

Monday, September 10th, 2007 Tags: articles, flickr, gackt, greece, j-rock, japanese rock, Journalism, magazines, Massachusetts, media, purple SKY, s.k.i.n., writing

Post amnesia

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I’m biking for The Hub On Wheels in two weeks and have been preparing for it. I’m only doing the 25-mile route as I have something to do that afternoon (XKCD meetup!), but I was curious if I am physically capable of biking the full 40-ish mile route. So just for kicks a few weeks ago I biked the entire Cape Cod rail trail, which is about 44 miles round-trip. I’m still amazed that I did it. I’ve never been an athletic person so when I shared this news with my family and friends, everybody was pretty impressed. So yes, I’m proud of this and wanted to share it with you all. (And here is the photographic journal of that day!) (more…)