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Background in journalism and communications with training in new media, public relations, and design. Trade publication editor, community journalist, musician, expert social media amateur and overall life enthusiast.



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A ‘wonderful time to be in the news business’?

Is journalism's clock still ticking?

I never really used to be a podcast person — I always preferred listening to music and found the talking distracting, especially if I was working on something else at the time (and who has time to just sit around and listen to something? I’m all about multitasking).

Maybe my boyfriend’s [...]

More advice for small-school journalist jobseekers

Okay, my school wasn't that small.

I’m writing in response to another Ask the Recruiter column, this time about an aspiring journalist with an impressive resume coming from a small college.

In his column, Joe Grimm offers some pretty good advice to the student — on his jaw-dropping sixth internship at a daily newspaper — who seems to [...]

RTDNA Social Media/Blogging Guide for Newsrooms

If I’ve learned anything (and I hope that I have) from reading blogs, goofing around on Twitter and attending the Social Media Breakfast – Tech Valley events, it’s that social media can be a rocket launcher for businesses, organizations and individuals.

However, while social media can definitely be a useful tool for a reporter, the implications [...]