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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:06 AM

Revisiting Excel

Excel is an excellent tool for journalists. Here's how I've started using it to catalogue sources and keep a log of sources used for particular stories.
posted by ElysseJames | 2 Comments
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:04 PM

Internships - the "Unpaid" are Here to Stay

I was re-reading Sonya's post on interning and I realized something was missing: no one in a hiring position commented on not paying interns. I hire at least two interns each semester (sometimes up to four or five) and most of them come from the local
posted by AieshaLittle | 2 Comments
Saturday, May 17, 2008 5:20 PM

Standing Neutral Ground

After Eight Belles broke down in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) on May 3 at Churchill Downs, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) surfaced with a cruelty to animal charge against Eight Belles's owner, trainer
posted by JennyBlandford | 0 Comments
Friday, May 16, 2008 2:11 PM

How Do You "Beat" Burnout?

I'm exhausted. I'm currently working on a 3,000-word feature story and a 1,800-word department, wrangling the editorial interns, putting Web-exclusive copy on my magazine's site, and writing/editing items for the calendar section. Ah! I'm not quite burned
posted by AieshaLittle | 3 Comments
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:42 PM

Hello again

Hi everyone. Sorry for my short absence from the blog. I've been bogged down as region 11 director and in switching jobs quite often (as I fill in for ladies on maternity leave). We have at least two new bloggers to introduce: Jenny Blandford and Aeisha
posted by SonyaSmith | 1 Comments
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:27 AM

The hardest thing I've ever covered: Eight Belles

Note: This is a continuation of "Covering the Kentucky Derby red carpet...then Eight Belles" Immediately following the Kentucky Derby, it was my job to get back to Churchill Downs's barn area and speak with the connections of the 19 losing connections
posted by JennyBlandford | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:54 AM

Covering the Kentucky Derby red carpet and then...Eight Belles

I wish I could say covering this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) on May 3 was as great as last year, but I cannot. This was my second consecutive year covering "the greatest two minutes in sports" for Thoroughbred Times, an international
posted by JennyBlandford | 0 Comments