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Monday, February 04, 2008 7:30 AM

Favorite journalism movie quotes

So I thought it would be fun for us all to share our favorite moments or quotes from movies about journalism.My quote is from Superman - the original movie. Sure it's a bit overdone, but Lois' reaction is hardly ever mentioned but makes me laugh about
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:39 PM

Shift change

I always thought the phrase, "change of shift," sounded really redundant when taken out of context. Anyway, for the past year, I've had the early morning shift of the paper. I wake up every day at 6 a.m. to report to the police station and make the morning
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Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:46 PM

Stuck in the habit

When my editor is reading my work, I have a tendency to sit behind him, reading over his shoulder and doing some "backseat editing" (I guess you could call it that... kind of like backseat driving). After copy editing for a few years, and doing
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Friday, October 19, 2007 5:37 PM

One big adventure

A while ago I blogged about changing careers, and how difficult it is to do even when one has only been in a job for a year or two. Well, I can attest to change being possible, and though it is difficult to do, we are able. And I think our youth gives
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 6:02 AM

My terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

OK - it wasn't all that bad. But, it was pretty embarrassing and still stings a little.What's that you might ask, why it's my most embarrassing day on the j-o-b yet!The day was Thursday, my mood - burnt out from churning out a massive a1-a3 for that day's
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:57 PM

Did anyone watch?

The Emmy Awards happened a few nights ago, and I only just realized that now. I do like to watch TV, and this may be ignorant or stuck-up of me, but I don't enjoy awards shows. They bore me and I truly don't care who wins. My paper and our Web site give
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:59 PM

That's not garbage

The L.A. Times did a great piece here on what they called 'freegans,' people who don't pay for things, and instead recycle what is already around, like grocery store food in dumpsters. Logically I completely agree with the concept. There's a lot of food,
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:39 PM

Rockin' out at work

I figured after Gene's serious post about cross-dressing, heh, I should write about something not too serious.Anyone else out there listen to music at work?I do all day and I'm curious who else might. I listen to my iPhone, so that if it rings when I'm
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Friday, September 14, 2007 8:09 PM

Crossdressing in the name of our craft

So to help young journalists secure internships, I'm going to be dressing in drag this year. Actually it's part of the Hawaii chapter's annual fundraiser for internships across the state. It's almost time for our annual "Gridiron" show, where we take
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:25 PM

Who's up for D.C.?

Yeah! I saved up enough money that I bought my plane ticket and reserved my hotel last night for the convention in Washington D.C.! Yeah, I guess I'm not quite there yet for the convention - right now I'm saving up $445 for the convention, opening
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:20 PM

Vacations

I'll be off the blog for the next few days as a I take a trip with my boyfriend and his family to Washington. Gee, every vacation I remember how difficult it is to take off time as a reporter. Trying to do the same amount of work in half the normal time
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:29 AM

Peeking over the fence

The Huffington Post has created what it's calling Fundrace 2008. The gadget allows us to type in a zip code, address or name and then comes up with a list of people in that area (or specific person) that have contributed to a political campaign, which
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 12:57 AM

Freedom on Independence Day

The lucky folks who work for media organizations rarely get holidays off. After all, people expect to read the news on holiday mornings, and someone's gotta be there to put it all together!Somehow I managed to convince my bosses that I should take this
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:19 PM

Me, the iPhone and another blog.

So, I'm going now to line up for an Apple iPhone. If you're interested, I'm blogging about my experience for the Register....Wish me luck!
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Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:40 AM

Some pleasure reading to make the ache go away

We journalists are hefty readers -- newspapers, blogs, Web sites, magazines, and books keep our eyes busy for oh-so-many hours each week. I probably spend 12 hours reading on a good day. Which leads me to this blog -- a two-parter spawning from the massive
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