Journonerd Crisis: Where am I, and where am I going? (ONA Wrapup)

September 28th, 2011

Conferences. They're a time to reflect, to break out of the bubble. The Online News Association conference always seems to fall at a weird time for me. Last year, a week after I started PBS. This year, a month after I started at the AP (the team literally branded my big blue hat with an AP pin. I get it, you own me Read More...

This work I do, it’s difficult, and that’s okay

September 3rd, 2011

I always said I wanted a challenge. People told me to go where I could learn. And now that I've been thrown into the Washington bureau of the Associated Press, I got my wish. And let me tell you, I've had some of the toughest days (intellectually) in the last two weeks. Because this work I do, this complicated data/programming/journalism thing, it's tough Read More...