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I start beat reporting next week
I’ve just finished up the first half of the first quarter of my year at grad school. That means that next week, I begin beat reporting in on the South Side of Chicago, specifically in the Bridgeport...
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Here’s the thing — journalism is transactional. You rely on other people to feed you information that you can use to write your stories. In exchange, your sources get to draw attention to the things...
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Lawrence Lessig at the Kellogg School of Management
Yesterday, Lawrence Lessig spoke at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Lessig is like the Elvis Presley of the nerd universe; a rock star of the highest order. I don’t need to run down...
View ArticleNew quarter, new beat
Starting today until the beginning of June, I’m working on Health/Science reporting. My beat is Technology/Gadgets/Nanotech. If you should happen to have any good tips on these subjects, please please...
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Nano-writing technique leaves a very small impression
In April, scientists from Northwestern University published a new technique for drawing nano-scale structures on a surface, using an atomic force microscope. In this video, the authors of the paper...
View ArticleIt’s now Autumn, and quarter 4 of grad school
So today was my first day of my last quarter of studies at Northwestern. It seems that I’m going to be thinking intimately about obituaries for the next ten to twelve weeks. It also is creeping up on...
View ArticleWhoa, has it been nearly a month?
Once again, it looks like I’ve been neglecting the occasional update for you lovely folks. Let me give you the quick rundown of what’s going on. I’m knee-deep and wading through this obituaries...
View ArticleThe job hunt begins, and I’m offering a cash bounty
Greeting, friends. Eleven months ago, I left Florida to come to Chicago and work my way through Northwestern’s Master’s of Journalism program. Since then, I have been gainfully unemployed, focusing...
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