One year ago this Saturday, I walked out of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for the last time as an employee. I quit. It had been three and a half years and it was time. After a week off, which was busy enough it didn’t really count as a week off, I got in my car and [...]
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It’s been a month. A not-bad month. I’ve written some little things here and there — for money, even — and Eatsburgh is doing better than I could have hoped. I’m lucky, too, to also have the promise of more work ahead. Today — this morning — felt the best so far. This piece on [...]
There’s a real chance I’m an idiot. Two days after I last posted here, I took a leap. I resigned from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to move to Pittsburgh and freelance. My last day was Oct. 15 — coincidentally, my birthday. That’s right. I gave up a secure job with steady paychecks and institutional heft and [...]
And while I’m thinking of it, what’s a better image for reporting than my silhouette shrouding a No Trespassing sign on some dude’s property? You’re welcome.
You never know quite what to think when the executive editor’s assistant appears quietly and magically behind you. This was a piece of good news. She came by to give me a couple certificates — Arkansas APME awards for spot news (second place; this-here story) and beat reporting (third place). I’m not a big awards [...]
I must say, among the best times to be a scanner-chasing day-shift cops reporter is election day. I’m in early, everyone else comes in late and is usually distracted. And generally, people out on the streets behave. Cops are quiet, bad guys are quiet — and then I go home. It’s also the rare day [...]
So, this is not strictly journalism-related. But a journalist wrote it — which surely counts for something. My friend Matt Davis was in town yesterday on his way to New Orleans, where he’s setting up shop as a freelancer. He and his wonderful wife, Sue, like to eat. I like to cook. It works out. [...]
I’ve had this little site up for almost a year and a half now. It has stories tucked away all over about bad people, good people, weird people, etc. And yet, of the 4,490 pageviews to date, the post with the largest share is this one. That’s right: A list of songs with names that, [...]
A good friend of mine just gave up his reporting job to move to his hometown of Chicago, where his wife starts a new job next week. His name is John Krupa. Hire him if you can. His LinkedIn profile is here. Here’s the recommendation I wrote for him there: John has a fantastic eye [...]
Occasionally, I tweet. I’m not even sure why I do it. Sometimes I want to point out something I’ve posted here, or something cool that happened, maybe help out a friend. And because I love to cook, sometimes it’s about that, too. Maybe the Dodgers every once in a while. There is no ridiculous number [...]
OK. So as of now this little site has gotten 3,330 page views since I put it up about a year ago. Who other than me is even looking at it? Thanks to you all for stumbling by. * UPDATE Almost forgot. This place accomplished something I hadn’t anticipated. I found out yesterday that someone [...]
At some point yesterday, I got the 2,000th pageview on this little site. As of this morning I was at 2,022. That’s kind of trippy. I mean, I write for a newspaper that still very much thinks of itself as a newspaper. I never get much of an idea how many people read anything I [...]
So I realize I’ve let this thing languish a bit. Time to get back to it. I’ll have some new posts up later this evening, I think. Some stuff I’ve been tossing around in my head that I’d like to share. Until then.
Moving along with this whole little project. Links seem to work, chatter isn’t perfect, but it’s there. Still haven’t decided if I want to do more than just embed the links to stories. Seems like at least a few of them should come with an explanation or from a dedicated link outside the flow of [...]
I suppose things are underway. I’ve loaded up a little bit about me and some of my work. More later. I have a dinner party to get off the ground. I called this blog an experiment, by the way, because it really isn’t in my personality to do something this — I don’t know — [...]
