Eat Up!!

Is everyone so busy that we have no time to post?? Well, that's good. It's kind of like eating. We all have plenty to say while we wait for the food, but as soon as it gets there it gets quiet... (especially when you're hungry). Pardon my wacky analogies...but I'm glad we're all getting "full." Back to work for me :)

Busy, busy, busy...

So I think I bit off more than I can chew. In just a week, I went from just doing daily's to having a whole slew of things lined up for my plate this week including an interview with an author on Tuesday (7AM I might add), a profile on facebook due later that day and then my ride along with Verizon on Friday (Yeah, I stole it Adeel, what you going to do about it :)

Needless to say, I will be heading to the office on a Saturday after I finish with this blog. Finally, I am starting to enjoy business writing. It only took 3 weeks of trying to fight it but seeing my name in the newspaper and making all these contacts in Denver has broken me down.

Like Ashley and Vincent, I miss school as well. I REALLY miss school because I had to take last semester off for health reasons and sitting at home watching TV all day got old around January. There is actually a lot to do in Denver - I just haven't had the time or the person to do it with. Two of the cooler interns work the 4PM-12AM copydesk shift and the other reporter who works on the city desk is how would you say...a weirdo, so I have been spending a lot of my free time cooking (I'm really good, i swear), and sleeping. Luckily the sports editor at The Post starts July 4th and I actually know him so I will have at least one friend.

I mentioned Facebook - did you know a venture capital firm is investing $13 million on the website (money = business story). And I searched The Post archives and they ran even a general story on facebook so I pitched the story to my editor and he loved it. Of course nobody has heard of it so here I am showing them my profile and I'm like maybe this isn't the best idea to be showing them my profile as some of my friends have said some things on my wall...but anyways, that should be running on Wednesday.

By the way, they are expanding to all 1400 colleges by mid August...and a little trivia, can you guess which college has the most students on facebook. If anyone gets it, I'll give you some Denver Post swag.

Am I the only one who is already looking for internships next summer?

Alright, off to my corner cube I go...

I'm Pooped

Ok, so this is the end of the week, and I am tired. This town still hasn't grown on me. It's one of the least racially diverse/accepting towns that I've ever been in, and frankly I'm just not feeling that. All of the people that I work with are extremely nice and friendly though so it's kind of a weird balance. The newsroom is nice. I like the buzz of people interviewing on the phone, and the click of people doing work (supposedly...they could be blogging like me...) I don't sit at the business desk, but I don't mind it...by the way, if I'm repeating myself, please excuse me, I'm typing with a fuzzy brain. I finally got on top of all of the work I've had to do. They've kept me busy for sure, so that's pretty cool. No earnings stories or anything like that, but a lot of local stuff.

The other interns and I actually don't interact much. Well for one, three of them just got here on Monday...I've been here since Memorial Day, so I'm old news...but that's cool too. Then one of them does online from 8-12, and you best believe this girl is out of here no later than 7 (I work 9-6), so I've actually never met her. Maybe one day I'll hang around late so I can meet her, but 8 is pretty damn late, and def. past my feeding time...so we'll see.

The city is trying to grow it's nightlife, but it's a long way off, so I spend a lot of time reading and sleeping...and shopping (it's a sickness, really it is). Like Vincent I miss my newsroom, and my city. I'm a little ready for school to start (I could very well be the only who feels that way, but twhatever...) Tahoe is absolutely beautiful, I'm definately feeling that, but I miss being around people my age. Practically everyone in the newsroom is older, married with a family, so it's great because many people have offered to like be my surrogate family for the summer, but I want to go out every once in a while. I miss my friends. I'm not exactly homesick, because I'm definately feeling the alone time and whatnot, but I miss interaction with my peers.

The newsroom is really really laid back. Two people wear ties and button down shirts, everyone else is in jeans and flip-flops or birks EVERYDAY (yeah, including some of the editors and upper-levelers), but it's cool because it's still a professional environment and people get the work done, so I'm feeling that. It's hard not to get sucked into that (I'm in jeans right now, but it's cool cuz it's Friday suckas), but I still try to remain business casual (gotta be that one step up ya know??). They like to feed me here. I'm always getting free lunch, and my newsroom has a thing for rootbeer floats like every other day for real, so I'm definately feeling that.

I also like that my paper has a gym above the newsroom, cuz with all that food and cake (people have been retiring and getting pregnant and stuff like that), and ice cream it's easy to get a little bit "soggy" ya know?? Anyway, I'm sorry if this blog isn't really about business or stories or writing or being a professional....my head hurts and I just wanted to talk you people for a minute. Holler homies~~

Progress report

The fourth week is almost over. Time has sure been flying.
I have enjoyed my time here so far. Minneapolis is kind of a smaller, cleaner version of Chicago, which is interesting. It seems like the public transportation system is pretty good. You don't really need a car to get around, at least not if you're looking to go somewhere near the downtown area.
It's a cosy newsroom, maybe because the people are older. A lot of them are old enough to have a kid who's close to my age. But there are some younger (late 20s to early 30s) reporters around. Three of them are near me, and one other person is the assistant business editor I'm assigned to. So that's kind of cool.
The interns are pretty interesting, as well. But they all have recently graduated from school, or are pretty close to doing so. I'm the third youngest intern out of 13. Which creates some problems in terms of late night social gatherings. It's interesting to see what they talk about, especially in terms of what they're doing with their careers. Couple of them are interested in being hired full-time at the paper, one of them's going to Columbia Journalism School, and another one's got a one-year internship lined up with the St. Petersburg Times.
I have to say, this all feels a bit strange. Wearing dress pants and a collared shirt to work on weekdays, working from 9 to 6. And actually having people call me back.
Unfortunately, things have been a little slow, mostly because I've been working on more long term projects. Hopefully things pick up a little bit.
I miss the college atmosphere, more than anything. When I'm in Champaign, I can go out to the bars, sit around and talk over a glass of scotch/beer and a cigar. Not so much of that around here. And I miss being around people who are my age. Fuck, even kids who are a little younger.
And most of all, I miss the college paper newsroom. It's tiny, and it's got some shitty computers on a fucked up software network. But that's a lively newsroom full of people who are putting hours into something they won't even be paid minimum wage for. I don't need to join a fraternity. I've been in one since the second semester of Freshman year, when I started working as a reporter.
That and my guitar that I left behind at home. Need to retrieve it when I go home for July 4 weekend.

My Turn

Considering it seems like the gentlemen have said their piece, I figure I should add some estrogen to this conversation.
It seems like the debate about journalists blogging has been haunting me since forever. Honestly I don't see what's wrong with a journalist writing their personal feelings about something. This is, of course, if it doesn't coincided with what their doing in the workplace.
Journalists are people, too, with issues, opinions, ideas, whatever else you want to call them. Not letting us be able to express them on our own time is just plain stupid. It's not like we go into the newsroom blatantly advertising our blogs. They're there for the sake of having a place to release anything running through our minds at the moment. And yes there is a pretty tight line journalists/bloggers walk each time they post because of what they might say, but I think if they're smart they wouldn't write anything that can get them fired or something of that nature.
I know at my paper it's already common knowledge that I do blog just because it was brought up during one of our brown bag lunches. Yes, we have those - our internship coordinator acts like the mother of the newsroom. Anyway, I already got some smack about that from other interns, but honestly, I don't think they really understand the world of blogging. Because if they did, they'd realize that xanga is not necessarily one of the most influential blogging outlets in cyberspace. So yeah, I may write about my views political, economic or social issues, but i'm not just limited to that. There are other things I'm interested in, too. And if the news organization I'm working with at the time has an issue with that, then so be it. I'll deal with what has to be dealt with.

Well, I guess that's my spiel on the issue.

In other news, I finally got a byline, and it was page one top of the fold. Yay! I actually feel like I'm one of you guys now. Damn that took a while. Oh well. I'd post the link but uhh you have to go through all this registering crap. So if you're interested in reading, I can just e-mail or im your the story or how you can get to it. Also, I know it's been practically a month since we've had training, and guess what I just did? Post the pictures! So if you're interested in catching a glimpse of what you looked like while we were in that computer lab, I highly recommend clicking right here.

The Blogging Question

I guess it's my turn.
The blog that I linked is a place where I want to dissect and discuss the way things are reported by media outlets. It's not meant to be a place where I discuss blogs nor a place where I make my political leanings known.
Any time you're doing something you're serious about, it's generally a good idea to think critically about the industry/field you are in and discuss the problems and issues within it. It's constructive criticism, and it puts things in perspective.
Is there anything wrong with having personal blogs? No. If I want to have a blog where I talk about my daily problems, then that's my damn prerogative and anybody who thinks otherwise can go to hell. I find the notion that my personal opinions of issues affect the way I report insulting. I'm not some damn pundit on Crossfire, Fox TV, MSNBC, CNN or some radio station spewing my agenda and presenting it as the absolute truth. I take pride in the fact that I separate my personal beliefs from my work. That's what professionals are supposed to do. Besides, I don't see anyone questioning doctors who write out emergency contraceptive prescriptions whether they agree with birth control. What I say and what I do are separate.
Of course, it's not necessarily the truth that matters, but the perception of what is true. Therefore, it would be problematic if I operate a purely political blog. I don't, even though I don't think it's that big a deal when I'm still in college. My professional career hasn't even begun yet.
But the bottom line is that I know where the line between my personal and professional life is. And I put hard work in to my job, and I do my best to strip away all of my prejudices when I write my articles. If somebody wants to make a fuss about something I wrote in my blog that I make no active efforts to publicize, then they can go find some other reporter to hire. I will not consent to any newspaper management from infringing on my first amendment rights in my private sphere. It is ironic and hypocritical that an industry that is completely dependent on the right of free speech to frown upon the reporters' exercising of that right outside of the public sphere.

Ok, I'll bite on this topic...

Conservative might not be the word to describe you, Tim. Yes, there is a fine line to cross but to fear what a future employee might think regarding your thoughts on the national media...why even stress over it? Are we not allowed to express our thoughts just because we are journalists? We should have even more of the right to do so, and so what if you have a blog on the internet, or pictures of you posing as a Calvin Klein model. If a job is not going to hire you because they googled your name and found a blog of yours, then you probably don't want to be working for them in the first place.

Outscooping the NY Times: Why is the National Media so Slow?

I'm starting a "journalism commentary blog." What I'm entering below is what you can find there.

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So I was looking at the NY Times Web site, and I found an article about living wills. I couldn't help but chuckle, because I wrote a story about the same thing back in April.

And I thought that I was late on getting the story in.

My biggest qualm with the entire Terri Schiavo coverage is the fact that, in the end, none of the quotes, commentaries and facts reported mattered. Where was the discussion of the Florida surrogacy law? Where was the explanation of why Michael Schiavo was able to gain custody rights over his in-laws? The entire reporting was based around the political battle between the left and the right. And that had nothing to do with the outcome. The judiciary branch did what it was supposed to do. Interpret the law. The whole ordeal was a product of a well settled law regarding who gets to make the decisions for the permanently incapacitated who did not leave any medical directives.

Perhaps this is simply symptomatic of the news coverage today. There's a lot of explanation and punditry about what's right and wrong. That's all nice and fuzzy, but where's the explanation for why things are happening, at the fundamental level? In the end, the whole ordeal was based around the state law. There should never have been any controversy regarding the issue. None of the decisions made by the courts was an action of timidity or judicial activism, as many people charged. The courts interpreted the law correctly, and acted in a way that was in accordance to their constitutional parameters.

In other words, there should not have been any controversy, no hearings, no legislative action.

All of this got lost in the demonizing shouting match of pundits. I place the vast majority of the blame on the broadcast media: the Crossfires, the O'Reilly Factors. But the blame should also go to print media. In the age of interactive and instantaneous news, the newspapers must differentiate themselves through the depth, breadth, and ingenuity of coverage. In this particular case, the newspapers have failed.

For all the talk of the need to evolve and innovate, what's really lacking is content. It doesn't matter what great interactive functions are attached, it doesn't matter how creative the design is, it doesn't matter how fresh the writing style is. In the end, it comes down to how the news is actually reported. It comes down to content.

The print media, especially, needs to gain a sense of urgency and responsibility. The broadcast media, frankly, is ill-suited to report the news. Cable TV networks' business does not come from simply providing information. It comes from being nifty, it comes from cheap talk shows spewing worthless, incendiary and unproductive screamings and condemnations. Broadcast news is for people who want to be entertained.

In the end, the print media needs to be the authoritative source. That is the only way that it will survive. And that is the only way that any semblance of proper dialogue and engagements based on facts will be possible.

And, for christ's sakes, there's so much picking up for the newspapers to do.

8 weeks to go...

Not that I'm counting down or anything like that because I don't like what I'm doing. It's been a challange and that's what I was looking for this summer. I just miss covering sports. I did have 3 stories this week which was fun because it's always cool to see your name in the newspaper. And I did a lot of networking at the two functions that I covered which could result in future stories down the line.

Quick funny story - I was sent to cover a panel at a high school businness camp in Denver yesterday. So I arrive just as the kids are walking into the building, so I walk right in behind them. Even though I had on khakis and a polo shirt, several of the adults mistakened me for one of the kids in the camp. I was like "Um, no, I 'm a reporter from the Denver Post". That ID badge comes in handy sometimes.

Just to remind everyone if you haven't sent back the summer report form back to Dow Jones, it's due on Monday.

Blog 3: Stuck

Things have been going very well, I've had quite a few stories (there was some editing here and there, but it's mostly mine...this is what came out today) to work on, nothing with numbers, but a lot of small business and business related events...it's all good. Currently, I am sitting trying to figure out what I'm going to say for this fertilizer company...maybe my lede could go "Hey, shit happens...especially when you work for..." um, maybe not. SO, I'm taking a break from my writers block, and talking to you all....the blog was looking a little lonely. I must really love you all cuz this is my third blog...yep yep...

Um, side note, I really want my school to be on facebook....I see all these itty bitty HBCU's are listed on there, and I'm not understanding how my school, which is really good, fairly large HBCU isn't on there....can anyone help me please?? I would like to experience the wonder that is "The Facebook."

Well, I'm gonna walk over to the business desk and see if I can get some ass-is-tahnce....Talk to you cool kids later...

Quotes That Will Go Up on My Cubicle Wall

"If you want to call someone a thieving pig fucker, you'd better be prepared to produce the pig." - Hunter S. Thompson

"Don't fuck up." - Rusty Todd

"Don't mess up, now." - Jeff Unger, U of I Journalism Dept.

"Scotch tastes like old man." - Adrianna Rodriguez

"I wish I had four hands...so I could give four thumbs down." - Dave Chapelle

"Our Greatest Glory Is Not In Never Falling, But In Rising Every Time We Fall." - Confucius

"Dying with your face on a t-shirt isn't all that original." -Velvet Revolver

"Oy, mate! How'd you get so fat?"
"Because every time I fucked your wife, she gave me a buiscuit!' -Chatter at an Austrailian football game (...ok, maybe not this one.)

"You're 32 years old, and you've achieved nothing. Jesus Christ was dead and alive again by 33. You better get crackin'." - Jim Byrd, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

"I have principles. That's why I will murder people for a slice of good lemon supreme pie." - Me.

Vacation?

So Rusty is going on vacation, in case you hadn't gotten the e-mail.

Now I thought to myself... "What would Rusty do on vacation?

Here are my top choices for Rusty's vacation activities...

We know alcohol and tobacco will be involved, of course.


Relaxing at the cabana... 

Perhaps he'll cut loose a little...


Maybe some karaoke! 

I would have photoshopped him in a grass hula skirt and a coconut bra, but hey, even I have ethics.

- Dariush, Richmond, KY.

I thought Sunday was a day of rest

Yes, today is Sunday, and yes I went to work. Nobody forced me to go - I actually wanted to go in which is scary. I guess not having any money and not knowing anyone in Denver has caught up to me as I would never normally come in the office when I didn't have to.

I am starting to finally feel comfortable around the office. There are always the first couple of days where you are scared to even walk to the bathroom because you are the "new guy". I am still clipless (unless you count 3 briefs) but I am learning a lot. My editor has me on a wild goose chase to track down the owner of a vacant building near The Denver Post. It's such prime location located in the middle of Downtown, I made the mistake of asking my editor why nobody would lease it out. D'oh. So that has been keeping me busy the last two days but I finally tracked down the guy who now won't return my calls.

In the meantime, I am going to start pitching story ideas next week. I might have found my niche as The Post really lacks Sports Business coverage and with sports being right down my alley, I just have to tie in the business aspect.

OK, i should actually get to work - that's the reason why I came in here!

Do-Gooder

So yeah, I have a soul... I even use it some times... Like to use the power of journalism to help the downtrodden.

Dariush to the rescue!


Still doing great... Much love to all.

I have no shame when I say this...

But I'm going to piggy back off your story. Almost all of us this summer are located near a major college and you could easily spin off this story and just tie it in into a local angle. Of course, all the credit goes to our boy Vincent.

Consolidate Your Federal Student Loans

Here's my article.
Much to my surprise, the story ran on top of today's paper, right below the banner. I guess the two days of constant calling paid off.
But the point is that this probably applies to most of you. Rates are going up by almost two percent on July 1. If you have more than $5,000 in Federal loans, you need to talk to somebody about consolidating. It can literally save you thousands of dollars because consolidating lets you lock into the 2.875 percent rate that's offered now. You can also extend your payment period, and you only have to pay one bill instead of three or four.
The only downside is that you have to waive your 6-month grace period if you consolidate, meaning you'll have to start paying right away after you graduate. But if you consolidate while you're still in school, your repayment will be delayed until you get out of school.
But the applications need to be received by June 30. Otherwise you get the 5.375 rate. And the fed is likely to bump up the interest rate by another percent, according to the Wells Fargo economist I talked to, which probably means that student loan rates will go up by the same amount.
It was pretty bemusing how flat the college loan stories that ran on other papers were. Most of the time the papers ran a bastardized AP copy that was about 8 grafs long. Almost none of the stories explained what the consolidation process actually entails.
I got this story assigned to me when my editor gave me the same AP wire story. I think a lot of papers can benefit from writing deeper, more complete stories based on some of the wire copies. You guys should look around and see if there's something that you think was underreported. If you find one, you should try to run with it. I think the readers deserve more than just a terse, generic stories for topics that affect them directly.

Remember me?

I feel like cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch. The character who was on the show but you probably forgot all about.
I was bummed out that I missed the rest of the workshop. I would have much rather being learning about numbers than burying my uncle but I am glad I had a chance to meet everyone.
As for my internship - I made the drive from Los Angeles to Denver on Saturday, non-stop (don't try that at home, kids). I left my house at 4AM and finally made it in to Denver at 11PM, after a scary adventure through the Rocky Mountains where I came across a snow storm. Just picture a 1988 Honda Civic with no horsepower going 10 mphs on the highway with trucks whizzing by and dummping snow on my car...
Denver, itself, is a beautiful city. Everywhere you look, you see nothing but mountains. The only bad part is it takes a day or two to adjust to the alititude since you are 5,280 feet up.
Work so far has been slow. We had two days of training but I finally hit the ground running tomorrow morning. There are 9 interns total at The Post including two Dow Jones Copy Editors (Rusty, Amanda from the Austin camp says hello)
More to come later...

My second Blog...Go Me!!!!

Sounds like everyone is having a good time....except for poor Torrye, but it'll be all good homegirl...your peeps from DJNF love ya. Um, my first week went by rather quickly. Got about five bylines under my belt. My paper really likes to do local stories, and all the national stuff I pitch doesn't seem to be exactly what they're looking for (they like wire...yaay for Millie :) ), but I will persist. Anywho, the people are still friendly, and they like to feed me so that's all good, but I don't know anyone in Reno, so that's not so cool. Not very many people my age, and NO cute guys (but that's all good cuz I'm here to work). I do, however, enjoy the numerous buffets that are sprinkled round fair Reno. I went to Tahoe, never been before and I must say...it was GOHJOUS (gorgeous for those who don't quite get Ashleyspeak). One day I'll get savvy like Dariush and send pics. Um, other than that, still trying to learn my around la ciudad so I can find some story ideas...small business seems to be my best bet right now. If you want to take a look at my work go here. Until later lil homies~~~

~Ashlizzle

Peace and quiet at last

Okay so it's definitely not New York City, but I like it! After an eight hour drive at through the state of Pennsylvania, I finally arrived in Erie, Penn. After a day of roaming [getting lost], I think I have a pretty good on this not quite so big city. Yes, I may be fearless leader in Manhattan, but I'm the lost little on in Erie.

I went for my for my physical and drug/alcohol test. [Don't ask. It's company policy] So instead of starting, I have a to wait till Thursday to start working. After my visit with the doctor, I met with the internship coordinator who gave me a tour
of the place. It was bigger than I expected. Sat in on their morning budget meeting, which was pretty interesting. Then I met with the photo editor [definitely a character] and the business editor, who I must say was a little too happy to tell me that he has a load of assignments for me ready. I'm not going to lie - that makes me nervous.

Well, there's nothing else to update you guys on except for a nice lunch and tour of Erie care of my internship coordinator, who somewhat reminds me of my fifth grade teacher. Anyway, she said she wants to take me to the GE plant because I'll most likely be doing something on them sometime during the summer.

I guess that's it. Kudos to everyone's who wrote so far. It's fun reading about what you guys are up to. Catch you later!

I believe the correct term is, "Rocking the Casbah"

Hispanic Health Fair story...


Egyptian Arab horse story...


Hey, a business story...

Kiss the starry sky goodbye / wave farewell to the sun / Monday to Friday, all are gone / The week is all but done

I was feeling poetic, if you couldn't tell from the title.

Anyway, it has been a great week. I haven't gotten off to as quick a start as Ashley or Vincent, But I've still been busy.

The first day (Tuesday) was filled with admin stuff and paperwork. Booooring... The best part was after I got my desk and computer set up when they had me write two grafs to localize a wire story.

Wednesday was a major snore. Nothing happened.

Thursday was awesome. Did some reporting for my first story and also got to take the pictures. Turned it in the same day.

Friday they took us on a tour of the local horse farms. Not bad, pretty fun. Then I got back, finished captioning the pictures I took and went home. On the way home I took pictures of a double rainbow (see American Twentysomething).

Today I was lazy. Tomorrow I have one, possibly two stories to do for my shift on the General Assignment beat. It will rock.

Otherwise, aside from wanting to go back to New York and hang out some more, this guy is feeling fine. All my stuff will be linked here on Monday.

Catch you all later. Be good!

- Dariush, Richmond, KY

Surviving the first week

Another full day's work.
Here's the Wells Fargo story I worked on since Thursday morning. And I pitched in three grafs to add a local context to a wire story about how GM and Ford are cutting production.
After work, I went out with my fellow interns to a Greek restaurant, then joined four guys on the business desk for a game of poker.
I feel like I'm getting more used to the job. I know where things are, I feel like I'm beginning to contribute to the staff.
Weekend should be pretty interesting. I have saturday to myself, pretty much, and I'm going to the Twins-Yankees game on Sunday with three of the other interns - courtesy of the Star Tribune managing editor.
Hopefully I can get recharged.

Help with a story idea for WSJ: Sorry, it is Facebook related

How ya'll doin? Fine? That's just bewll-shitt.

Anyways, I'm working on a WSJ story about Facebook. Yes, THE Facebook. If you go to their Web site you'll see that there is like 700 stories about Facebook out there. But I'm hoping to look at another element, people who break up with their significant others through Facebook.

It's sort of like, Remember how they used to say breaking up is hard to do? Not anymore. Click.

Anyways, I think I told you guys about this idea last week and ya'll just rolled your eyes. But my WSJ editors loved it. They think it might be an Ahed, or that middle column feature on PAGE ONE. I just need to find a half dozen examples. So...if ya'll know anyone whose broken up first on Facebook...I'd love to get their e-mails or cells.

So...well, thanks.

GO MAN POCKY! ~ TIM ^^

Trying to Get Going

Second day was a little bit easier, just because I knew where things were a little better, knew who people were a little better and actually had an assignment to work on. Couple hours of digging through old clips and writing up notes, a trip to the federal courthouse, a 6 graf writeup of the background info and a training session for the Star Tribune computer network ... and finally, a shared byline for an article on the business section.

Terry Fiedler did all the real reporting, since one of the guys in the story called him up on his own, and he just incorporated the information I dug up from his old clips. But it's nice to work on a lighter assignment and try to ease into the routine, and it's pretty cool to get my name in a paper with 380,000 circulation. I guess I'm still trying to see where I'm going to fit in the puzzle, but I think I'll be ok once I get into a groove.

When I was about to leave, Terry gave me a verbal pat on the back for being thorough. I went over to him and the editor to ask questions and pitch some things in terms of moving around some bits of info, then I went over again to point out a minor factual gaff. I guess that whole thing stems from the horror hours spent in the newsroom at Champaign. Always good to follow up on things you're not sure about, because most likely there's something wrong with it.

One thing I miss dearly about the week in NYC...Emily knew where shit was. I don't know where shit is, and I don't know anyone nearby who can tell me where shit is. Although I did stumble into a Chipotle a block away from my apt. Mmmm...Chipotle...

Anyways, I was promised that I'll have "more stuff to do." So here we go again...

Quotable Rusty

"Bend over. You want regular or high-grade?"

"God damn! Stop the presses!"

"Anyone want some free money?"

"Screw transitions."

"We don't give a damn. We're journalists."

"Bullshit."

"You do not sit across the breakfast table from your readers."

"Don't f*ck up."

More will come later. I left the notebook at work. Add ones I missed that you like to the comments section.

Wassup Suckas :)

Well, I've been working for three days now. Yes, I have literally been working. First day I was doing a little editing, second day, interviewing some folk, and today...my first daily. Nothing big, but a byline, and that's always cool. Don't expect to hear from me too often, I don't do this whole blogging thing well, but I will check often and try to keep in touch with ya'll. Til then~~~