Category Archives: Writing
Making connections with students
If you think teaching is hard, try being a student-teacher – or as Pitt likes to call us MATS, interns. You’re the one who is hovering around the classroom, not saying much and trying your hardest to both fit in … Continue reading
Beliefs in teaching English (a followup)
A quick update to my response on what I feel about teaching high school English. There’s roughly 20 in my Introduction to Inquiry class and we all talked about our beliefs for a minute or so. We were asked to … Continue reading
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What do you believe about the teaching of English?
This is from one of my first assignments in my M.A.T. program. I figure my blog could also be used as place to share my thoughts as I work toward my degree – and then even further. This is a … Continue reading
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A new approach to sports journalism
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a big problem facing sports journalism. I wanted to expand on that thought because I think it coincides with another issue with the industry. The situation, as many know, is that budget cuts … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Journalism, Media, Newspapers, Personal, Publishing, Social Media, Sports, Twitter, Writing
Sunday reads
All the News That’s Fit to Download: How significant is The New York Times’s decision to charge for its Web content? Very, says Steven Brill. (Steven Brill, Newsweek) Documentary on the end of The Rocky Mountain News (Video) Dialing in … Continue reading
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What’s going to happen to sports journalism?
This post was originally written for and published on Journalism 2.0. The blog is run by Mark Briggs, who is the CEO of Serra Media, the company I’m interning with this semester. Throughout the semester, I’ll be writing blog posts … Continue reading
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What I’m doing
If you cared at all about me, you’ve noticed that I haven’t posted anything relevant on my blog since the new year. But there is some good reasoning behind that, most notably being that I’ve found an internship. This semester, … Continue reading
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