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Dear Ireland,
I can’t believe this!!!! It’s mind-blowing that this trip is coming to an end. I loved it here so much. I have been told before that I am high maintenance (which may or may not be true) so leaving everything familiar at home and flying 3,000 miles away was a pretty big risk for me. […]
Just call me Chris Warman
FEAR. Nervous. Anxious. Sweaty. Relieved. Exhausted. Thrilled. Exhilarated. Hyper. Starving. Gratitude. These were the main emotions I felt today. In approximately that order. Now I’m not saying I can outdo the mushball in our group but I am going to give it a try. Thank you so much Terri, Joan and Kimberly for not falling […]
American food and farm transportation
I miss American food. And salt. And pizza. Armagh is pretty cool, but the fact that no food establishments stay open later than 8p.m. is very inconvenient. Thinking about it I am sure it’s a good thing people can’t access fast food so late at night, good for your overall health and what not. But […]
The Rise of the Demolisticle: 40 signs you can publish any old crap nowadays as long as it’s well-targeted
The Rise of the Demolisticle: 40 signs you can publish any old crap nowadays as long as it’s well-targeted Is micro-targeting the future of journalism, too? Slate looks at BuzzFeed’s headlines: “He aptly compares BuzzFeed’s divide-and-conquer approach to the microtargeting that politicians have been doing for years, appealing to people’s identities to win their support. The […]
Acting like a lady
For me, my audience is largely those back home. To give them some insight into what I’m doing in Armagh and to inspire future students to want to study here. The majority of the things I learned while in here in Armagh I had no idea of back home, the troubles, the murals and the […]
Right on, Write on.
OHMYGOD. This morning, we staged my play and it was other worldly. Honestly. It’s difficult to articulate the sensations I felt as Terri directed and Alison and Joan starred in “Ma.” This piece was excruciating for me to write. The more we work with it, the more comfortable I get with the material. The work […]
Some people are too stupid to work iPhones
I don’t think all people with iPhones are competent enough to report a story. Simple as that. I think they can sometimes contribute, but reporting is a skill that must be learned, presenting information in an unbiased, clear way is not something that you can just decide to type up on a note in your […]
We hold these truths to be self evident…blah blah blah
To me, fact is something that can be proven. But this logic applies strictly to my writing as a journalist. Unless I have something stated officially or proven to me I am not going to publish it as a fact. That’s just the way I was taught, I need reliable sources to form my credibility. […]
Three arrests after man has ear bitten off during attack
For real? What I’ve noticed around here is that large Irish newspapers enjoy writing about ALL of the news instead of writing about the really important stuff. But sure, earless men are worth the front page of the website. *reads article* This article was so not worth the front page! It doesn’t list the names, […]
Let’s call a frog a frog and a spoon a spoon
I think as a journalist being neutral is the key to successful writing. People don’t care what you have to say, they care about having the facts presented to them in a fair way that makes them understandable. This is a challenging task in Belfast. As an outsider I feel I have no right to […]
