Tag Archives: Ireland
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. […]
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. […]
Storyful
Dublin and Belfast are like night and day. That’s a horrible cliché, but it’s fine. Earlier in my travels I compared Belfast to the calm after the storm, but in Dublin there was never a storm. It’s always sunny all the time. Anyone who came with me to the meeting at Storyful is going to […]
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, […]
Mervyn and Tommy
An interesting person that I have met in Northern Ireland…every person I have met in Northern Ireland has been interesting! I suppose the ones who stuck out to me the most were Tommy McKearney and Mervyn Jess. Mervyn is a reporter for the BBC and has been there for 37 years. For the majority […]
A little slice of journalism pie
Trying to compress the entire slavery/segregation struggle in the U.S. down to two pages is really hard. Like really hard. And tomorrow I have to work on the Irish history of the troubles/Protestant and Catholic segregation and narrow it down to two pages. Which I know even less about, so that will also be very […]
Hey dude, will you pass the salt?
Huge portions. 32-oz soft drinks. Cheeseburgers, greasy pizza, and chili cheese fries. Salt. Paying for services you’ll never see. Our flat “O” accent. And in the case of being from Illinois, multiple arrested governors. These are my first thoughts when talking about being an American. But there’s so much more to it than […]
There’s a dinosaur in the backyard
This may sound odd…but I haven’t had a memorable dream in over a year. I often have trouble falling asleep, but when I do I pass out, never a dream to be had. I actually have a theory that I don’t dream because I don’t have the time to read the fiction that I love […]
Lets talk journalism
Today was our first day of official class for the ieimedia journalism students. We did a lot of brainstorming and talking about what we wanted our blogs to focus on. Pictures are such a big element in multi-media journalism and Katie, James and I are going to try very hard to capture the beauty of […]
