During my short weekend in Belfast, I was given the chance to speak to three reporters working for the Northern Ireland sector of the BBC – Claire Savage, Martina Purdy, and Mark Devenport. All three journalists were full of ideas for sources for my own story, as well as my peers’ stories, despite our three […]

In Belfast one of the more memorable experiences I had was visiting the BBC Northern Ireland headquarters and visiting with Claire Savage, Mark Devenport and Martina Purdy. It is always an incredible opportunity to be able to learn about the journalism industry from individuals who have worked first hand in it, but I found it fascinating to learn about […]

To say I was excited to meet journalists at the BBC this weekend would be an understatement. It was my first official visit to an international news bureau, and even though we were only there for an hour and a half I learned a lot that will help me with my story and my career. […]

Oliver spills his soul onto a stage of void & missed opportunity in a hopeless cycle of iambic pentameter. #ChristmasIsCancelled #NewWorks      

We’ve asked the theatre pack students to write a Tweet version of their plays, because, at this point in the development process, compressing a ten-minute play into less than 140 characters is a good exercise. Plus, I’ve been asked to submit a play to a DC theatre and part of that application requires a Tweet […]

Nessa’s Play: Fionn – Rachel, Oscar – Terri, Deidre – Maureen, Gerry Wallance – Dan, John Torode – Kimberley, Narrator – Mateo Kimberley’s Play: Yeats – Doug, Georgie – Clare, Leanhaun Shee – Kelly, Fairy Voice – Rachel, fairies – all Maureen’s Play Doherty – Dan, O’Neill – Mateo, Mrs. Kathleen – Kimberley, Daily Twins […]

They say there’s magic here in the Emerald Isle, something in the way the Gulf Stream and far-north latitude mix. Or maybe it’s the way the politics of grievance mixes with an ancient instinct for utterance. The first literature of any race is always symbols, incantations, poetry. (Realism comes last, ultimately expressed in nonfiction storytelling.) […]

I remember reading the appalling story last month in the Roanoke (Va.) Times before leaving for Ireland: Nuns at an Irish orphanage during some three decades of the mid-20th century had discarded about 800 dead babies and children in unmarked graves on the convent grounds, some in a septic tank. Yuck. The news story was […]

Yesterday, a bomb was found behind the back wheel of a car in Londonderry, which resulted in the evacuation of multiple homes nearby. The bomb was removed, and so far, there is no indication as to what the motive for planting the bomb was. Chief Inspector John Burrows said that the device was in fact […]

One of the biggest events of the year in Northern Ireland seems to be the Twelfth of July celebrations surrounded the Battle of the Boyne and William of Orange’s victory. One of the most illuminating news pieces I’ve seen on the subject was a picture gallery from the BBC that featured images from across NI […]