Month: March 2013
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Snow Fall’s John Branch comes to UGA
Wow. Just wow. This semester started with Boyd’s narrative writing class critically reading and discussing Snow Fall. It’s persisted in various conversations since then, and now everyone wants to “Snow Fall” a story. So do I. How can I take a long narrative piece and add the appropriate multimedia and coding to make it a…
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Voices 2: Ben Park and fungal meningitis
As usual, I was extremely impressed at this month’s Voices from the Vanguard lecture. How can scientists and communicators achieve so much in such a short life? Ben Park of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does look much younger than his age, but he still has accomplished so much! I was especially intrigued…
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AHCJ conference: Time to freelance
So we all know my career goals by now, right? Make it the freelance thing happen full-time. I think it’s possible. I know it’s possible. I have mentors who say it’s possible and show that it’s possible. And, of course, there’s Sonya Collins as an HMJ example of making it possible. I’ve been nabbing Flagpole…
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Reno travels: The townie side of things
So this isn’t the Reno post you’d probably expect, but I thought it was necessary. When you travel for an assignment, get to know the town. Play! I was glad that I was the first student to travel to Reno and that I went by myself after a weekend in Las Vegas. It was a…
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