Category: Observations
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Paris thoughts: City of the Seine
Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love water. Well, folks, Paris is certainly a river town. Mostly anything and everything you need to see (especially for your first two-day trip) is along the river, and it’s a nice walk. I now understand why everyone wears scarves all the time … quite windy,…
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One year anniversary of HMJ decision
The end of the semester is nigh. And it’s strange. Around this time last year, I took the leap and told my bosses that I would pursue grad school full-time in the fall. Now I’ve completed a year! And I believe I’ve come a long way in getting back on track with the professional journalism…
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Voices 3: Carol Ehterington and gobal crises
I was particularly excited to attend the final Voices from the Vanguard lecture to hear from Carol Etherington, a nurse at Vanderbilt University who responded to New York after 9/11 and has traveled the world for three decades, assisting those displaced by war, natural disaster, and violence. “We forget our communities, our state, and our…
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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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Voices 1: Jose Esparza and AIDS
When it comes to the Voices of the Vanguard lectures, it’s hard to decide which aspect to tackle first. There’s Jose Esparza of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who has done a tremendous amount of life work on AIDS, then there’s journalism regarding AIDS over the decades, then there’s the research and development of…
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Hello HMJ, getting started
Here it begins. I’m in the first Health and Medical Journalism program class, and I’m excited about taking a narrative journalism class as well with Professor Valerie Boyd, who I didn’t get to take a class with during undergrad. I’m most excited to get the hands-on experience, the freelance clips, and the life of a…
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Making moolah online
“I earned $70,000 in one month.” “My website went from $200 in advertising to $5,000.” “How I became a millionaire online” “What you need to know to make money online” It’s incredible how many websites exist that promise such high claims. Of course, they’re only pulling you to the site to click on their ads,…
Carolyn Crist 