Some people have all the luck….and if I’m being frank, Irish ancestry has absolutely nothing to do with it. Once, I worked in a newsroom…
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There are times when reporting on the news is not pretty, or pleasant – and last week was one of those occasions. I reported on…
One of the great privileges of teaching and working on a university campus is the chance to be in regular touch with young people. Even…
Journalists, reporters, and news editors dream of several things – transparent government, honest officials, dedicated readers, community watchdogs, pleasant Letters To The Editor, pleasant conversations……
“People don’t stay in Florida – not if they don’t have to.” Someone recently said that to me during a conversation we had struck up…
I did a brief career stint as a correctional officer. During my time as a correctional officer the Florida Department of Corrections received a new…
It is easy to get swept up in the holidays – firstly, because for most of us (though not news reporters or editors, mind you…)…
I’ll admit it – I’m a firefighter’s daughter. Some of my earliest memories involve my dad’s career at the Tallahassee and Taylor County fire departments;…
Maybe it makes me a little odd – but I enjoy sitting in the laundromat. There is something nice about the low whirling purr of…
Every day I struggle with the computer, yet the whole world believes I know how to use one. “You’re a writer,” they say. “You have…