Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Photo: last day of class, Jan. 20, 2010. Now that I’m done skipping around the house and singing lalalalala, I can sit still long enough to thank you for all the Tumblr love. Thank you.   It’s been almost two years since my last journalism class. It’s been more than two since I taught the public affairs reporting class that won a big-deal award for the investigative series we produced about the abuse of ADD/ADHD drugs on campus. Working in journalism is great, but teaching it at the same time is doubly so. It keeps me in balance.  Due to state budget woes and school politics, I lost my lecturer position and didn’t expect to get it back. Now, not only do I get to teach again, I get to teach the best class of the bunch: public affairs reporting. That means covering every aspect of a community from courts and cops to government officials and education. It also means working on the sort in-depth projects that invigorate students who might otherwise buy into the silly but popular notion that journalism is a dying field.  It is alive and thriving. Let’s tell some stories, Mustangs. 

Photo: last day of class, Jan. 20, 2010.

Now that I’m done skipping around the house and singing lalalalala, I can sit still long enough to thank you for all the Tumblr love. Thank you.  

It’s been almost two years since my last journalism class. It’s been more than two since I taught the public affairs reporting class that won a big-deal award for the investigative series we produced about the abuse of ADD/ADHD drugs on campus. Working in journalism is great, but teaching it at the same time is doubly so. It keeps me in balance. 

Due to state budget woes and school politics, I lost my lecturer position and didn’t expect to get it back. Now, not only do I get to teach again, I get to teach the best class of the bunch: public affairs reporting. That means covering every aspect of a community from courts and cops to government officials and education.

It also means working on the sort in-depth projects that invigorate students who might otherwise buy into the silly but popular notion that journalism is a dying field. 

It is alive and thriving. Let’s tell some stories, Mustangs. 

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  1. rascouet said: That is so fantastic, I am so happy for you!
  2. elizabite said: Congratulations!
  3. frageelay said: *Awesome.* Congratulations!
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