December 2011
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“We need to treat news as if it were no different than booze, with moderate...”
– Columnist Trevor Butterworth says to be careful how much carnage, chaos and corruption you consume in the news. (via thedailyfeed)
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Blurring the ethical lines with Photoshop →
This link provides a great lesson in the civilian world of a fairly common discussion in the military photo production community.
When I started in this job we still did wet processing of film. It was the cusp of the digital revolution and the military had yet to transition to the latest in technology. Back in those quaint and innocent days it wasn’t hard to alter photos; It was just time...
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Descriptions of actions that earned Dakota Meyer... →
Damn it! And people wonder why the press is leery of PAOs…This is not how we are supposed to operate. “First with the truth” should be a mantra not a catchphrase.
Hours before this McClatchy report was published, the Marine Corps inserted a disclaimer into its official online account of Meyer’s heroic actions. The Web page now reads that the summary “was compiled in...
Soldier Highlight →
This is a Soldier I’ve had the pleasure of working with recently. She is an incredible natural talent. She wrote an op-ed piece shortly after arriving in Afghanistan and shopped it around to a few different outlets. HuffPo bit and was impressed enough to offer her a regular spot on the site. This is her profile page there and it links to her pieces…She has three so far and I’m...
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Diary of a killjoy
Other Guy: You amped up for the Army v. Navy Game?
Me: Not really.
Other Guy: Really? Why not?
Me: Westpoint and Annapolis are schools. I didn't attend either one. It would be like working for an technology company and cheering for Stanford just because my boss went there.
Other Guy: God, you're a killjoy
Me: Yeah, you might not want to ask me about Christmas either then.
Perfect Pitching: How She Got to "Yes" →
alexmontjohn:
I’ve been rereading this pitching guide from AIR over and over since it came out a few weeks ago. It includes pitching requirements for NPR, Studio 360, and Marketplace. Definitely worth a look.
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Passion in what you do →
I was struggling with trying to find a way to start this blog. I mean, one of the reasons I started it at all was that I love what I do and wanted a place to scribble down my thoughts on what has become, for better or worse, my life. Then I came across this article. It is a reminder to me that what separates the good from the great, the job from the career, the blasé from the exceptional is...