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Moving on

May 3, 2011

In honour of 10 years of service, the Edmonton Journal gave me a ring. “Married to The Journal,” I would say when people asked me about it. It’s not really a good idea to marry your job. Especially when you’re also married to a person. Lots of thinking has brought me to that realization, and … More Moving on

May 1, 2011

Anticipation. This is my boy, trying to get a butterfly to land on him. Sitting still is hard for him. Very hard. I don’t think this attempt was successful, but he did manage to get one later on in that visit to the Victoria Butterfly Gardens, during spring break.

April 29, 2011

mastermaq: (via Edmonton’s Blue Hour Man: Darren Kirby – MasterMaq’s Blog) “It struck me that Darren is doing Edmonton a huge service through his photography, capturing the way the city is transforming physically. “I think it’ll be a very useful, important thing down the road,” he agreed.” Great post, beautiful pictures, and inspiring passion.

Guideposts

April 27, 2011

shandro: I came across this document recently. The first part is called “What Do We Stand For?”, and it claims to have been from a 1966 speech from former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed. The last page is even more interesting. It claims to be from a 1968 speech he gave to the Jaycees and is titled, … More Guideposts

Jay Rosen: What I Think I Know About Journalism

April 27, 2011

copyeditor: 1. The more people who participate in the press the stronger it will be. 2. The profession of journalism went awry when it began to adopt the View from Nowhere. 3. The news system will improve when it is made more useful to people. 4. Making facts public does not a public make; information alone will … More Jay Rosen: What I Think I Know About Journalism

April 10, 2011

sharedontshare: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes: Boys (via The Achilles Effect)

April 10, 2011

sharedontshare: How Toy Ad Vocabulary Reinforces Gender Stereotypes: Girls (via The Achilles Effect)