Editor’s note: I originally wrote this Q&A for the newspaper where I worked right after college, The Examiner. This column never made it into print, but I loved the interview so much that I’m posting it here, thanks to a suggestion from one of my journalism professors. Julia Kitchen has been reading local news sinceContinueContinue reading “Homeschool graduate explains their childhood fascination with investigative journalism”
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Not home for the holidays: Journalists spend time apart from families for assignments
Eleanor Skelton, UP contributor This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on Jan. 13, 2019. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor My Christmas started around 5:30 a.m., but I wasn’t getting up early for Santa. I was in themiddle of working 13 days straight, usually working an eight-hour shift at two jobsevery day,ContinueContinue reading “Not home for the holidays: Journalists spend time apart from families for assignments”
Fighting misinformation: Being a journalist in the ‘fake news’ era
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on November 29, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Be a journalist, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. I’ve wanted to become a reporter since I was old enough to read a newspaper — I started reading in preschool. My parents usedContinueContinue reading “Fighting misinformation: Being a journalist in the ‘fake news’ era”
Here’s my Hurricane Harvey rescue story
So here’s my Harvey update finally. My coworkers and I worked for nearly 18 days straight during the hurricane and the flooding, and I wasn’t able to post sooner. The rain started on Friday, Aug. 25. The eye of the storm passed over me on Tuesday evening, Aug. 29. I’d been getting up every fewContinueContinue reading “Here’s my Hurricane Harvey rescue story”
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