The broadcasting professor in my journalism bootcamp frequently refers to the target television news viewer as Mabel. She’s the person producers think of when creating their newscasts. Some newspaper journalists call their muse Maude; I call mine Venus. Venus is a friend of mine. She’s who I think of every time I write a post. [...]
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Meet my Muse: Venus, the Closet Journalist
Posted in Defining Your Dream, Moral Support, tagged Bill Maher, blogging, Jon Stewart, Kathy Griffin, Living your, Non-traditional students, stay-at-home moms, U2 in Glendale on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s Your Talent?
Posted in Defining Your Dream, tagged Career planning resources, Soar with your strengths, Strengths and weaknesses, Strengthsfinder 2.0, Talent assessments, Talent themes on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got my first broadcast assignment yesterday in my multimedia journalism bootcamp. I was given the task of interviewing a cohort member about a talent or hobby she has and creating a video segment about it. We watched a feature on a student who enjoys painting with watercolors in her free time. Later I overheard [...]
Discovering Your Resources
Posted in Defining Your Dream, tagged Career planning resources, Post-secondary education on September 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As I’ve been brainstorming topics for this blog, I’ve thought a lot about how I arrived at the decision to go back to school. I knew when I left my job 15 years ago that I still wanted to have a career. But doing what? Not only did I have no idea where I would [...]
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