Carrot and Stick

* Note: These descriptions are not universal practice at all. They’ve happened enough times, however, to make note of.
I’ve come to learn that some organizations that hold press conferences here offer small but notable benefits to the journalists who attend.
Most times, these perks are simply a bottle of water, an accompanying glass and a serviette [...]

My dream job

The Busy Disease

A properly written story for a class assignments in journalism school, much like those for the ‘real media world,’ should substantiate claims made in the story with the appropriate sources, hence the whole ‘reporting’ side of journalism.
Over this first grueling year of j-school ‘bootcamps,’ (9 to 5 type days that involve going over everybody’s work [...]