Category Archives: journalism

Future Colleagues

I used to take the train from Philly to Baltimore once per week to teach a 3-hour Special Topics in Journalism class. I was filling in for a pretty well-known person, the university’s Journalist-in-Residence, and it paid $5000 per semester. I bought 10-packs of tickets for $400 per set, three times per semester, so $1200Continue reading “Future Colleagues”

Sabbatical

On July 27, a few hours after defending my doctoral dissertation, I went to the pool to chill. I nearly fell asleep in the water. I had no idea how exhausted I was. It’s a good thing I was on sabbatical this year because I never would have been able to get the dissertation doneContinue reading “Sabbatical”

Teaching Journalism to Society

Back in 2007, during my first semester teaching the 300-student Journalism & Society class, I invited two journo friends to talk to the students. Josh Cornfield, then a hotshot young reporter covering city politics for The Metro, arrived on time and kindly responded to countless questions from me and the students. It was great. HeContinue reading “Teaching Journalism to Society”