It's a lazy Saturday and I'm finally getting around to doing things I don't have time to do on weekdays, like making coffee at home, updating various online profiles and linking them all together so that I don't feel like I have seven different online identities. I was beginning to feel like Ellen Page in "The Tracey Fragments".
I added the Twitter widget to this blog because it's easier and faster to update my Twitter status than doing an entire blog entry, so I do it far more often. Case in point: my last blog entry was April 2008. Side-note: is there ANY greater word in the English language than 'widget'? Sub-question: is 'widget' really part of the English language, since it's primarily used in a web context, which presumably transcends oral language? Is there a French word for 'widget'?
For those of you who used to follow this blog back when I was posting mostly news articles or features, I haven't written much in the way of journalism in awhile so I haven't quite decided what to do with this blog yet. It may become a hodge-podge of my actual work, links to interesting things I find on the web, and other passing thoughts. And maybe -- if you're lucky -- the occasional old-school rant, harking back to my glory days of blogging on my now-defunct MSN space, when I would rant about everything related to university life. Possible new topic: why Twitter won't let me upload a new picture, telling me there was "something wrong with your picture. Probably too big." ... except the last one I had up there was the same size. Twitter gods, wtf?
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Online media project 2007-08
The fruits of our labour from our online media course are finally here! We spent the fall semester learning about all the ways online media are different from traditional newspapers and broadcast news, how they work and how to use them to your advantage when presenting a piece of work. It was a really interesting course, and we got to practice it by splitting into groups to create several online projects. My group did a series of stories on adoption law in Ontario, which was under fire last fall when the provincial superior court struck down an act that would have given people much more access to past adoption records. It was a really interesting project on the level of the politics and legalities involved, but it was also interesting to see the stories of actual adoptees and adoptive parents. So check out our site and all the other projects from our class!
http://www.fims.uwo.ca/newmedia2008/
http://www.fims.uwo.ca/newmedia2008/
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Final issue of The Reporter
The much-anticipated Features Edition of The Reporter is here! All of us have been working on our major feature stories for print class for months now, and the last issue of The Reporter is made up of all those stories. Some of them have also been published elsewhere, or may be published sometime soon, but for now you can see my story on the Biotron here.
The Biotron's superhuman capabilities meet human obstacles
Only one more week left of journalism school. It's ridiculous that it's been a whole year already. Time to move on to bigger and better things?? Well, time to move on, at least... to what, who knows.
The Biotron's superhuman capabilities meet human obstacles
Only one more week left of journalism school. It's ridiculous that it's been a whole year already. Time to move on to bigger and better things?? Well, time to move on, at least... to what, who knows.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Beware the idles of March
Spending the break at home doesn't mean there isn't a lot to see and do in London and area for kids and families.
THE LONDON FREE PRESS, page B1
Sat. March 8, 2008
By MEGHAN MOLONEY, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
Raise your hand if you've slipped on an icy driveway in the last week.
Keep it raised if your boots have soaked through after stepping in a pile of slush or you've been stuck waiting for a bus that never came.
Now, how many of you are heading south during March break to escape the winter blues?
Congratulations. Your colleagues, classmates and relatives probably hate you right now.
But for anyone sticking around to spend March break at home, don't despair -- there are lots of great ways to relax, get some exercise and learn something new with your family right here in the London area.
Finding ways to keep your kids happy and active doesn't have to break the bank, either. You can skip the pricey day camps and go for inexpensive activities.
An added bonus is that many events don't require you to register ahead of time, so you can be spontaneous with your plans.
One of the major attractions next week is sure to be the Children's Museum. With daily activities such as arts and crafts, scavenger hunts and karaoke, as well as special weekend guests, kids can do something different each day of the week.
"We have some favourites who've come back for another year of fun," said Dawn Miskelly, manager of visitor services and sales.
"Some of them are activities that are here a lot, but with more oomph over March break."
If you'd rather risk the snow and slush to get some fresh air, the London area offers skiing, snowboarding and tubing, as well as public skating in the city.
Been there, done that? There's always the time-honoured March break tradition of the sugar bush. Among the several maple sugar bushes running tours and activities in the area is the Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush.
Bill Reath, who's worked there for 15 years, recommends wearing warm clothes and a pair of boots you don't mind getting muddy.
"The old fellow who was there when I started there said, 'You can't make syrup until there's mud on the ground.' "
So instead of hiding at home next week, grab a thermos of hot chocolate and some warm, fuzzy socks and hit the town.
MARCH BREAK SURVIVAL GUIDE:
See the Free Press City & Region page for all the activity listings I compiled.
THE LONDON FREE PRESS, page B1
Sat. March 8, 2008
By MEGHAN MOLONEY, SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
Raise your hand if you've slipped on an icy driveway in the last week.
Keep it raised if your boots have soaked through after stepping in a pile of slush or you've been stuck waiting for a bus that never came.
Now, how many of you are heading south during March break to escape the winter blues?
Congratulations. Your colleagues, classmates and relatives probably hate you right now.
But for anyone sticking around to spend March break at home, don't despair -- there are lots of great ways to relax, get some exercise and learn something new with your family right here in the London area.
Finding ways to keep your kids happy and active doesn't have to break the bank, either. You can skip the pricey day camps and go for inexpensive activities.
An added bonus is that many events don't require you to register ahead of time, so you can be spontaneous with your plans.
One of the major attractions next week is sure to be the Children's Museum. With daily activities such as arts and crafts, scavenger hunts and karaoke, as well as special weekend guests, kids can do something different each day of the week.
"We have some favourites who've come back for another year of fun," said Dawn Miskelly, manager of visitor services and sales.
"Some of them are activities that are here a lot, but with more oomph over March break."
If you'd rather risk the snow and slush to get some fresh air, the London area offers skiing, snowboarding and tubing, as well as public skating in the city.
Been there, done that? There's always the time-honoured March break tradition of the sugar bush. Among the several maple sugar bushes running tours and activities in the area is the Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush.
Bill Reath, who's worked there for 15 years, recommends wearing warm clothes and a pair of boots you don't mind getting muddy.
"The old fellow who was there when I started there said, 'You can't make syrup until there's mud on the ground.' "
So instead of hiding at home next week, grab a thermos of hot chocolate and some warm, fuzzy socks and hit the town.
MARCH BREAK SURVIVAL GUIDE:
See the Free Press City & Region page for all the activity listings I compiled.
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