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Hey, thanks!

Hey, thanks IJAG. Not sure what happened. But you rock.

Hey everyone, This is something I've been thinking a lot more the longer I do journalism, and it's starting to really bother me. I'd love it if you all could give this blog post a look, because I don't want to copy-and-paste the whole thing into a message board...

Hey everyone, thought you'd be interested in this. Wrote something long about Montaous for SB Nation. http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/6/6/4392208/montaous-walton-profile-fake-online-prospect K that's all thanks bye.

Having worked an assignment that took me all through Roseland, I can say that if I were a parent of those kids, yeah, I'd be worried. That neighborhood is no joke. The guy I was there writing about was from Roseland. He lives on the North Side of Chicago now, but his mother still lived in...

I always eff up lay vs. lie. Understand it when I look it up, but always forget in the middle of writing.

Thanks for posting, DD — was about to myself. Thought this story was really well done.

My college journalism professor put it like this: "Stories should be as long as a lady's skirt: Long enough to cover what it needs to cover, but short enough to keep things interesting."

This is what I do, too. One story I'm working on right now, there was some pretty detailed local coverage. Since I wanted to make the narrative work without bogging it down with credit for those shops, though, I called everyone the original reporter had talked to and re-confirmed every detail...

Definitely at least one I know of in Wilson, maybe two now, but I'm not sure. When they built that first one my junior year, dude, talk about big news. Forget Cookout though. Bojangles is the fast food to eat in eastern NC. Since age nine, I've been eating the same three things from there: (1)...

Not much to add to what's been said. Except I wouldn't really call anything in Greenville "excitement." It's where I grew up, where I swore I'd never return, and where I am now, for grad school at ECU. Did my undergrad at Barton when I thought I'd make it as a baseball player. (Failed pretty...

Something I'm curious what other people think: How essential is it for writers to be proficient at not just storytelling, but also column and essay writing?

This.

"Begs the question" doesn't mean "raises the question."

Can't speak for others, but the interviews I do and the conversations I have with these writers has nothing to do with fawning. I want to learn. So do other young, hungry writers. I try to provide a place where we can all learn. I'm too busy with paying work to update it as much as I'd like, but...