October 2011
28 posts
“Brownstein: I love music journalists.
Spin: Sorry to cut in, but I think of...”
– From ‘Portlandia’ Stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Toast Rock’s Great Cliches
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I met Logan Echolls, I mean Jason Dohring
Warning: I’m going to come off as a huge nerd in this post. I mean more than usual. You’ve been warned.
Background: Everyone I consider a really good friend knows I love Veronica Mars. It’s part of the orientation package. In order to understand my humor and snarkiness, future friends need to have seen all three seasons of Veronica Mars.
“And let’s not forget Logan...
The Shady Marketing Scheme That’s Buying Off Your... →
dansolomon:
Man, this is creepy. And obviously, if you’re a journalist, working expressly in your capacity as a journalist (I know a few who do ad copywriting on the side to pay the bills, which is a different thing), then you’ve got no place being paid under the table to plug products on the sites that you’re working for. It’s just a shady deal all together.
Well-written post as always, Dan....
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UWeekly: Q&A:Cast and Director of Searching for...
Here’s my Q&A with the director and two cast members, who also star in the online series “BriTANick,” from “Searching for Sonny.” I loved this movie by the way, because it just really hilarious. The entire room laughed throughout the film that some jokes were missed.
Natalie, Life & Arts editor from The Accent Newspaper, put it perfectly:
“It’s...
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“I think people feel that being objective means not having feelings about a...”
– -Soledad O’Brien.
Taken from Poynter.
“You can look back and see how sloppy your handwriting was in first grade. You...”
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Finn Heilig, 10, on learning with pen and paper and tracking your progress, quoted in a NYTimes article about a Waldorf School in Silicon Valley that doesn’t allow computers in the classroom (via my wife)
This is why I still carry around a journal.
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“WHEN will they invent control-F for reporter’s notebooks?!?!...”
– martinepowers (via partylikeajournalist)
I agree.
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Music and Social Media with Nakia and Zeale
Also posted at the Mass Comm Week blog here.
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UWeekly: Strings in Austin
Austin Film Festival starts tomorrow, but because of class, I start Friday. Another busy week ahead of me, but this is going to be fun. Who knows? I might run into Johnny Depp.
And Jason Dohring is coming! For those that know me know how much of a HUGE Veronica Mars fan I am. I own all three seasons on DVD and consistently have weekend-long marathons. Logan Echolls is my favorite character on the...
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University Star: Somos Musicos Offers Monthly...
This article is a reminder to me of how much I miss being a music minor. As I was walking around the music building gathering interviews for the story, I heard people practicing. I saw the marching band nerding it up before practice. I miss being a band nerd.
Before I discovered journalism as the career I want to do for the rest of my life, I wanted to be a music performance major. I wanted to...
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Amped Reviews: Interview with Dead Confederate
I interviewed a lot of bands during SXSW 2010 and Dead Confederate were one of the last bands. I met up with them at Encore (which is now Barbarella, I think) and chatted after their show. Of course, this was the day that Austin decided to bring in a cold front so it was freezing that day. I always expect rain during SXSW, but never the cold. It was weird.
And of course, we conducted our...
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WatchThis is why I get nervous interviewing another journalist.
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I interviewed Prayer for Animals in preparation of...
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My first day back at Texas State
I wrote this in early September. It’s safe to say that I’ve now learned most of the campus and I’m somewhat adjusted. Keyword: somewhat.
I don’t know who was more nervous for my first day of class, me or my dad. He waited on the porch with me to catch the Capital Metro bus to take me to the Texas State Tram that takes me to campus in San Marcos. Normally, it’s endearing when...
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University Star: Alumnus Finds Niche In Writing...
My latest University Star story. This guy was hard to get a hold of that I ended up missing deadline. My editor told me to keep trying though and eventually I got the story. Of course, I’m pretty sure I permanently raised my blood pressure running around campus for the other interviews, but nevertheless, I got it done.
Alumnus Finds Niche In Writing Screen Plays by Sarah Vasquez, Features...
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University Star: Playwrights craft art at annual...
My first story back at the University Star was published a day early. Yay. I used to write for them as a news reporter during my first years at Texas State even though I applied for entertainment reporter. It’s nice to get my first choice this time around.
This was a simple cut and dry story as it was a preview for the Black and Latino Playwrights Conference. I spent a lot of time...
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Accent: Board selects finalist for ACC president
This was my last article for the Accent Newspaper. At first my last article was the one I wrote about my then-roommate Tje Austin, but when ACC announced the new president, Karissa (Accent Editor-in-Chief) sent me a text message asking me to write the story for the site and include a timeline of all the Accent’s coverage leading up to this point.
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“My body is a mix of caffeination, exhaustion, nausea and hunger. And I have a...”
– mcavanah (via partylikeajournalist)
Sounds about what I’m going through tonight. Do I even have weekends anymore? I need to manage my time a lot better.
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Austin Vida: Interview: The ‘movimiento’ of...
It took me awhile to get this interview out. School was a huge factor, but really there was just a lot of good material to weed through. I think the interview with Haydn lasted over an hour and it was one of those interviews that felt like a conversation and less like a Q&A. Definitely an interview that reminds me why I love journalism so much.
Interview: The ‘movimiento’ of Austin’s...
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“Having a column in a newspaper is like having a public journal/diary. Be proud...”
– iscribblewords (via partylikeajournalist)
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Hello
Yep, I started a tumblr. I have my music blog, a “professional” blog where I’ll post my published articles (but I might just move those here), twitter and now this. I debated if I needed yet another blog because I already have too many outlets, but I like the sharing functionality on this. Plus my friends use this more.
This will be more random short thoughts. Maybe I’ll...
