Posted in April 2011

No Risk… Possible Reward?

There I sat– a wide-eyed sophomore at the University of Alabama enrolled in my first journalism class and listening to the hard-hitting journalists Rick Bragg, Kristen Chick, and Brian Bennett.  The trio had come to campus for the “J-Day” events hosted by the University of Alabama’s Journalism Department. The topic of their discussion was “High-Risk … Continue reading

Mobile Media

It’s a classic tale of my generation.             “I remember when my friends and I could go to lunch and enjoy each other’s company without any cell phones ringing or texting under the table,”  my mother loves to say. The adults in our lives can fight it as much as they want, but every one … Continue reading