“But we all know why the Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut really exists: because the world is in a state of chaos where few norms remain intact and fewer boundaries sacrosanct. The Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut was, in retrospect, all but inevitable.”
Yup.
https://t.co/QcAVz1hhKb
“Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”
https://t.co/S2v43wnSfe
I’m coaching the student journalists I advise out of using X, due to the state of the platform’s content and leadership.
Coaching myself out of it, too.
Find me at https://t.co/TImARuSMxw — for now.
IDK. When you step away from the social for a sec, life gets less hazy.
Overheard: young adults having coffee.
A) “Where did you graduate?”
B) <college>
A) “Is that a good school?”
B) “It’s an OK liberal art school.”
A) “What does that even mean?”
B) “Means it’s like more hippy. Like… we had English classes + every type of cereal in the caf.”
WTH?
This fall marked my 11th #NHSJC if you count the times when I went (mostly) solo.
I feel like we got this one (mostly) right. Practice makes perfect.
Proud to coach these teams. 🙏 to @nationalJEA + @NSPA for creating remarkable learning experiences.
https://t.co/aBRkcSlaGp
To the college marketing major who emailed me 10 questions you need answered “a.s.a.p.” for a profile assignment in your journalism class—
Thank you for giving me a great teaching example of what NOT to do for profiles.
Enjoy this voice memo I am recording in my car.
I stupidly clicked this NYTimes article and it sent me into a rage — I kept waiting for the reporter to ask the people interviewed what they’d done to make the world a place their children would want to bring children into
Absolutely nothing like quizzing (and getting quizzed by) a h.s. student journalist on Bethel v. Fraser and Dean v. Utica in a train station at 9:30 p.m.
Solid #NHSJC24 day one.
Needed this sort of passion + promise.
🧵For the small # of you who might be following the story of the Notre Dame student body’s presidential preference, which started with a poll conducted by the @IrishRoverND back in September, the official student paper @NDSMCObserver just released its poll results…
Y’all. How did I miss that Gwen Walz was a high school journalism adviser?
I cried a little on behalf of all of us who see the same potential described in this excerpt. Good tears.
https://t.co/NQmS08mfVJ