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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: Not Alone
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Thursday, November 1, 2007. Since I started this blog, I've been researching ways people with autism and their advocates use the internet to communicate. As someone who knows how empowering it can be to find a medium that allows you to communicate, I'm comforted that sites like Youtube and Blogger have provided autistic people with a forum where they can interact with others on their own terms.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: A Thank You
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Tuesday, December 11, 2007. It has been a week since my last night as Enterprise Editor at The Independent Florida. Alligator. And it has finally hit me that my time there and my time as a student at the. I’m not going to feel the pride of editing a reporter’s well-written story or of knowing that the reporters put all their effort into their work. But, just as importantly, I learned that a paper is onl...
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: Hello, Old Friend
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Sunday, March 30, 2008. Hello, Old Friend. Sorry I haven’t visited for a while. It’s not you, it’s me. It’s been a while since I last posted, but we will soon get this blog rolling again. In the past month, I’ve been busy preparing for my job at the Valley News. On the New Hampshire/Vermont border. I’ve been practicing my driving in. And only got into accident in the process. Since I graduated from the.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: January 2008
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m realizing how much I must rely on my own self-motivation to develop as a journalist. Without professors or editors telling me what to do, I‘m going to have to figure out how to improve my reporting and writing on my own. So I’m following my friend’s. Example and posting a list of what I need to do. Read and analyze news stories every day.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: Acceptance
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Saturday, November 10, 2007. I know I complain about my Asperger’s Syndrome often. But the truth is I wouldn’t choose to have the condition cured even if some miraculous medicine could make it disappear. My condition not only made me unique; it gave me a purpose. I felt connected to characters in books like “ Native Son. 8217;s fight against apartheid in. Though I had not faced the severe discrimination...
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: September 2007
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Thursday, September 27, 2007. The Island is Waiting. As someone who has wanted to experience the thrill of international journalism since I was in high school, I was excited to join the Florida FlyIns. Program at the UF College of Journalism and Communications. But as the day we fly to Andros Island in the Bahamas. Approaches, my excitement is mixing with anxiety. I like making an article have emotional...
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: Downtime
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Now that I’ve graduated, I’m realizing how much I must rely on my own self-motivation to develop as a journalist. Without professors or editors telling me what to do, I‘m going to have to figure out how to improve my reporting and writing on my own. So I’m following my friend’s. Example and posting a list of what I need to do. Read and analyze news stories every day.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: The Invisible Wounds of War
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Tuesday, November 20, 2007. The Invisible Wounds of War. As someone interested in international journalism, I was excited to find this article. Linked to on a favorite. The story is about how citizens of. Are succumbing to mental illness as a result of. That has wracked the country for more than16 years. It also brings up the broader issue of treatment of mental conditions in countries wracked by war.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: March 2008
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Sunday, March 30, 2008. Hello, Old Friend. Sorry I haven’t visited for a while. It’s not you, it’s me. It’s been a while since I last posted, but we will soon get this blog rolling again. In the past month, I’ve been busy preparing for my job at the Valley News. On the New Hampshire/Vermont border. I’ve been practicing my driving in. And only got into accident in the process. Since I graduated from the.
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes: December 2007
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Long Nights and Hard Ledes. Journey into the mind of an autistic journalism student and Florida Gator. Tuesday, December 11, 2007. It has been a week since my last night as Enterprise Editor at The Independent Florida. Alligator. And it has finally hit me that my time there and my time as a student at the. I’m not going to feel the pride of editing a reporter’s well-written story or of knowing that the reporters put all their effort into their work. But, just as importantly, I learned that a paper is onl...