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Lori Conser: Dane's Steer
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. It is said that people often show true excellence in the midst of great tragedy. This was certainly true in the story I’m about to tell. The newspaper staff has a love/hate relationship with the fair. They hate it because of the events they’re expected to cover and showcase daily on double spread pages for the entire week. They love it because, despite all their whining and complaining, the fair is actually a nice break. They get to venture out of the office ev...But I never ima...
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Lori Conser
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Thanks for the encouraging and helpful comments on my introduction! I'm considering eliminating the portions about me and why I became a journalist (sorry Bruce! I don't want this to be a book about me. Although I'm the one experiencing the stories, I'd rather my focus be on the characters in each story and keep myself away from making any thoughts or conclusions. I want the readers to make their own conclusions from their own reading experience. Subscribe to: Post Comments (A...
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Lori Conser: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Angels in the Airwaves. 8220;Have you come to see the angel? 8221; an elderly man asked, his eyes glazed over and pupils nearly white with cataracts. I had just arrived at a small, A-framed house in the mountain community of Mount Shasta. It was my first “big” story as a freshman reporter for the. 8220;She’s come to give us a message,” he said in an eerie, high-pitched voice. “You must go in and see her.”. I was quickly jotting down notes when a woman with long gray hair and ...
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Lori Conser: October 2009
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Thanks for the encouraging and helpful comments on my introduction! I'm considering eliminating the portions about me and why I became a journalist (sorry Bruce! I don't want this to be a book about me. Although I'm the one experiencing the stories, I'd rather my focus be on the characters in each story and keep myself away from making any thoughts or conclusions. I want the readers to make their own conclusions from their own reading experience. Monday, October 19, 2009.
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Lori Conser
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Angels in the Airwaves. 8220;Have you come to see the angel? 8221; an elderly man asked, his eyes glazed over and pupils nearly white with cataracts. I had just arrived at a small, A-framed house in the mountain community of Mount Shasta. It was my first “big” story as a freshman reporter for the. 8220;She’s come to give us a message,” he said in an eerie, high-pitched voice. “You must go in and see her.”. I was quickly jotting down notes when a woman with long gray hair and ...
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Lori Conser: January 2011
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. It is said that people often show true excellence in the midst of great tragedy. This was certainly true in the story I’m about to tell. The newspaper staff has a love/hate relationship with the fair. They hate it because of the events they’re expected to cover and showcase daily on double spread pages for the entire week. They love it because, despite all their whining and complaining, the fair is actually a nice break. They get to venture out of the office ev...But I never ima...
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Lori Conser: April 2010
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Thursday, April 01, 2010. A Matter of Perspective. This is a true story. All the names have been changed to protect the innocent.(or not). It's a story about a strange crime and an even stranger criminal justice system. Enjoy! A Matter of Perspective. 8220;Is this the reporter who wrote the story about the guy who hiked half the Pacific Crest Trail last summer? 8221; a friendly, male voice asked over the phone. 8220;This is her,” I said. Oh no Not anther hiker, I thought. “Really? Do you have pictures?
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Lori Conser
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Monday, October 19, 2009. I became a journalist for the same reason everyone becomes a journalist: to save the world. We get this notion when we’re adolescents that we can make a difference in the grand scheme of things. Like other dreamers before me, and those now balancing on the crest of the unknown after me, I had this burning desire to “make my mark.” Something future generations could look back on and say, “wow, if it hadn’t been for.”. This was important to me when I was young. Mine trenches and t...
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Lori Conser: A Matter of Perspective
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Thursday, April 01, 2010. A Matter of Perspective. This is a true story. All the names have been changed to protect the innocent.(or not). It's a story about a strange crime and an even stranger criminal justice system. Enjoy! A Matter of Perspective. 8220;Is this the reporter who wrote the story about the guy who hiked half the Pacific Crest Trail last summer? 8221; a friendly, male voice asked over the phone. 8220;This is her,” I said. Oh no Not anther hiker, I thought. “Really? Do you have pictures?
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