New Pieces

So I recently started an internship at News Talk 1360 WCHL in Chapel Hill, NC. It's not ideal since a) it's radio and I've never done that before, b) I'm not getting paid and c) it's like 25 miles from where I live...BUT, it's good experience, I'm learning something new, it's getting back into the writing mode (I hadn't written anything since May up until last Thursday) and it's getting a foot in the door of a communications-related industry, which is a positive thing.

It's a little bit weird though because the whole AP Style/Not AP Style thing is something I still haven't figured out. Writing for radio is definitely different. Some things are the same as a regular newspaper article and then others would get you fired from any self-respecting newspaper if you did them every single time you write, which you pretty much have to do when you're writing something that's going to be read on air.


Of course I still work at Harris Teeter, which is awful and doesn't pay the rent or the food or the bills, but whatever. (This is the part where anyone reading this offers me a job that pays more than $6,000/year, which is what I'm making at HT).

Anyway, here are some links to some articles I've written recently. They're not fantastic, but whatever. A couple also don't have my name, but I promise you I wrote them!

These are in order newest to oldest and quite a few of them are basically just re-tooled press releases, but I'm including them anyway.

Major Crime In Chapel Hill On The Decline

Blue Still Settling In As Police Chief

UNC Basketball Close To Aircraft Carrier Game

United Way Exceeds Fundraising Goal

Local Group To Hold Development Forum

Chapel Hill's Cedar Falls Park To Get Facelift

UNC Acer Nets Player Of The Week Honors

High School Basketball On Tap Friday

And that's all for now.