Tag Archives: Journalism
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Day 342: Back to the Old Drawing Board
Leave a commentDecember 7, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
It sounds lame to say, but science is fun. As a scientist, I’ve had a taste of how gruesome and …
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Day 318: True Stories
Leave a commentNovember 13, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
What can I say about true stories that I haven’t said before? I’m a sucker for stories – real, imagined …
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Day 285: The Doomsday Show
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
I’m a sucker for talk radio. Well, maybe not radio per se, maybe more audio/vocal media. Audiobooks are like storytime – it’s …
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Day 284: Speaking Freely
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
You might think you’re jaded because you’re getting sick of the election already. You’ve got nothing on me. I was …
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Day 257: Never Forget
Leave a commentSeptember 13, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
Low on time (again) but high on ideas. Today’s project is a striking example of the networked age trickling into …
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Day 253: Story Time
Leave a commentSeptember 9, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
Tell me a story. Tell me a story about something you’ve lived through or something you’ve done; something that’s changed …
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Day 224: We The People
Leave a commentAugust 11, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
Politics, politics, politics, politics! Also, some politics. That’s pretty much all that I’ve heard on the radio today as I …
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Day 205: Crowd Control
Leave a commentJuly 23, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
It’s probably obvious by now that I’m a believer in crowd-funding. It’s a marvelous new ability made possible through a …
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Day 204: Learn, Teach, Lean
Leave a commentJuly 22, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
Over the past year, essentially since I began contemplating the end of my long career as a student in the …
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Day 201: Only a Day Away
Leave a commentJuly 19, 2012 by Alex Hoekstra
I seldom pay attention to mass media news. Cable news broadcasts, newspapers, most radio, and even major news sites scream …
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