Editor’s Note: This column was originally published February 6, 2008 By Alan Blanchard – www.cornerstone.edu/journalism While a journalist for more than two decades on daily and weekly newspapers, I’ve spoken to hundreds […]
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Alan D. Blanchard, Ph.D., has been an editor, reporter, copy editor and photojournalist, as well as a weekly newspaper owner. He's served as a director of marketing/PR/media relations. He is a journalism professor, in the middle of his 18th year of teaching, mentoring and advising tomorrow's multimedia journalism professionals. His columns here represent his personal opinions and thoughts alone. He and his wife have been married for 42 years and have been blessed with two wonderful sons, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren.
Invest in informational interviews
Editor’s Note: Column originally published March 4, 2008 By Alan Blanchard What’s the best way to find out if you’re cut out for a career in journalism? A first step is to […]
Rick Warren assume role of reporter?
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared August 22, 2008 By Alan Blanchard A forum featuring Rick Warren with both then presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain was an unusual format. See […]
Times stoops to new low w/McCain story
Editor’s note: This column was originally published February 23, 2008 http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/archives/132415.asp (Seattle-Post Intelligencer editor’s blog on topic) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us/politics/21mccain.html (New York Times article on McCain) By Alan Blanchard From my perspective, and you can […]
Internships pay big dividends
Internships pay huge dividends to university students, but not always in dollar and cents. Up front, I need to disclose a bias. I’m a beneficiary of internships (think Roswell Daily Record, Roswell, […]
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