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Today’s “Dress for Success” career day fun a

Today’s “Dress for Success” career day fun at (@baltcityschools ) Furley Elementary School. I’m so proud of my DST @bmacdst1987 line sister Charlene Hough for working to offer this program to the students. I had the best student ambassador today. I showed the students how a book report relates to a news report. It never hurts to flex and show them the Marvel project I worked on too. #Winning #CapCut #CareerDay #PublicSpeaking #Journalism #Baltimore

Thank you to everyone that participated in the 202

Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2024 Baltimore Association of Black Journalists (@babj_md ) Multimedia Bootcamp at Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication. This was a full day of professional development, mentorship and guest speakers working one-on-one with Maryland students or young professionals. S/o to the @nabj_students from Morgan State Univ. (@msuabj ), Bowie State Univ. and Univ. of Maryland-College Park (@mabjumd ) that spent Saturday with us. Stay connected so that we can continue to guide you in your #JournoLife journey. ♥️🖤💚

To blend or not to blend? That is the question

🍲To blend or not to blend? That is the question😋. I'm stressing again so that means I'm stress cooking. I'm making a batch of Panera-style Broccoli Cheddar Soup. How do you like yours, smooth or chunky?

LIIISSSTTEEENNN in the past two years I've been in

LIIISSSTTEEENNN in the past two years I've been inundated by parents from all over asking for help with their journalism seniors.

When I ask the basic:
*Where have they interned?
*What campus news orgs are they involved in?

All I get are excuses.

I understand the parents' desperation, but at this point it's too late. Go ahead and fill out a grad school application OR work your network of GOOD friends and hook them up with an entry level job and stress the importance of LEARNING everything possible. Entry level SHOULD mean no experience, but it does NOT.

Happy Veterans Day. I've worked with so many v

🪖Happy Veterans Day. I've worked with so many veterans in this #JournoLife, so I wanted to show my students how military service people use their skills in journalism. S/o to James H. Egbert for talking with my George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs (@smpagwu) students about his career and and approach to photojournalism.
James is a veteran photojournalist with a career spanning nearly 30 years. Egbert got his start in the U.S. Navy as a public affairs officer and mass communications specialist. He served the U.S. Navy active duty and reserve status for 25 years. This is where he cultivated an appreciation for journalism and photography.

Thank you Double Exposure Film Festival (@dx_fest)

Thank you Double Exposure Film Festival (@dx_fest) for the opportunity to host the "Breaking the Mold: Defying Conventional Narrative Shorts" session today at @dcpubliclibrary Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in DC. I had a great time hosting this talk back session with the filmmakers behind two of the shorts: Projecting Protest and Fox Chase Boy.
#projectingprotest @scrippsnews
@thefoxchaseboy

STUDENT: Thank you for sending this note. You're t

STUDENT: Thank you for sending this note. You're the only professor I have that took time to say something. This has been a lot to process.
ME: I know. I care. I'll stick around after class if any of y'all want to talk.
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This week's "5 Things to Know for Friday" class email centered mental health.

Teaching is one of the jobs that I'm really passionate about right now. As you can imagine this has been a rollercoaster week for many of my #JournoLife college students. I didn't want to force a conversation on #Election2024, but I did want to let them know that I'm here if they want to talk.

Too often we ignore the impact of news stories on journalists. This is NOT healthy🥺. I personally have a standing monthly therapy session and many times I'm STILL unpacking things from years ago. So as a college lecturer that literally just did an entire lesson on reporting breaking news with empathy, I had to offer space for the students to open up of they need an adult to talk too. I also advised them to center their mental health right now. I may not be Elmo or Steve from "Blues Clues," but I get it🙏🏾.
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I'm very proud of the work of our Black Women Unmu

I'm very proud of the work of our Black Women Unmuted (@beunmuted ) #Election2024 news team. We offered up three in depth discussions, multiple Georgia politics stories and a deep dive on the HERstoric General Elections.
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#BehindTheScenes
I wear many hats serving as editor-at-large. This includes host, video producer/editor and graphic designer. I'm most proud of the DNC and election night story art. Notice the DNC shows VP Kamala Harris is in the front with her supporters in the background, while the election night image shows the statewide and local Black women winners with the VP in the background. My thought process was the supportive nature of Black women. We make space for US to shine. .

#Election2024 coverage underway. Considering I've

#Election2024 coverage underway. Considering I've been covering General Elections since 2000, THIS is exactly how I wanted to work the 2024 races. There's a lot on the line and I think we're in for a long night and couple of days ahead. Buckle up! #JournoLife

Remembering and honoring those who came before us.

Remembering and honoring those who came before us. #DiaDeLosMuertos

Twas the day after Halloween = hey class, wanna he

Twas the day after Halloween = hey class, wanna hear a scary story? So I told my @smpagwu #JournoLife students about that time I ran for my life because some guy rammed a truck into our station and then barricaded himself in an edit suite with a backpack and possibly a machete, talking about he's God and here to "purify the multiverse." Coincidentally one of my stories that night was how to escape a burning building. I use this for a breaking news exercise to stress the importance of empathy when interviewing people in traumatic situations. The shock 😲 on their faces when I revealed I was in this hot mess situation was worth the lesson planning hours.

Year #2 Halloween in my new house

🎃🎃Year #2 Halloween in my new house 🏠. I was so excited to hand out candy to trick or treaters again. This year I got 12 costume wearing visitors. That's up from 10 last year 😆. The Addams Family was the most popular. I pretty much worked on my lesson plans and got in some grading while I waited for the trick or treaters.

an excuse to dress up. This year's Hallow

I ❤️ an excuse to dress up. This year's Halloween costume was Tinkerbell. Here are a couple of my previous festive looks. 🎃

It's the final day for early voting in Mar

🇺🇸It's the final day for early voting in Maryland. Early voting locations are open until 8p.m. Visit elections.maryland.gov to find your closest early voting location. #Election2024 #Vote

Love is Blind DC Reunion show is live on Netflix.

Love is Blind DC Reunion show is live on Netflix. It's exactly what you expect 🙄🙄🙄🙄. #LoveIsBlind #DC

ME: Freddy Krueger freaked me out as a kid. But I

ME: Freddy Krueger freaked me out as a kid. But I also freaked out watching some scenes in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure."

VANCE: You should watch "Mr. Crocket" on @hulu .

ME: [[90mins later]] 😱😱 @vanceb_ WTF did I just watch? Throw the whole mentee away🤣.

#RealTalk this is a good fun watch for Halloween. There's definitely a sequel to this.

Pulling double duty tonight with my @smpagwu #Jour

Pulling double duty tonight with my @smpagwu #JournoLife students. We're preparing to watch the #HarrisWalz #ClosingArgument from the Ellipse, while discussing reporting for radio news, audio storytelling for features and podcasting. S/o to @nextgenradio for the inspo.

AND THE WINNERS ARE… Here’s the video rec

🏆AND THE WINNERS ARE… Here’s the video recap from our Halloween & Día de los Muertos party. The costume contest winners were selected by our guests. ENJOY!

Brandon & Nicki’s 2024 Halloween & Día de los Muertos Party Costume Contest Winners

🎃Most Colorful - Karol G
🎃Most Artistic - Fruit Stripe Zebra
🎃Cutest Costume - Minion
🎃Funniest Costume - Reindeer
🎃Prettiest Costume - Bridgerton Diamond of the Season
🎃Most Unique Costume - Sketlana Squishmallow
🎃Most Original Costume - Walking in Heels Meme
🎃Most Creative Costume - Spider
🎃Scariest Costume - Sharknado Dog
🎃Best Costume - Lady Agatha Danbury
🎃Overall Best Costume - Sabrina Carpenter

#Halloween #costume #halloweenparty

I went to a play on Wednesday.

🎭I went to a play on Wednesday.
🥰Made new friends.
🎃Got invited to their annual Halloween party.
🥳Partied with one of the coolest families around.
Thank you for everything Ruiz Family. Yeah we're family now💯🥰🥰🥰. Maryland folks are the best 💯.

auntie duty. I had a chance to hang out w

I ❤️ auntie duty. I had a chance to hang out with my niecey poo, and honey we did ALLLL theeee things. Pumpkin painting 🎨, playing dress up, fashion show, video games and baking apple pies. Making memories while she's still small enough to enjoy my company 🥰🥰.

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