Have always been a journalist at heart. There are useful news stories lined up in my head waiting to emerge. I particularly love to see examples of how young journalists are advancing the use of online. Want to help a budding journalist? Read the below two articles, and link them in your own media to help her out. Blogs, online, Twitter, Google+ , do what you can. Its all about the links and hits. Thanks.
Was glad to see that Alex Sopko, daughter of my friend and colleague John Sopko, has started to write for the Washington Times. Short excerpts of two of her recent articles below with links to the full article.
" ... A video directed, filmed, and produced by the leadership team at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, MD has gone viral. The film, entered into Good Morning America’s “ROAR with Katy Perry” nationwide contest, is one of the top trends on Twitter and Facebook in the DC-metro area ... " Read the whole thing.
" ... Frank Burns and his son, Cormac, made their way to the starting line. All around them runners stretched and began to warm-up. Some took a last minute sip of water. Some fixed their prosthetic legs. ..... Burns, an active duty serviceman, and his son joined over 900 other local runners, athletes, veterans, current servicemen, and Wounded Warriors to run in the third ever McLean 5k Run with the Warriors at McLean Square on October 5. ... " Read the whole thing
UPDATE 10/17/2013 : And now also on the front page.
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