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Hi there! I'm a freelance journalist living in Sedona, Arizona. My niche is investigative reporting but I'm trying to broaden out into feature and entertainment writing. Bear with me while I try new forms of writing. I'd love to hear your feedback, rants

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Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Assessing Mitt Romney's chances for the 2008 Republican primaries: 1 of 13

Mitt's Not Two-Faced: If He Were He'd Wear the Other One Presidential candidate Mitt Romney bombed at CNN's Nov. 28 YouTube debate. The meltdown started when he bashed Rudy Giuliani for his sanctuary policies as mayor of New York City. Giuliani said his policies complied with federal mandates to provide healthcare and educat...
Entertainment > Music Business Prince: Is giving away music bad for the music industry: 1 of 4

So, Prince pissed off the record industry by packaging his new album, "Planet Earth," with the British tabloid, Mail on Sunday. The rack price is $2.80. The paper's average distribution is about 2.3 million. If record label executives see Prince as a rat, he's a rat that knows when to jump off a sinking ship. Imagine that yo...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Understanding copyright law: 8 of 14

Don't Be Fooled About Your Rights as a Writer The U.S. Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit today reversed a lower court's decision that would have paid about $18 million to freelance writers whose work was unlawfully distributed by some major publishers and electronic database services. The writers lost this round of liti...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Form letter in response to criticism: 76 of 94

Sedona residents do not need their community newspaper to take on the role of Wile E. Coyote ["Do green benefits of RoadRunner make costs worthwhile?" Oct. 17]. He's a fictional character who is always wrong; and who always ends up on the wrong side of the anvil. A little research into city documents and the newspaper's own ...
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry The impact of blogs on the news industry: 24 of 26

Journalism vs. Journalizing As public faith in traditional media gives way to alternate news sources such as blogs, news consumers should arm themselves with information to best discern the information by which they form personal opinion. "Journalism" is the collection and periodic publication or transmission of news through...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Most embarrassing moment on the job: 16 of 16

"Fast-food burritos should be called "gut bombs!'" Alice muttered around a rancid burp. Twenty minutes ago she had wolfed down the culprit, steering the Jeep Cherokee with one knee while she thumbed a number on her cell phone with her free hand to tell her client she'd be late. The quick meal between multi-million-dollar app...