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Former Ohio State Journalism Student Helps Pulitzer Winner Teach with Grace
Cory Shaffer and I met in the first class on my first day of full-time employment at Ohio State in the Autumn of 2010. It was a second-level journalism class, and blond, bespectacled, Cory was on the far right in the second row. He was quiet but contributory, with a quick wit and an easy-going manner. […]
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Words, Words Everywhere and Barely a Piece to Write
February 13, 2013
I don’t have writer’s block–I’m certain of that. I actually have a million ideas revolving around in my head, and I keep meeting interesting people and enjoying amazing experiences that would all be worth writing about. The challenge truly is finding the time. Teaching four classes is invigorating, and my students inspire me every day. […]
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Am spending a wonderful morning in my En
January 24, 2013
Am spending a wonderful morning in my Enterprise Reporting class with Cynthia Selfe of the Ohio State English Department learning to put storytelling into journalism and how to show emotion within facts. She is amazing, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have such inspirational colleagues in other departments willing to share their time, energy and […]
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No Shortage of Ethical Issues Around Here
January 20, 2013
When our school director asked me to teach Media Law and Ethics this semester, I thought, “That could be interesting.” I had taken the media law course twice–as an undergraduate at Temple University and as a graduate student at Ohio State, and as a journalist for more than 20 years, I had faced my fair […]
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College Freakonomics: Learning How to Learn and Surviving a Screw Up
January 4, 2013
My podcast obsession recently led me to Freakonomics radio, where I clicked on the two-part “Freakonomics Goes to College.” Part 1 was a look at how shockingly easily a college education can be falsified through online classes at for-profit colleges, or even the simple purchase of a diploma (for $180 I can get a degree […]
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Ohio State of the Silicon Valley: The Future of Education comes to Life at Apple Inc.
December 15, 2012
Entrenched for the second straight day in a glass-enclosed, wood-accented conference room in the heart of the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., there came a sudden realization: The future of education was unfolding right in front of me. I sat amid 20 intelligent and inspiring colleagues, most of whom I had only met two days […]
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