by Andrea James | Mar 17, 2010 | Journalism, Seattle, Wall Street logic
If I were responsible for keeping the books, I would’ve shut it down too. It has taken me a year to realize that and admit it. With its spinning neon globe overlooking Elliott Bay, the printed Seattle Post-Intelligencer was a West Coast institution. It was the...
by Andrea James | Feb 23, 2010 | Inspiration, Journalism, That's Life
One of my favorite blogs to read is one on voluntary simplicity, by Emily Achenbaum Harris. Harris quit her reporting job at the Chicago Tribune last year to pursue a simpler life. She gave up the city, the stress and the suits, and now blogs about all that she has...
by Andrea James | Jan 8, 2010 | Journalism
It was this day last year when news of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s impending shut-down hit the airwaves. If you haven’t heard the story before: The P-I staff first learned of this terrible news by watching it on television. It was after 5 p.m. and the...
by Andrea James | Nov 27, 2009 | Curiosity, Journalism
When I was a reporter, I would try to incorporate Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics into my articles whenever I could. Now, I never altered a story to fit the lyrics and out more than 1,000 articles I wrote in my journalism career, it only happened about twice. One...
by Andrea James | Oct 15, 2009 | Journalism, Life & technology tips, Photos
You are: In charge of marketing for a corporation. Organizing an event. Planning a wedding. Starting a blog. You want: Beautiful, memorable photos. Images that will grab the viewer’s attention, and hold it. A new head shot. A creative Christmas card. You...
by Andrea James | Oct 6, 2009 | Communication, Journalism
Do you ever think about how much of our lives are in “the cloud?” Students at my college were big users of AOL Instant Messenger (oh so 2000!), and we religiously updated our away messages. “I’m sleeping.” “I’m writing a...
