I found out about Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest just after coming home from work at the Thomasville Times (which has a new Web site). Soon after, I heard that the artist had died. The frenzy that followed in the coming days and even weeks made me think of a question asked by kram on my [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Personal’
October 31, 2008
Can Christians believe in ghosts?
I know it’s been months, but as soon as I posted those first two entries, I found some work that kept me busy. Also, as of Oct. 20, I am employed! I’m a full-time reporter at the Thomasville Times in Thomasville, N.C. Even though this leaves me with even less free time than [...]
June 17, 2008
Is there a future for newspapers?
There were some good ideas posted on my first entry. Thanks! I’ll start on those soon, but there’s something I want to write about first.
McClatchy, a major newspaper company, cut 10 percent of its workforce yesterday. That’s about 1400 jobs, 123 of them in Charlotte. (I first found out by following The Charlotte [...]
June 10, 2008
Introduction
Hi everyone! If you don’t know me, my name is Karissa, and I’m a writer who just graduated from college. If you do know me, then yep, I’m back on WordPress. This isn’t going to be a personal journal, though I might write about what’s going on in my life every now and [...]
