Monthly Archives: January 2008

The death of journalism in America

By Maria Varmazis | Published: January 31, 2008
As my bio says, I’m just a newbie reporter. So perhaps it’s presumptuous of me to opine on the State of Journalism with only a few years of experience under my belt. But something—okay, everything—bothered me when I read this post on Poynter. “…But nothing journalists do will reverse the dark tides of popular cynicism. [...]
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Yes! Finally! A MySpace for journalists!

By Maria Varmazis | Published: January 23, 2008
Just what I’ve always wanted! And no, I’m not being facetious.
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See you at ROFLcon!

By Maria Varmazis | Published: January 22, 2008
This is ROFLcon! I can has ROFLcon? Oh, the memes we’ll say. Oh, the shenanigans we’ll have. I just bought my ticket to ROFLcon—I could never forgive myself for missing out on something this awesome, in my backyard no less. So yes, I’m going to go. I’m going to blog it. I’m going to take [...]
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You win this time, Mountain.

By Maria Varmazis | Published: January 22, 2008
Common wisdom dictates there’s almost no powder snow anywhere on New England mountains. And this is why they say that anyone who can conquer New England’s icy slopes will be a skilled skiier or snowboarder indeed. That’s at least what I’m hoping since I started snowboarding this season. In most of my posts I like [...]
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