This is Greg Piper, Joe’s late-arriving guest blogger, and I do my thing at GregPiper.com. You might remember me from a few weeks ago, when I filled in for Joe. As he mentioned below, I’m a journalist working in Washington, DC, but what he fails to mention (for my feelings, I’m sure) is that this is my first professional gig. I haven’t reported since college and it’s taken a while to get back into the habit. Unfortunately the new full-day schedule has hit my blogging pretty hard, but considering all the journalists who got fired for blogging, I’m fortunate that my superiors are fine with my blogging as long as I don’t spout off about my areas of coverage. So I’ll try to give Andrew and Jack a little competition while I have the spotlight again. Starting off…
If you’re a journalist wondering how to ruin your reputation in a hurry, you couldn’t do better (worse?) than this guy in Nashville. Points taken off for his subject’s gender. If you’re going to get fired, do it in style! (Via Romenesko.)
I’m a tech journalist who’s making a TV show about a college newspaper.