Earlier this year I launched a blog to share some short, informal reflections about my life in local news and newspaper publishing. It's called stumble.press. Since it's where I've done almost all of my limited personal writing lately, I thought…
I’m excited to share the news that I’m diving fully into the world of community newspaper publishing. As of October 1, I’m the owner and publisher of the Western Wayne News here in Wayne County, Indiana. If you’re not familiar…
This week I'm turning forty-five years old. To mark that occasion along with my graduation, some friends came out to tackle an invasive species removal project at a local city park: A tradition started five years ago as a gift…
This month, July of 2022, I completed the master's degree in journalism program that I started in 2019 at Ball State University. My diploma is not yet in hand but all course work is completed and all credit requirements are satisfied.…
A few folks have asked what I've been working on since leaving full-time employment at the end of 2019. Here's an update: Graduate studies I've continued my graduate studies in journalism, and I'm currently planning to graduate next year with…
This week I had an enjoyable conversation with Brian Krogsgard for the Post Status Draft podcast. In the hour we covered a lot of ground from my professional journey and life, from what it was like to wind down a consulting…
When I was a kid I regularly asked my parents to buy a video camera so I could experiment with making home movies. I had many ideas for characters, scenes, angles and even edits I would do, just sure it…
Our dog has a drinking problem. That is, when she drinks water there is something in the way her throat works that causes her to regurgitate some or all of the water soon after. In her younger years she would…
I've launched a new blog where I'll be posting most all of my future technical writing about technology, software and hardware including release announcements and code examples from my various personal projects, reviews of gadgets and services I use, how-to…
I'm excited to be able to say a bit more about one of the ways I've been spending time professionally in recent months. Since January, I've been consulting with the folks at Hometown Media Group, the parent company of two…