Well, maybe not entirely shameless self-promotion, but I did write it so I suppose it deserves a little disclaimer. This weekend will hopefully be a great one for productivity. With the incoming D.C. #snomgasm / #snowpocalypse2 / #snom (my personal favorite) / any number of other crazy hashtags, I’m hoping maybe it’ll give me a [...]
Categories: Blog-Related, DC, Personal, Writing
Tagged: #snom, au, blogging, blogs, careercenter, DC, hashtags, internblog, internship, shamable, snow, Writing
- Published:
- February 5, 2010 – 1:59 am
- Author:
- By Alex Priest
So you may remember me writing a bit about how my first story as a reporter would be coming out in today’s edition of our university newspaper, The Eagle. Well that’s not happening.
Evidently–and I wish I’d known this before I spent several hours work into the article–columnists aren’t allowed to report for The Eagle too. [...]
Categories: Personal, Writing
Tagged: au, column, finance, journalism, reporting, theeagle, Writing
- Published:
- January 21, 2010 – 12:33 am
- Author:
- By Alex Priest
For the first time ever, I got published today! My first column in the American University student newspaper, The Eagle, was printed today. It’s also online!
My column is titled “Unsolicited Advice”, meaning that it’s advice for people who haven’t really asked for it (and might not even want it) but I’m giving it to them [...]
Categories: Politics, Writing
Tagged: au, column, Politics, reid, theeagle, Writing
- Published:
- January 14, 2010 – 10:57 pm
- Author:
- By Alex Priest
I’ve just about reached my limit of end-of-the-year/decade/whatever top 10 lists. It’s a psychological thing–our tendency to read and share nice, orderly bulleted lists. They’re easy to read, fun to share, interesting conversation starters. But the way I see it, these top 10 lists have taken over the media for the month of December and it’s almost overwhelming. Today–the first day of the year–there’s nothing on Twitter but lists and more lists. It seems people have even forgotten #FollowFriday today. Anyway, here’s my thoughts.
Categories: Media, Rants
Tagged: lists, new years, top 10, Writing
- Published:
- January 1, 2010 – 10:16 pm
- Author:
- By Alex Priest
