journalism blog

You have to grab their attention. It was the first rule of what we called “tease” writing in the television news. You give the viewer a taste of the story, but you tease them with an element that peaks their interest and makes them keep watching. The same applies to the first line of any

The US Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case that could effect many businesses and customers. It’s called 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. Lorie Smith, a website designer in Colorado wants to expand her business to include wedding websites. Smith is a devout Christian and doesn’t want to do business with LGBTQ customers

The World Cup is the rest of world’s Super Bowl every four years. The passion and excitement generated by soccer in the rest of the world, where it’s more accurately called football, is part of people’s national identity. We have our own football, baseball, basketball, and hockey, which I think we stole from Canada. So

We didn’t get the Red Wave. But we got the Big Crack. The turnout for this mid-term election was huge, and political landscape shifted. Yes, the Republicans did make some gains. The House is still undecided, but will likely go for the GOP with a much smaller margin then they hoped. The senate is hanging

It will be a long off day for Phillies fans. They will be hoping the Phillies can now beat the odds and come back from being down 3 games to 2 and pull off what they all thought was an impossible dream of winning the World Series. The good news it’s a day we won’t

While Phillies fans are understandably out of their minds over the Phillies going to the World Series, I’m a little out of my mind over the Yankees not going to the World Series. I know there is a universal dislike, putting it mildly, in Philadelphia for anything connected to New York. Although, I think we

We’re one month away from the mid-term elections. Candidates have been spending millions of dollars saturating the our television and radio with back to back attack ads for weeks. The choices have never been been this stark or dark. I was shocked to see a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer over weekend on why some

Attorney General Merrick Garland is one of the most important and most scrutinized people in the country. He is under pressure unlike any Attorney General in history. He will make the decision on whether to indict former President Trump on charges ranging from interfering with and trying to overturn the election of 2020 to the

It was the hug that captivated us. Made us tear up and we should all learn from it. It happened on a Little League baseball field in the heat of the Southwest Regional final playoff for a trip to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. Kaiden Shelton was pitching for the Texas team

They’ve taken away a woman’s power over her own body. They’ve allowed just about anyone to carry a concealed weapon in public making us all less safe. They’ve restricted the EPA’s ability to go after carbon emissions and fight climate change. Now, they may be going after the heart of the democracy, our vote. The