Blog Summaries

  • Pumpkin Spice Season has Arrived Bringing with it the Taste of Fall to Summer

    For as long as I can recall, my favorite season has been Fall. While, thanks to daily heat advisories, it can be hard in this part of Texas to know when Fall arrives, after consulting a calendar I can confirm that Fall is just around the corner. Why do I love Fall? Let me count…

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  • As Spring Turns to Summer and Summer Fades into Fall, COVID-19 is Still that Unwanted Pandemic that No One will Miss at All

    In a year, where I have said things I never thought I would say before, I discovered yet another example of words that would never be uttered in any other year as 2020 rolls on like a Summer battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup. Before this year, if you had told me that I would say…

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  • Athletes Protest Racial Injustice as MLB Honors Jackie Robinson

    This past weekend Major League Baseball (MLB) celebrated Jackie Robinson’s acts of courage and determination in breaking the color barrier within MLB. When Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, he ushered in a new era of inclusion for players from all walks of life. Of course, as recent events…

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  • Hurricane Week Revisited Part 3: After the Storm

    Editor’s Note: Back in 2013, I ran a three-part series on what to do when a hurricane was approaching. Seven years later, with two named storms actively churning it seemed like a good time to look back, while also looking ahead, with the three phases of the storm. The three phases are before a storm…

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  • Hurricane Week Revisited Part 2: Reporting the Storm

    Editor’s Note: Back in 2013, I ran a three-part series on what to do when a hurricane was approaching. Seven years later, with two named storms actively churning it seemed like a good time to look back, while also looking ahead, with the three phases of the storm. The three phases are before a storm…

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  • Hurricane Week Revisited Part 1: Before the Storm

    Editor’s Note: Back in 2013, I ran a three-part series on what to do when a hurricane was approaching. Seven years later, with two named storms actively churning it seemed like a good time to look back, while also looking ahead, with the three phases of the storm. The three phases are before a storm…

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  • Dr Pepper Shortage Shows 2020 Loves to Give Until it Hurts Before Giving a Little More

    If the year 2020 were a gift, it would be the type of gift that was so hideous that you wouldn’t even regift it to your worst enemy. From COVID-19 running wild across the globe like a herd of Chincoteague ponies, to toilet paper shortages, disinfectant wipe shortages, distance learning for all, social distancing, sports…

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  • Way back Wednesday: Remembering the Lost Art of the Postcard

    Editor’s Note: I wrote this column on the lost art of sending postcards back in March 2013. During the current climate of COVID-19, as well as the attempt by some to disrupt the United States Postal Service’s mission to ensure that, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from…

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  • Hockey in the Summer is a Small Silver Lining in an Upside Down Sports Year

    If anything can be said of the 2020 sports landscape, let it be said that 2020 has been a season like no other. From fan-free stadiums and Ballparks, to playing sports in a bubble, sports fans are truly seeing things they likely never thought they would see. Of course, due to social distancing they are…

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  • As COVID-19 Continues to Impact the Newspaper Industry Five Tribune Newsrooms going Fully Remote

    Last week I noted that many journalists are working remotely from bookcase filled mini newsrooms as a result of COVID-19. For some print journalists, those remote at home locations will turn into their permanent bureaus as some newspapers look to jettison their brick and mortar holdings in favor of an all remote workforce. This week,…

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