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Job Search Update

iStockphotos.com My job search is becoming more development than search.  Intriguing how a little effort or nudge can get things rolling. In my case, that nudge was the digital media boot camp I attended in August at Columbia University.  That

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Digital Media Workshop Final Thoughts

It’s been a few days since I completed Columbia University’s Digital Media Boot Camp, giving me time to organize my thoughts and develop more than a knee-jerk reaction. Bottom line:  Extremely valuable, worth the time and the money.  While I

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Digital Media Workshop: The End

I’m exhausted.  My week at Columbia’s Digital Media Workshop is now over.  I have my first Final Cut Pro edited piece in hand. And my brain cells are stretched and sore as if I had just completed an Iron Man.

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Finding a Digital Media Workshop

Learning to Light at Columbia’s Digital Media Workshop A challenging and disheartening day, but one that left me ultimately grateful for finding this digital media workshop. Tomorrow we must head out in pairs to shoot a story of our choosing.

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My Dream Job at CNN

I used to have a dream job. I was, (am?) a journalist. I got a graduate degree in journalism from Columbia University, and then headed to East Africa where I worked for three years as a freelance radio correspondent and

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