About the blog and blogger

This blog is my first try at blogging and one of the main purposes of it is to help me practice my writing in a new medium. It will also help me critically look at my work.


I may not have experience as a blogger, but I do have experience as a journalist. I have worked at The Mirror as a reporter since October 2009 and as news editor since April 2011. I also have experience writing and editing for broadcast through an internship with The Aurora Channel.


My journalistic strengths include meeting deadlines, getting the facts the reader needs and using quotes effectively to further the story. I could improve on my interviewing skills. I always get the information I need, but sometimes I think of a great question after I finish an interview.


I’m covering the School of Psychological Sciences and the Department of Counseling Psychology within the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences as my beat. I have covered the Student Senate beat before so I know the basics of beats. I’m hoping this beat will help me learn to write clearly on a scientific subject and get better at coming up with unique story ideas.


The extent of my blogging experience is Twitter, so I am new at this. I’m worried that I will write too much. I can get wordy sometimes and a blog is not the place for that. I’m confident that I will always have something to write about though. Having a place to type out my thoughts and reflect on my work will help me improve as a journalist.