October 29, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I’m attending the Online News Association conference this week… and I have an hour to decompress before the next meetup. I thought I’d brain dump a few things about the experience and lessons I learned today. In the last session I attended, I sat near a woman who said she felt this was the first [...]
October 22, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
It’s my yearly Real World Homecoming Lunch! That means I have dozens of alumni sitting down for free pizza (Shakespeares Pizza for those who know Columbia, MO) and a chance to share career advice to current students. Alumni have a chance to join in on the live blog below to share advice and thoughts as [...]
October 18, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
It’s the week leading up to Homecoming at the University of Missouri. Back when I was a student here, it didn’t mean very much to me. It was annoying to see all of the crowds while I needed to study. But now that I’m a professor, I’ve found Homecoming is a powerful opportunity to bring [...]
October 12, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
In 1987, I watched a live broadcast of a little baby rescued from a well in Texas. I cried and celebrated the return of this little girl to her family. I was engaged in watching the wall-to-wall coverage on CNN. It was a new cable channel that focused on the news 24 hours a day. [...]
October 6, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I was thinking about going to sleep tonight… when something changed. A former student of mine invited me to a rolling conversation on Facebook. Rolling you ask? Well, Facebook changed in the last 24 hours. Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook team announced a number of new changes that include being able to download the content you’ve [...]
October 3, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I hold two jobs (professor and newsroom manager), I have two kids, two dogs, a husband and the drive to try and stay healthy. Each of those focuses require time and energy. On most days I’m juggling all of those responsibilities at the same time. I am lucky to have access to technology that helps [...]
