It's official. I've told work, and just about everyone else I know, and in two short months, I'll be packing up the Subaru and heading to Chicago. I intended to start a blog months ago, but kept coming up with reasons to put it off. "No one at work knows," I'd say, or "what could I possibly have to say right now?" But now, all excuses aside, it's time to begin.
When thinking about what to write in this first post, I couldn't decide (yet another reason to put off the first post). Should it be an introduction? I'm not sure I want to "begin at the beginning." A mission statement? Could be too cliche. Or should I start in the middle and hope that you catch up?
In addition to getting in the habit of writing something regularly that other people will read, I want to get a chance to explore some of the ideas I have about the future of journalism and my future in it. I hope that I can interact with my readers, as most of you will be friends. For four years of work, and four years before that, I have been trained to have no opinion whatsoever. More than anything else, I want to use this blog to develop some ideas I have and to work on expressing those ideas succinctly and persuasively.
I think it's good to set out what I hope to accomplish. I think its also good to let people know what I'm up to. And I hope it's good to read in the coming months and years where ever this next great adventure may take me.
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