Text-to-Donate

.
Jacksonville.com Blog Alert: Connecting the Dots: Text-to-Donate

Donating to your favorite charity is as easy as t-x-t!
.

Article in Print! Hope Therapy

I had the opporunity to visit a really neat place in Middleburg last week called Hope Therapy.

Hope Therapy is a program, run by a woman named Rebecca Davenport, that offers horse therapy for individuals with a range of disabilities. Very, very worthy cause!

They are having a benefit this weekend to support the program and their plans for expansion so the story came at a very good time.

It also took up most of the front page of the Clay Sun section of the paper and a bit of room inside, which I like :-)

Enjoy! The photos with this one are mine too! Hope Therapy

Article in Print! Latitude 30

This was the first article that I wrote for my internship. I had it filed (publishing lingo for 'turned in') in time for last week's Southside Sun but the editor held it until this week.

I'm very excited that it was printed, but not so happy that the lead was left to sound as if the opening of Latitude 30 occurred last week when it was in fact the week before at this point in time. Sigh.

Latitude 30 is a pretty impressive place! Enjoy the short write-up: Latitude 30 Entertainment Complex

THE 904: Connecting to Community Through Documentary

*

Jacksonville.com Blog Alert!: THE 904

Read about a new documentary that focuses on the violent crime problem in Duval county and the amazing people that have been impacted and hope to make a difference.

*

Photo Gallery Fun

Check out the photo gallery I was able to do tonight: THE 904

It combined several of my favorite things: watching a powerful documentary, meeting inspiring and courageous people, and a date with my husband (thanks for being my 'assistant' and carrying the camera bag around all night, Robbie!!)

Photo Gallery ... Fun

My first event photo gallery: Amity Turkish Cultural Center Art & Essay Contest Awards Night

...I do believe I have room for improvement.

Things I Learned:

1. When covering an event, you should probably try to be there early to get good group/individual shots as opposed to assuming you can get some good ones when the event is over. At that point, it's just a mad house of people, many of them on their way out.
2. Trying to take good pictures of people on a stage is awkward and you're always in someone's way.
3. I DO NOT miss middle school or high school.

Etsy.com: Back To Basics

Jacksonville.com Blog Alert!: Connecting the Dots: Etsy

Connecting buyers directly to sellers of all things hand-made.

My Internship: No Barista Here!

Proud to announce that I am currently interning at the online portion of The Florida Times-Union, jacksonville.com. Very excited about this internship. They are keeping myself and my three fellow interns very busy writing stories, covering events, taking pictures for online photo albums and...blogging.

For the next four months or so I'll be keeping up with a blog on jacksonville.com called Connecting the Dots. My focus will be on writing about new ways of staying connected in the digital, social media age that we live in. And no--I'm not talking about Facebook.

Check it out for more details, of course. I'll be adding links to my jacksonville.com posts here. Keep your eye out on jacksonville.com for my other work too. I'll try to keep this updated with that as well.

Cheers!