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The Word To The World
Stories like this are always a challenge, but this one was a pleasure to write. It’s always hard to capsulate a person or group in a few inches of copy.
On a side note, my byline will be MIA for a few weeks as I’ll be out of the newsroom recovering from surgery.
From Humble Location In […]
Posted: September 1st, 2007 under life, work.
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Dressed For Dierks
It’s no secret I’m not an entertainment writer. My lack of pop culture knowledge has gotten me into a jam more than once and, most recently, at the Rockingham County Fair this week. I was asked to write up a short feature about the Dierks Bentley show (for those of you just as clueless, he’s […]
Posted: August 18th, 2007 under work.
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‘You Only Die Once’
By Kelly Jasper
HARRISONBURG — Under the dust mask, Dan Smucker frowned. “Not smooth enough,” Smucker said as he peeled the fabric from his mouth and flipped the off switch of his power sander.
He set the mask to rest atop his forehead and ran a palm over the walnut planks of wood.
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Posted: July 12th, 2007 under work.
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in memorandum
We’ve had ongoing coverage this week of the Shenandoah Valley family that lost four members and an employee in a farm accident Monday. The funeral was held Thursday, just a few miles outside of Harrisonburg. In an attempt to honor the family’s undertandable wish for privacy, we managed to piece together a story based on […]
Posted: July 6th, 2007 under work.
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A Farewell For Arms
By Kelly Jasper
HARRISONBURG — It doesn’t look like much, the little plastic piece in Barbara Dixon’s hand.
A metal chain floats the token at the center of her chest, near her heart. Her fingers reach for it now and then, especially when she talks about her son.
She’s been driving Greg to National […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2007 under work.
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Vegas, The Valley and Back
This is a story I really enjoyed reporting last week, especially amid all the normally routine graduation coverage. Such an interesting fellow. I’ll be out of the newsroom for the week and a half. I’m flying to Amsterdam with a few folks from my church, where we’ll be volunteering for the week and connecting with […]
Posted: May 15th, 2007 under work.
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Clips Update
Several new clips are posted to the clips page, most written in the last several months.
The resume page is also updated with new awards added.
Posted: April 15th, 2007 under web, work.
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Awards season
I unfortunately missed the weekend’s Society of Professional Journalists conference in Richmond, so I wasn’t on hand when James Madison University racked up a few awards.
We compete in region 2; that’s Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
Congrats to Jill Yaworksi of JMU who won third place in “non-fiction magaine writing” for a piece titled […]
Posted: April 4th, 2007 under work.
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