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Play the long game: Build a style guide for consistently successful communication
A well-crafted style guide can enhance efficiency, promote consistent quality, and codify the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice into daily work.
A pair of perspicacious and perspicuous podcasts
As a relative newcomer to multimedia, I appreciate how much I can learn about good storytelling from podcasts. Two that I’ve particularly enjoyed and learned from in the past year are Ear Hustle and Ologies.
Graduating with gratitude
As the survivor of a traumatic brain injury that derailed a previous grad school attempt in 2012, I am pleased to share that I now have a master’s in multimedia journalism from the University of Oregon.
Creating a logo and affirming identity
My logo was born out of a period of reckoning with my values as a communications professional and a period of questioning my own value.
Musings of a jaded communicator: Professional duties versus personal values
In this era of increased dialogue about racial justice and other social causes, we are often expected to wrap everything up in a pretty bow of perfect progressivism—even if our employer is problematic.
Q: What are you going to do with that art degree? A: Kick ass!
Artists are not only creative when it comes to subject matter and color palettes; we are inventive and resourceful no matter the situation.