By Kathleen Miller. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Now’s the time when you send your story over to an editor for review and let your mind rot a bit while you…
The Reporting Life
The Reporting Life, Part Four
By Kathleen Miller. 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Now it’s time to write. Everybody goes about this process differently.The lede, or first sentence of an article, is arguably the most…
The Reporting Life, Part Three
By Kathleen Miller. 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Shortly after lunch, it’s time to start assessing what information you’ve got, and what information you lack. It’s time to fill the…
The Reporting Life, Part Two
By Kathleen Miller. Around 10 a.m. Sometime around 10 a.m. every day, an editor would saunter over to my desk and hit me with the inevitable: what’s going on Kathleen?Editors…
The Reporting Life, Part One
By Kathleen Miller. A reporter’s day starts with a pit in your stomach as you trudge to the end of your driveway or turn on your computer to see exactly…
The Reporting Life: A Preview
One of our favorite MSM (mainstream media) reporters is Kathleen Miller. Ms. Miller covered Montgomery County for the Examiner and the state legislature for the Associated Press. We particularly appreciated…