Melissa Wantz: Notes from West Egg

Teaching English and Journalism at a California High School

Best laid plans and all that

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Tomorrow is the big day. Our news site launches for the first time with real content: articles, video, photos, polls, Twitter, Facebook, commenting, article ratings, etc… Yesterday I worked from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and today has been the same. It’s been a race to the finish with stories coming in at the last [...]

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The birth of a new(s) organization starts tomorrow

August 24th, 2009 · No Comments

As of tomorrow, I am a journalism adviser. Officially. Not in my dreams. Not in my plans. Not just on paper. Not ideally. But really, practically, wonderfully. School starts tomorrow. Journalism 2.0 meets for the first time. As a former journalist, there is a part of me that can’t believe how excited I am about [...]

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