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Too busy to blog but ...
- Interested in podcasts? Here’s how I use them in my courses. Check it out!
- It's that time of year again! Wondering what to get that special someone?
This year, try The Gift of Nothing (a short podcast)
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If you love chickens, you might like The Chicken Whisperer.
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I am a writer who lives in the hills of western Massachusetts, and a lecturer in the Journalism Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Over the past 25 years, my essays, travel, food and New England-based pieces have appeared in some of the top newspapers, magazines and websites in the country. For several years I ranged around New England, writing the weekly Peaks and Valleys column for The Boston Sunday Globe.
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I write public policy stories for CommonWealth, a quarterly magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, a Boston-based thinktank.
At UMass, I'm teaching the next generation of critical thinkers how to report and write with courage and clarity. My courses include introductory newswriting and reporting, feature writing, and public policy journalism. I also serve as internship coordinator and as an informal career counselor for journalism students.
 And did I mention the fact that my family keeps a remarkably entertaining flock of chickens? The longer I live with chickens, the more I think everyone should have a few around.
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