Arianna Huffington, right, has some mobile fun with a Columbia College Chicago student following her student-only conversation with us Wednesday, prior to her official speech. Huffington is the proprietor of Huffington Post, one of the biggest media brands on the Internet. (The photo's by Columbia's PR staff, but if they sue a student for the … Continue reading Developments: Arianna and iPad
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DHL’s last sorting shift
Between 4 and 6 this morning, the DHL air park held its last shift of package-sorting in Wilmington, Ohio. It represents the conclusion of the largest single layoff in Ohio history. I covered it with two colleagues from the News Journal, as well as reporters from 60 Minutes, Dayton Daily News, and channels 7 and … Continue reading DHL’s last sorting shift
Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
Because of a few mixups and misunderstandings by more than one person (not necessarily including myself), a prior-to-final version of my story headlined Tuesday's Wilmington News Journal. Needless to say, I like the final version much better (thanks to my editor's good suggestions), so I'm not even going to link to the printed version. Right … Continue reading Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
Happy Earth Day!
Today I went out to plant trees with some other eco-minded students, but our coordinator had heard weather authorities call for frost round these parts. So we picked up trash instead. I wish I had remembered to stuff my camera in my back pocket. Had I done that I would have had some pictures for … Continue reading Happy Earth Day!
Brandon Smith 