I can’t get the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” out of my mind. Just like India, it was surprising and unexpected. The beauty and brutality are staying with me. It made me think back to a little street urchin who came up to our car window in Old Delhi. I can’t get her out of my thoughts either. She approached our vehicle when we were stopped at an … Continue reading Slumdogs
I’m so glad we decided not to take that cruise over the holidays. I came back from Beijing feeling a bit flush after 90 straight days of producing at the Olympics. A Caribbean vacation sounded like a great way to spend winter break but my teenage son didn’t want to do anything that didn’t include his friends so we decided to celebrate at home. As I … Continue reading Economy Sucks Journal #1 12.17.08
Juliette dreams of someday marrying a nice man. One unlike the monster who poured acid on her in a jealous rage in July 2007. We are sitting with this young woman, just 19 years old, on a porch near a church in Kampala, Uganda. Juliette is beautiful on the side of her face that she shows to the world. Her eyes are bright and she has a radiant … Continue reading Juliette’s Acid Attack
My husband and I had a newspaper war. Our subscriptions to the local papers lapsed and I didn’t renew them. It was sort of an experiment to see if we would really miss not having the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News delivered to our home. Everything is available to us on line and I scan half a dozen news websites a day. Often by the … Continue reading Newspaper War
I first learned the layoffs had begun on Wednesday morning when I woke up. A friend posted a desperate cry that she was trying to stay sane after half of NBC’s network bureau was let go in Dallas. It was deja vu for me. I was downsized 10 years ago and I watched Facebook all day as people started changing their status and talking about getting their resumes together. One colleague is … Continue reading The New Face(book) of News
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