Monthly Archives: September 2009

A five-man team in a six-man league

By Steve | Published: September 26, 2009
Driving to work Friday morning, I was pulled into a story that unfolded on Colorado Public Radio. Five Arickaree High School boys talked about the decision they had to make when the school’s tiny student body did not yield enough boys to field a six-man football team. They decided to stick together and play with [...]
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Proud that he’s an American

By Steve | Published: September 12, 2009
I am asking my relatives to donate to the Central Asia Institute in lieu of birthday and Christmas gifts this year. I figure every dollar that goes to Greg Mortenson’s project to educate Muslim girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan undoes the damage of at least 1,000 military dollars. Mortenson discovered the root of extremism — [...]
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What are reporters good for?

By Steve | Published: September 7, 2009
I bet all of us who make the jump from newspapers to PR ask, just before making the plunge: “When will they figure out I don’t know what I’m doing?” And I bet all of us quickly discover that we had severely underestimated the skills we developed in journalism. The realization may come when the [...]
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