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Latrobe Journalism Job

2009-11-06T00:39:54Z

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Company:

Latrobe Bulletin

Position:

Reporter

Location:

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Job Status:

Full-time

Salary:

Negotiable

Ad Expires:

December 1, 2009

Job ID:

633899

Description:
Not just a job! Start a career with an opportunity to advance. The Latrobe Bulletin (6-day a week afternoon daily, circulation 8,500) has an opening for a full-time reporter. Pagination/QuarkXpress experience a big plus. The job involves covering local & county meetings, writing features, covering sporting events, rewriting news releases, etc. Latrobe, Pa. is about 35 miles east of Pittsburgh. Applicants must be familiar with Westmoreland County and western Pennsylvania. Send resume to: Steve Kittey - Editor Latrobe Bulletin 1211 Ligonier St. Latrobe, Pa. 15650 724-537-3351 x27 e-mail: LB.editor@verizon.net Fax: 724-537-0489

Man Faces Charges After Mothers' Death

2009-10-17T20:58:47Z

Police have charged a Greensburg man in relation to his mothers’ death last year. Allegedly, he was her caretaker and neglected to help her after she was burned in an accidental fire.

Victor McCurdy, 22, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a care-dependent person after his mother, Rosemary McCurdy, 53, died last year. He appeared before District Judge James Albert yesterday.

On the day of her death, Mrs. McCurdy was taken to the hospital. Greensburg police described her as“…dehydrated, unkempt, and lying in her own filth” “… She weighed 70 pounds,”

The fire was caused by her smoking while on oxygen, police said. Also, she had little or no leg use due to multiple sclerosis, which she had for 17 years.

According to the Westmoreland County coroner’s office, she died from severe burns to her face, chest, and airway. It is accidental in manner, as she refused medical treatment after the fire.

Detectives could not be reached for comment.

Mr. McCurdy has a hearing Thursday. He is out on bond.

I’m guessing there will be a follow-up on Thursday.

Using Google Docs to Expand Collaborative Work and Learning

2009-10-15T12:04:44Z

Teaching and Learning Seminar

(Links worked best in Internet Explorer)

View the slideshow (and join the chat by clicking "view together" in the lower right)

Explore a Google Forms example
Collaborate on a Google Document example

Google Forms Example

2009-10-15T11:10:16Z

This is part of a presentation I'll be giving to faculty and staff today at 12:30. Feel free to drop by, virtually.

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"Armstrong man shoots self after wounding estranged wife"

2009-10-14T01:42:02Z

Michelle Cousins of Manor was attacked by her husband, Wesley Cousins of Washington township. Prior to this, she filed a protection from abuse order against him.

The incident took place when he went to her house armed with a pistol. He fired several shots, causing damage to her abdomen and hand. She called 911 and was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Nothing has been released from the hospital.

Her husband was found dead in a bedroom with a self-inflicted bullet wound to the chest.

This is really all the article says about the actual shooting. The rest is about domestic violence cases in the past month or so. It just elaborates on that for a while. I don't want to bore you with it like they did to me. Here's the link:http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/leadertimes/news/s_647620.html

It just seems like they needed to fill a bunch of space so they spewed out a bunch of information.

What if I just did that?

Pajamas are awesome! I like cake. Agh. Now there's cake on my pajamas. That's not cool.

Everyone likes cake and pajamas, but it's an understanding between humans and should never be written. It's also an understanding that domestic violence is bad, therefore it doesn't need constant mention. The story itself indicates that domestic violence leads to attempted murder/suicide, therefore it's bad. I'm sorry for rabbling. It really annoyed me.

Testing Again

2009-09-30T14:45:01Z

I haven't been able to reproduce the login errors people have been reporting, but I've asked my off-site web host and the SHU Help Desk to look into it. --D Jerz Thanks, Aja, for sending me this screen shot.

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Testing

2009-09-30T03:22:02Z

Several users have reported problems with the blogs. Testing... testing...

Update: 11:30pm

I haven't been able to find any problems with blogs.setonhill.edu, but I'll put in a support ticket with the hosting service that runs the blogs and see what's up.

Meanwhile, if anyone who encounters problems would please contact me with details, I'd be grateful, so I have a little more to go on.

Constitution Day Reading

2009-09-18T01:38:02Z

Students at Seton Hill took turns today reciting from the text of the Constitution of the United States of America, as part of Constitution Day.

Performing Arts Center opens at Seton Hill University

2009-09-17T12:26:14Z

Clever lead and very upbeat coverage.

Seton Hill University is going downhill … in a most positive way.
The venerable Catholic institution, on a bluff overlooking the rest of Greensburg, has expanded its campus, its academic offerings and its reputation -- while further rejuvenating the cultural climate of its city. --Rick Shrum, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Summer Reading Book Discussion 2009: This I Believe

2009-09-11T04:55:41Z

The Seton Hill community's summer reading book selection was This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women.

Every freshman received a copy of the book. Thursday afternoon, small groups led by faculty and staff members led a discussion of the book over a box lunch.

Afterward, participants packed Cecilian Hall, where panelists read their own statements of personal belief.

"Let me acknowledge at the beginning that the summer book discussion is a kind of strange event.... Instead of your normal Thursday routine, you end up spending two hours talking about this book instead. It's almost rude that we should interrupt your learning like that. But I'm not here to apologize. There's a lesson to be learned from this. Don't be fooled for a minute thinking that your classes are the only time around Seton Hill where you're allowed to learn things."
--Geoffrey Atkinson (2.5Mb MP3)

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"I believe that life is a perfectionist's worst nightmare. I'll be honest with you all right now, I wrote this speech at least fifteen times, and each time I ended up throwing it away."
Michael Washingon (2.4Mb MP3)

"Today can be the most wonderful day of my life. It can be the last day of my life. With these thoughts, I can say that everyone should live their life to the fullest."
Emily Heinicka (3.6Mb MP3)

"Nearly everything I need to know, and that I currently believe, I think I've learned at school board meetings.... I've survived seven elections, I've been beaten up by the press, made deep friendships and bitter enemies. I've been threatened, accused, betrayed, but most of all rewarded."
Barbara Hinkle (8.4Mb MP3)

"Go ahead, take that leap... I never really noticed how many opportunities I have been given until I started looking back at my past three years at Seton Hill."
Kristin Logan (2.6Mb MP3)

"What does a math professor believe? Does he even try to make statements of faith, where you can't prove it to be true?"
Geoffrey Atkinson (2.4Mb MP3)

Why So Serious?

2009-09-08T17:19:47Z

This profile has an interesting introduction and it makes me want to read the rest, but it just seems so serene and serious. I almost want the author to make it more gory and detailed. I am told that the ducks are being bred to be eaten, but it just seems like it's supposed to be an everyday occurence. I am definitely not a vegetarian, but I have not ever eaten duck before. Alice Waters is described to be this God like restaurant business connoisseur, but she just seems like a duck killer to me. I am not saying she is a bad person, but why try to hide the details of what she is doing to make her successful.

Obituaries Can be Bad Publicity

2009-09-04T13:43:53Z

Most obituaries that I have read have been short and sweet. This obituary seems to go on to tell the entire life story of Marie Byrne. I am not intending to say that Marie Bryne's life should not be celebrated, but I believe that her obituary should emphasize the importance of her life rather than the fact that she had a family friend that the kids called "Uncle Mary." Her obituary should be entirely dedicated to her and not the lives of others. Obviously her surviving relatives are important to her life, but I do not think that a newspaper should print anything else about them.

However, I do believe that showing how Marie Byrne was a down to earth, "tough" woman was very important within the context of the obituary. Readers should be able to comprehend the impact of someone's life on society without having to know what they made for dinner every night.

Internship for Trib Total Media Magazines

2009-09-02T17:38:58Z

Internship for Trib Total Media magazines

Non-paid internship in exchange for college credit

Hours: Can range from 6 to 16; from two half days to two full days

Place : Tribune Review building, 622 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg

Duties: Fact checking, proof reading, processing releases, taking photographs, filing , writing copy, assisting director of custom publishing, clerical work, doing phone interviews

Requirements: Ability to write, creative, interested in the communications/publishing fields

Education: Sophomore or above. Courses in communications, journalism, English, public relations or related fields.

Interview: Contact Edith Hughes, editor of Westmoreland Magazine, 412-388-5831

Trib Total Media magazines include Fanfare, Caregiver, Wedding Essentials, Westmoreland Magazine , Southpointe Connections.

Can I be a TV anchor?

2009-08-30T22:18:23Z

Do you care who gives you the news as long as you're getting it? If a person that wears a trash bag as a rain coat and sleeps on newspapers every night gives you the news would you believe him or her (I wouldn't want to be gender biased)? I would most likely not trust them and then I would switch the channel to a news anchor who wears a nice shirt and tie. So, TV anchors don't really have to be knowledgeable of the story that they are reporting. They just have to be able to read well. Well, the person wearing the trash bag may be able to read well, but do they look attractive? I wouldn't think so. In this case, neither would the rest of the viewers, therefore a more attractive looking news anchor would be hired.

Appearance seems to be pertinent to news. Attractive and "cordial" anchors seem to flourish in society. So, let's do our hair, apply our make up, and practice our reading skills. Then, maybe we too can break news to viewers all over the world.

Breaking News?

2009-08-30T19:55:28Z

Knowing that The Onion is actually a fake news broadcast, I was expecting something slightly strange. Had I not known that it was a spoof, I probably would have tried to follow the program as closely as possible. Due to the fact that news programs want to be the first to report breaking news, it seems as though they will project information into society that it sometimes false. For example, the birth and death date of Don Abrams, the Senior Haition Burea Chief, was flashed across the screen for all the viewers to see. After a slight pause, Don Abrams' voice came back through, therefore the information that he was deceased was actually false. This reminds me of when Michael Jackson died. The news programs broadcasted that he had died, but I was not sure whether I should believe that it had actually happened.

Notice that the name of the "Breaking News" was "Something Happened in Haiti." This is a good representation of news broadcasts because they have no idea what is going on. They know that "something" is happening, but they do not know if it is good, bad, or even important for that matter. The people may have been hoisting a soccer player in the air, shooting Don Abrams, or cooking. Like real news programs, the viewers don't really know what has happened until a few days later when the program shows the "Breaking News" once again and confirms the true story.