Assistant Editor at @SDTimes. Journalist. Social Media Strategist. Hot Yoga enthusiast and soon to be RYT200. Lover of ladybugs, dogs and anything different. Afraid of raccoons, poor grammar and gluten. All comments here are my own. Enjoy! Xo V
After reading Mandy Jenkin’s (former HuffPo self-proclaimed “Twitter Monkey”) thoughts on being a social media editor and what that does to her slightly less social Journalism aspirations, I had a few ideas of my own that I thought it would be good to share with the public. I’ve been a “social media coordinator” since 2008. [...]
Today is my 1 year anniversary at BZ Media as the Assistant Editor of SDTimes. I cannot believe it has been a whole year, 52 weeks, 365 days. I’ve learned so much about myself as a writer and a person in this past year working at SDTimes. This is the first “real job” I’ve had– [...]
We all have had one. Those days where the Word processing program you use simply stares at you, daring to come up with insightful phrases, tight Ledes and awesome HEDs. And all you can do is stare. And stare. And, well, stare. Have no fear, Giornalista is here! Since I started writing this blog, I’ve [...]
Okay, if one more person refers to me as a writer, I may have to bite them. Writing is something I enjoy; something that expands my mind; something I challenge myself to do. Reporting feeds my soul. Writing can be done in your house, on a boat, in a car or in a plane (A [...]
My thoughts on becoming a powerful woman in a society that labels aggressive women as “bitches,” and their male counterparts as successes.
