Please Happy

While this is not one of my “official response blogs,” I thought these words of wisdom from our professors at the Welcome Dinner last week could be inspirational and useful. Prime fodder for sticky notes on the bathroom mirror, or sayings on a greeting card for a recently matriculated journalism student:

“Research your life here like you would a story.”
-Pat Dean

This is a crazy new period of digital converged media. … Thrive and innovate and lead in the new media environment.
-Paraphrased from Ernest J. Wilson, III

“Open your eyes, open your ears, pay attention. Notice things that you see every day. You will notice something interesting, and then you will notice that you noticed.”
-Judy Muller

“If you’re just paying attention and looking, you will find the stories. Being reporters, we’re paid to get a graduate degree in whatever we’re interested in. Be Curious!”
-Judy Muller

“Get on the ground; go deep. … Get into a place where you actually feel uncomfortable.” -Sandy Tolan

“Take these larger issues that are so vital to understanding what’s happening in the world and tell them across platforms; use those tools to tell the stories.”
-Sandy Tolan