Journadventures – O’Nizzle meets the Amish
… and refers to herself in third person sometimes. (#coolkidfail)
Some of you may recall the post I wrote about Podcamp Toronto 2010 for the Toronto Star’s Intern Blog a little while back.
That was hecka exciting for me.
Also exciting? Being asked to pen another blog post and seeing my name on the Star’s website once again.
What can I say? I’m a news nerd. Writing for the Star’s intern blog is a great opportunity, and Hey – with a bit of luck, I may just be lucky enough to score an internship there some day myself 
It’s always exciting to see my name in the news media for something other than what I was up to over the weekend.
Yeah, that’s right.
So, please go check out my story about the ups and downs of J-school and learn a little something about how Amish people get their news.
You think second gen iPhones are old school? My Amish homies don’t even have RADIOS. This obviously proved quite problematic for Carrie and I when we trying to produce a radio piece about Amish Media.
It is now 9:52pm. You know what that means? Mad dash to the grocery store time!!!
6 packs of Jello are on sale this week – 2 for 5 dollars! You know I’m not missing out on that.
Hehe. That’s totally a Bill Cosby jello shot portrait. Gotta love Google Images
<3 Always,
- J-E-L-L-O'Nizzle
P.S. - Check out Marissa Nelson’s recent blog post about how to get a job in online journalism if you get a chance.
Great advice for aspiring new media journalists from the senior editor of digital news at the Toronto Star.
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