tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77581952569791712024-03-05T19:36:46.893-07:00Reflections on Journalism"You must always act like a human being before you can act like a journalist."J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-27684056446882348582015-09-03T16:04:00.000-06:002015-09-09T17:45:26.618-06:00My experience working at small-town newspapers<div dir="ltr">
As I listened to my college professors tote the virtues of journalism and why it's so important to have a "watchdog" on the government (city, state and federal), I caught the journalism bug, big-time. I always wanted to find a job as a reporter for a small-town paper.<br />
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It was a job many of my teachers said didn't exist anymore - or at least was rapidly disappearing. They encouraged us to learn as much about multimedia journalism as possible, but still I nourished a secret dream of writing for print, and not only that but doing it in a small community, preferably at a community-owned publication.<br />
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Even as I watched media conglomerates buy out the papers in my area, I held onto my hope that someday my dream would come true.<br />
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My first opportunity came the month after I graduated from BYU with a bachelors degree in communications. A former professor, Joel Campbell, recommended me for a job at the Sanpete Messenger in Manti, Utah. (When I arrived at the Messenger, I learned they technically considered me just an "intern," but the title didn't bother me. I worked just like the other two staff writers did.)<br />
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The Messenger was radically different from my previous internship experience at Deseret News. First of all, the staff was tiny. Second, I wrote about a much wider variety of topics. Third, because the paper was in a small town, it was easier to see how what we published affected people.<br />
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The smaller staff meant each writer was under more pressure to produce articles, even though the Messenger was only published weekly in comparison to the daily Deseret News. I put an inspiring quote on my desktop and did a lot of praying to get through the stress of my first few weeks, and through a combination of that, hard work and diligence, I met my deadlines.<br />
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Sometimes, when everyone called me back at once, I would write three or four stories in a day. I did some, but not much, traveling for stories. Most of the evenings were mine, and I rarely had to work a weekend. Overall, it was a difficult, but rewarding learning experience. Part of me was relieved when I left the paper two months later to serve a religious mission in El Salvador, but part of me missed it, too.<br />
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My experience working at the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin has been similar, with a few measurable differences. The most noticeable difference is in the Transcript's larger staff. Here, if you count the two sportswriters, there are five full-time writers and one full-time photographer. The second most noticeable difference is that it's published twice a week. It's funny, though - these two things combined usually equate to me being about the same level of busy, but I'm not as stressed working here as I was working in Manti.<br />
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Some things, however, are exactly the same between the two papers: I love the small-town atmosphere. I love seeing my name in print. And I love feeling like I make a difference.</div>
J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-50651899465296459122013-04-29T12:43:00.000-06:002013-04-29T12:46:17.096-06:00My classmates and I have won an SPJ award!On April 13, the Society of Professional Journalists awarded my classmates and I a Mark of Excellence Award at our regional conference in Santa Fe! (We're region nine.) Here's a link to the official SPJ news release: <a href="http://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=1166" target="_blank">spj.org/news</a><br />
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The award was in the "breaking news (large collegiate newspapers)" category, for our story "<a href="http://universe.byu.edu/beta/2012/02/06/family-friends-mourn-powell-children/" target="_blank">Family, friends, mourn loss of Powell children</a>." I wasn't even aware we had won the award until Kaye Nelson, one of my great journalism mentors and formerly a full-time editor for <i><a href="http://universe.byu.edu/beta/" target="_blank">The Universe</a></i>, congratulated me and my classmates on Facebook.<br />
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I will always remember writing this particular story. I had heard the sad news about Josh Powell blowing up his house, killing him and his two young sons, just before I stepped into Advanced Print Reporting, my first class of the day. The following is from a <a href="http://henriereflections.blogspot.com/2012/02/family-friends-mourn-loss-of-powell.html" target="_blank">previous blog post</a> I wrote about it:<br />
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I first heard the news yesterday morning when I picked up the newspaper. When I arrived at my Advanced Print Reporting class, Professor Campbell announced that we were going to "swarm" the story - meaning we were going to cover this breaking news with an article for the Universe. I volunteered to write, others volunteered to interview different people, and we saw what we could accomplish in an hour. My classmate Rebecca finished writing the story when I had to go to work. She ended up writing most of it.</blockquote>
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Sad news; good learning experience.</blockquote>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-51197402337744952192013-03-07T13:12:00.000-07:002013-03-07T13:12:04.510-07:00#standwithRand and a thought on TwitterLast night was my first experience getting news as it happened via Twitter. Before I came to BYU, I put Twitter in the mental category of "just another social media platform." I was annoyed when my very first journalism class required me to sign up for it. I was even a little annoyed when the teacher required me to start this blog (<i>gasp! Whaaat?</i>), but I got over the latter pretty quickly.<br />
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It's taken far longer for me to stop seeing Twitter as annoying. Up until this year, I rarely used it, and whenever I did use it, it was only to promote articles I'd written or read and liked. That was and is still my primary purpose for logging on Twitter, but last night has given me a new perspective. And it's all thanks to Sen. Rand Paul and his millions of Twitter followers going crazy with the tweets about <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/rand-paul-does-not-go-quietly-into-the-night/" target="_blank">the filibuster Paul initiated</a>.<br />
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Not only was I reading about news as it happened, I was reading hundreds of people's opinions about it! Newspapers can't do that; blogs can't do that efficiently; not even television news can handle that much information in an organized fashion. Twitter is truly unique, and last night's experience has cemented in my mind its usefulness as both a newsgathering tool and a news <i>outlet</i>.<br />
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My revelation about Twitter was almost as fascinating as the filibuster itself.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-29359674110789277432013-03-07T12:24:00.002-07:002013-03-07T12:25:25.768-07:00An interesting take on jailed AmishThis Associated Press story caught my eye as I was logging into my email this morning. It's a perfect example of taking a unique take on what may otherwise be just another story.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women who have lived rural, self-sufficient lives surrounded by extended family and with little outside contact are facing regimented routines in a federal prison system where almost half of inmates are behind bars for drug offenses and modern conveniences such as television will be a constant temptation.
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-amish-face-unfamiliar-life-federal-prison-075022390.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Read more</span></a>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-92047500141012726352013-01-28T10:58:00.002-07:002013-01-28T11:08:03.098-07:00The Senate's four goals for immigration reformBy Erica Werner of the Associated Press, republished by Yahoo! News:
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country.
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According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, the senators will call for accomplishing four goals:<br />
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—Creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already here, contingent upon securing the border and better tracking of people here on visas.<br />
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—Reforming the legal immigration system, including awarding green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, math, technology or engineering from an American university.<br />
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—Creating an effective employment verification system to ensure that employers do not hire illegal immigrants in the future, including requiring prospective workers to verify legal status and identity through a non-forgeable electronic system.<br />
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—Allowing more low-skill workers into the country and allowing employers to hire immigrants if they can demonstrate they couldn't recruit a U.S. citizen; and establishing an agricultural worker program.<br />
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The principles being released Monday are outlined on just over four pages, leaving plenty of details left to fill in. What the senators do call for is similar to Obama's goals and some past efforts by Democrats and Republicans, since there's wide agreement in identifying problems with the current immigration system. The most difficult disagreement is likely to arise over how to accomplish the path to citizenship.
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senators-reach-agreement-immigration-reform-085239296--politics.html" target="_blank">Read more</a><br />
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I'm excited to see where this goes. I particularly like the fact that this is a bipartisan movement and the idea of awarding green cards to immigrants who obtain an advanced S.T.E.M. degree from an American university. What are your thoughts?J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-45993004447442822152013-01-16T10:40:00.006-07:002013-01-16T10:50:55.104-07:00Washington Post summary of Obama's plan to reduce gun violenceThis is the kind of thing I like to see: Within the Washington Post story "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-unveils-gun-control-proposals/2013/01/16/58cd70ce-5fed-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html" target="_blank">Obama unveils gun-control proposals</a>," <i><u>the writers have linked to the very documents they're reporting about</u></i>. To me, it's a mark of good reporting when the journalists make their sources clearly known, and especially when they make the same sources they referenced available to the public. Unfortunately, you can't make a live interviewee available to the public in the same way, but it's always a nice touch to link to documents when you can. This transparent, reader-empowering journalism is the kind of example I want to follow. Well done, WP!<br />
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<a href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/politics/gun-violence-reduction-executive-actions/244/" target="_blank">White House: Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions</a>: Includes a description of the documents and other related links. Check it out!</h4>
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Linking to documents can be a long, painstaking process depending on the story you're working on, but personally I think it's worth the extra time. It really proves whether you've done your homework, which improves your credibility and the trust between you and the reader. I've published a couple data-driven stories myself where I purposefully took the extra time to link to or clearly cite my sources:<br />
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"<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865558654/A-few-of-the-oldest-longest-continous-things-in-the-LDS-Church.html?pg=1" target="_blank">A few of the oldest, longest continuous things in the LDS Church</a>," published July 12, 2012, on the front page of section C in Salt Lake City's <i>Deseret News</i>.<br />
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"<a href="http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/11506714/article-Relic-of-the-Past--Home-of-Future-Legends-" target="_blank">Relic of the past: Home of future legends</a>," published February 18, 2011, in the double truck (meaning it was the main article of the edition) of BYU's <i>Daily Universe</i>. ...Back when it <i>was</i> a daily paper.<br />
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(If you're interested, you can check out <a href="http://jmhportfolio.blogspot.com/p/my-portfolio.html" target="_blank">my portfolio</a> for more of my stuff.)J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-45300522493955429782013-01-01T09:23:00.001-07:002013-01-01T09:28:17.460-07:00This morning's Senate-proposed bipartisan compromiseA bipartisan agreement concerning the fiscal cliff was reached and passed 89-8 in the U.S. Senate this morning and will now move on to the House.
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That's only eight people who voted against the agreement. And it sounds like the Republicans conceded quite a bit (see my <a href="http://henriereflections.blogspot.com/2012/12/will-policymakers-find-compromise.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> about the disagreements between the Republicans and Democrats), but still tempered the Democrats. Both facts make me optimistic that the House may also find common ground and work things out. The Washington Post wrote a good article about the bill here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/fiscal-cliff/biden-mcconnell-continue-cliff-talks-as-clock-winds-down/2012/12/31/66c044e2-534d-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank">Obama, Senate Republicans reach agreement on 'fiscal cliff'</a></h3>
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And there's another article by the Washington Post that looks promising but I haven't read yet:<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-a-fiscal-cliff-deal-what-next/2012/12/31/b9d9a452-5384-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html" target="_blank">After a 'fiscal cliff' deal, what next?</a></h3>
J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-6883978422598527422012-12-31T11:38:00.000-07:002012-12-31T11:48:16.252-07:00Will policymakers find a compromise before the fiscal cliff?<i>Note: text highlighted in gray and within brackets is my own opinion:</i><br />
<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Finally, a political story that tells it straight. Does anyone else ever get tired of stories about political posturing? I want to know what our policymakers are talking about and doing, not reporters' speculations on their motives. The latter is usually just depressing/frustrating for everybody, anyway.]</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fiscal-cliff-disputes-remain-deadline-nears" target="_blank">PROGRESS SEEN IN LAST-MINUTE 'FISCAL CLIFF' TALKS</a></b><br />
By ALAN FRAM and JULIE PACE (Associated Press) — Dec. 31 11:45 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases.<br />
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Congressional officials familiar with talks between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said one major remaining sticking point was whether to postpone spending cuts that are scheduled to begin on Jan 1.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #990000;">Republicans want to replace across-the-board reductions with targeted cuts elsewhere in the budget</span>, while the <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">White House and Democrats want to offset at least some of the so-called sequester with the revenue from tax increases</span>. <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Senate Democrats were pushing hard against a </span><span style="background-color: #990000;">GOP proposal for just a three-month delay in the across-the-board cuts.</span><br />
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<a href="" name="taxraise"></a>[As far as I can see, so far Republicans and Democrats agree they need to spend less, but D want to cut spending a little bit across the board while R want to concentrate cuts on targeted areas. To cushion the blow to all government agencies/projects' budgets, D also want to raise taxes. D also want to start with the spending cuts right away, while R want to delay the cuts. For what, I don't know.]</span><br />
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At the same time, <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Democrats said the two sides were closing in on an agreement over taxes</span>. They said the <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">White House had proposed blocking an increase for most Americans, while letting rates rise for individuals with incomes of $400,000 a year and $450,000 for couples, a concession from President Barack Obama's campaign call to set the levels at $200,000 and $250,000</span>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Thank heaven for some evidence, at least, of a willingness to make some concessions. Concessions are essential in finding compromise. The politics of this country were purposefully set up under the idea that people with different views would be able to balance one another and find good, reasonable compromises. We sorely need people with a variety of opinions, but at the same time those people have to be willing to listen to other ideas and, at times, compromise a few of their own. Just because you give ground on some issues doesn't necessarily mean your ideas are flawed. It might just mean the country isn't ready for them yet.]</span><br />
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Any overall deal was also likely to include a provision to prevent a spike in milk prices with the new year, extend unemployment benefits due to expire and protect doctors who treat Medicare patients from a 27 percent cut in fees.
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Despite the movement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned that differences remained without spelling out what they were and said cooperation would be needed by both sides.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[It's frustrating not to fully understand what's going on in these talks because we don't have all the pieces. I want to know what differences remain and what overtures of cooperation policymakers from both sides are making.]</span><br />
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"Negotiations are continuing as I speak," said Reid, D-Nev., as the Senate began an unusual New Year's Eve session. "But we really are running out of time. Americans are still threatened with a tax hike in just a few hours."
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Liberal Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, took to the Senate floor after Reid to warn Democratic bargainers against lowering levies on large inherited estates and raising the income threshold at which higher tax rates would kick in.
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"No deal is better than a bad deal. And this look like a very bad deal the way this is shaping up," said Harkin.<br />
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He suggested instead letting tax rates revert to the higher levels that existed when the economy was strong under President Bill Clinton, adding, "I ask, what's so bad about that?"
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[It kind of sounds like Harkin is telling D not to make any more concessions on taxes. He also supports the raise taxes idea. <a href="http://henriereflections.blogspot.com/2012/12/will-policymakers-find-compromise.html#taxraise">See above.</a>]</span><br />
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Both the House and Senate were on meeting on the final day of the year, although there was no expectation that a compromise could be approved by both houses by midnight, even if one were agreed to.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Wow, we have become a cynical people indeed.]</span><br />
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Instead, the hope of the White House and lawmakers was to seal an agreement, enact it and send it to Obama for his signature before taxpayers felt the impact of higher income taxes or federal agencies began issuing furloughs or taking other steps required by spending cuts.
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Regardless of the fate of the negotiations, it appeared all workers would experience a cut in their take-home pay with the expiration of a two-year cut in payroll taxes.
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Officials who described the negotiations did so on condition of anonymity, citing the confidential nature of the discussions.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Why are they confidential? This is something that affects all of us.]</span><br />
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A spokesman for McConnell, Don Stewart, said the Kentucky lawmaker and Biden "continued their discussion late into the evening and will continue to work toward a solution." Underscoring the flurry of activity, another GOP aide said the two men had conversations at 12:45 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Monday.<br />
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Unless an agreement is reached and approved by Congress by the start of New Year's Day, more than $500 billion in 2013 tax increases will begin to take effect and $109 billion will be carved from defense and domestic programs.<br />
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Though the tax hikes and budget cuts would be felt gradually, economists warn that if allowed to fully take hold, their combined impact — the so-called fiscal cliff — would rekindle a recession.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Economists? What economists? Citing vague sources isn't helpful.]</span><br />
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"This whole thing is a national embarrassment," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Monday on MSNBC, adding that any solution Congress would swallow at this late stage would be inconsequential. "We still haven't moved any closer to solving our nation's problems."
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">In a move that was sure to irritate Republicans, Reid was planning — absent a deal — to force a Senate vote Monday on Obama's campaign-season proposal to continue expiring tax cuts for all but those with income exceeding $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples.</span><br />
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In one sign of movement on Sunday, <span style="background-color: #990000;">Republicans dropped a demand to slow the growth of Social Security and other benefits by changing how those payments are increased each year to allow for inflation.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Again, some evidence of concessions being made. But it's not yet enough.]</span><br />
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Obama had offered to include that change, despite opposition by many Democrats, as part of an earlier, failed bargaining with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, over a larger deficit reduction agreement. But Democrats said they would never include the new inflation formula in the smaller deal now being sought to forestall wide-ranging tax boosts and budget cuts, and Republicans relented.
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"It's just acknowledging the reality," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said of the GOP decision to drop the idea.
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There was still no final agreement on the income level above which decade-old income tax cuts would be allowed to expire. <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">While Obama has long insisted on letting the top 35 percent tax rate rise to 39.6 percent on earnings over $250,000, he'd agreed to boost that level to $400,000 in his talks with Boehner.</span> GOP senators said they wanted the figure hoisted to at least that level.
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Thank you for that much, Mr. President.]</span><br />
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Senators said disagreements remained over taxing large inherited estates. <span style="background-color: #990000;">Republicans want the tax left at its current 35 percent, with the first $5.1 million excluded</span>, while <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Democrats want the rate increased to 45 percent with a smaller exclusion.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #666666;">[Ten percent seems like a big hike, D, but I like the line of thought. Could there be room for compromise here?]</span><br />
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The two sides were also apart on how to keep the alternative minimum tax from raising the tax bills of nearly 30 million middle-income families and how to extend tax breaks for research by business and other activities.
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<span style="background-color: #990000;">Republicans were insisting that budget cuts be found to pay for some of the spending proposals Democrats were pushing.
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These included <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">proposals to erase scheduled defense and domestic cuts exceeding $200 billion over the next two years and to extend unemployment benefits</span>. Republicans complained that in effect, Democrats would pay for that spending with the tax boosts on the wealthy.
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"We can't use tax increases on anyone to pay for more spending," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas.
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Both parties also want to block an immediate 27 percent cut in reimbursements to doctors who treat Medicare patients. <span style="background-color: #990000;">Republicans wanted to find savings from Obama's health care bill as well as from Medicare providers</span>, while <span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Democrats want to protect the health care law from cuts</span>.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-78340550127420131902012-10-03T22:05:00.006-06:002012-10-04T00:09:45.235-06:00Watch full Obama-Romney debateBy now, there are dozens of analyses and summaries of the presidential debate available from various media outlets. I will not provide another here. Instead, I invite you to watch (or read) the debate yourself, in full, and come to your own conclusions. My advice is that you at least watch the closing statements.<br />
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Oct. 3, 2012 Presidential Debate at the University of Denver, provided by 2012 Election Central:<br />
<a href="http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012/10/video-watch-the-first-presidential-debate-from-the-university-of-denver/">http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012/10/video-watch-the-first-presidential-debate-from-the-university-of-denver/</a><br />
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<tr><td>00:00-22:40</td><td></td><td>The economy: job creation and taxes</td></tr>
<tr><td>22:40-36:20</td><td></td><td>The economy: national deficit, taxes and Medicaid</td></tr>
<tr><td>36:20-47:04</td><td></td><td>The economy: entitlements (social security, Medicare)</td></tr>
<tr><td>47:04-52:10</td><td></td><td>The economy: level of federal regulation on the economy</td></tr>
<tr><td>52:10-1:09:08</td><td></td><td>Health care: Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")</td></tr>
<tr><td>1:09:08-1:14:20</td><td></td><td>The role of government (in general)</td></tr>
<tr><td>1:14:20-1:20:16</td><td></td><td>The role of government in education</td></tr>
<tr><td>1:20:16-1:24:19</td><td></td><td>What would you do about gridlock in legislature?</td></tr>
<tr><td>1:24:19-1:26:42</td><td></td><td>Obama's closing statement</td></tr>
<tr><td>1:26:42-1:28:50</td><td></td><td>Romney's closing statement</td></tr>
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Watch for the next debate Oct. 11 between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan!<br />
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Brush up on Biden's and Ryan's political histories:<br />
Joe Biden, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden">WhiteHouse.gov</a><br />
Paul Ryan, <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/paul_ryan/400351">GovTrack.us</a>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-90366194099069800672012-10-01T11:01:00.000-06:002012-10-01T11:01:50.905-06:00FOIA Online now liveToday, the Sunshine in Government Blog announced the launch of a new system that it says should help government agencies keep better track of record requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and "make the FOIA process more efficient."<br />
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I highly encourage anyone who has ever used FOIA or plans to use it in the future to read more about the new system, FOIA Online, on the blog: "<a href="http://sunshineingov.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/feds-launch-new-tool-to-track-foia-requests-responses/#more-1063" target="_blank">FOIA Online goes live; new tool to track FOIA requests, responses</a>."<br />
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Or you could go straight to FOIA Online: <a href="https://foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home">foiaonline.regulations.gov/foia/action/public/home</a>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-19370877094061743682012-08-13T11:27:00.001-06:002012-08-13T11:28:14.821-06:00Who is Paul Ryan? Romney's 2012 running mate<table>
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<li><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/paul_ryan/400351" target="_blank">Republican</a></li>
<li>Serving <a href="http://paulryan.house.gov/biography/" target="_blank">7th term in the House representing the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://paulryan.house.gov/biography/" target="_blank">Chairman of the House Budget Committee</a></li>
<li>Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, "<a href="http://paulryan.house.gov/biography/" target="_blank">which has jurisdiction over tax policy, Social Security, health care and trade laws.</a>"</li>
<li><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/paul_ryan/400351" target="_blank">Member of the Subcommittee on Health</a></li>
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Paul Ryan</div>
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For more information, see my sources: <a href="http://paulryan.house.gov/biography/" target="_blank">paulryan.house.gov</a> and <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/paul_ryan/400351" target="_blank">govtrack.us</a>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-49539097329572450182012-07-19T09:53:00.001-06:002012-08-10T16:36:40.798-06:00Do you know your congressman? And other legislative questions<h4>
Find My Congressman</h4>
<a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members" target="blank">www.govtrack.us</a><br />
A great, easy-to-use resource for checking on your local senator or representative- or any senator or representative, for that matter. This site includes links to bills each member of Congress is currently sponsoring (as well as a history of bills he or she has sponsored in the past) and the bill's status, the congressman's political views as compared to the views of all other senators or representatives, how long they've served in their position, what committees they're on and their voting record- how often they miss a vote.
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Track a Bill</h4>
<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php" target="blank">thomas.loc.gov</a><br />
This site includes the full text of each bill, a list of related bills, the names of Congress members who are co-sponsoring the bill, and the bill's status, including amendments made. You can also subscribe to updates on the bill's status via email through an RSS feed.
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While reading <a target="blank" href="http://swampland.time.com/2012/07/18/the-real-story-of-romneys-olympic-turnaround/">TIME magazine's article</a> "The Real Story of Romney's Olympic Turnaround," a thought suddenly hit me: what I want from the media is roughly equivalent to a resume. A brief overview of why each candidate thinks he (or she) should be elected president of these United States, maybe include a few references (ha, wouldn't you like <i>that</i> job- I wonder if Romney and Obama would be able to come up with enough people to handle the workload it would impose. I guess that's why nobody's ever done it before). The whole election process is like the world's longest, most expensive, complicated, important interview.
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As a United States citizen, that makes me feel empowered. We, the citizens, are the ones who decide who to employ. All politicians are supposed to be public servants. The system we have is incredibly smart! Even if it isn't always that way in reality.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-32632425370397929892012-07-09T10:37:00.000-06:002012-07-09T10:43:57.547-06:00"They are not a liability, they are an asset"CNN en español published an editorial today by columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. about how people who came to the United States illegally should not take offense at the term "illegal immigrant" because, in his words, "Es el saco que le queda." Literally (as far as I could tell), "It's the jacket that fits." A good (<i>not</i> literal) translation would be "It hits the nail on the head." This was an eye-opening editorial for me because I didn't realize some people were offended by the term "illegal immigrant," and after reading what Navarrette wrote I will also promise not to refer to illegal immigrants just as "illegals." But, since I agree with his opinion on the matter, I will keep using the term "illegal immigrant."
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For those of you who speak español, I highly recommend the article: <a href="http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2012/07/09/opinion-la-incomoda-verdad-de-que-los-llamen-inmigrantes-ilegales/" target="blank">OPINIÓN: La incómoda verdad de que los llamen inmigrantes "ilegales"</a>
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For those of you who speak a little español, I still highly recommend it- it's good practice, well written, and relevant.
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For those of you who don't speak any español, I guess you'll have to be content with the summary I presented above. If you want to know more of what it said, let me know with a comment and I'll expand.<br />
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By the way, the title of this post "They are not a liability, they are an asset" is also a quote from Navarrette's editorial. I translated it into English to share because I liked it, and I agree. "They" of course refers to "illegal immigrants."J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-43365062757770809982012-06-26T10:40:00.000-06:002012-06-26T10:40:29.831-06:00Follow-up on yesterday's Supreme Court decision<h3>
Arizona police face questions after court ruling</h3>
<b>Elliot Spagat, Associated Press<b>
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<b><b>TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona's police chiefs and county sheriffs hoped a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would settle their long-running debate on what role, if any, they should play in immigration enforcement. Instead, the justices' decision to uphold the state's "show me your papers" statute has left them with more questions than answers.</b></b></blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.deseretnews.com/article/765585989/Arizona-police-face-questions-after-court-ruling.html" target="blank">Read the article</a></b></b>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-23909773753145151362012-06-25T16:12:00.000-06:002012-06-25T16:36:03.451-06:00More on immigration<span style="font-size: large;">The U.S. Supreme Court recently took Arizona's immigration law down a few notches,</span> according to <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/supreme-court-upholds-key-part-arizona-immigration-law-141927514.html" target="_blank">an article by Yahoo! News</a> (see also <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-hails-supreme-court-ruling-arizona-immigration-law-171927671.html" target="_blank">an excellent Yahoo! blog</a>). A post taken from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YahooNewsTicket" target="_blank">real-time conversation-via-Facebook-thread</a> between a Yahoo! reporter and readers summarizes the points the court struck down:<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/liz.goodwin" target="_blank">Liz Goodwin</a> Christopher! Hello! The Supreme Court struck down three parts of the law: 1) Making it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work 2) Requiring all immigrants to carry their papers or face a state fine 3) Letting police officers arrest people they suspect are in the country illegally and deportable. So, under the Court's decision, local police officers can ask about immigration status, then call the federal government [<a href="http://www.ice.gov/" target="_blank">ICE</a>] and ask them if they want to deport someone. If the federal government says no, they have to let them go.<br />
Monday, June 25, 2012 about an hour ago</blockquote>
Something I never knew/realized:
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/liz.goodwin" target="_blank">Liz Goodwin</a> Hi
Angelea, you are pointing out exactly what's so complicated about this
case! Even though the commonly used term is "illegal immigrant," <strike>it's
not actually a crime, federal or state, to lack status in this country.</strike>[<i>Not true, because technically, a misdemeanor is considered a crime- albeit one of a minor degree.</i>]
(It's a misdemeanor to cross the border illegally, and it's not a crime
at all to overstay a visa.) <strike>So just because an illegal immigrant is
deportable, does not mean he or she is a criminal in any sense of the
word.</strike>[<i>I absolutely agree with this; I only crossed it out because again, it is technically untrue.</i>] Part of the reason why the justices struck down Arizona's law is
that it was trying to criminalize certain things, like seeking work if
you are an illegal immigrant, that the federal government specifically
chose not to criminalize. The justices ruled that states cannot make
their own immigration policies, even if they don't like the federal
government's.<br />
Monday, June 25, 2012 at 2:28pm</blockquote>
And because I believe in the importance of representing both sides, and am impressed and gratified by the courtesy Angelea shows. May we all take a note from the "just be nice!" (especially while debating sensitive issues) book:<br />
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<b>Angelea</b> Thank You Liz..... but I respectfully disagree with your points that it is not a crime to cross the border illegally. We have laws for great reason's and if 'anyone' breaks those laws..... no matter how small some think they are (misdemeanor) it's still 'illegal' and we must enforce all laws of our land.... The Federal Government's law is that there is a process to come to America 'Legally' yet they refuse to enforce it and that's why the problem has... evolved so greatly.....In order for 'Everyone' to have a Fair chance in coming to America..... Everyone must abide by the correct and legal manner in becoming a 'Legal U.S. Citizen'.... for which I myself Welcome with open arms.... but I don't favor cutting in line.... for want of a better way of putting it.....<br />
Monday, June 25, 2012 about an hour ago</blockquote>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-54374768468451835832012-06-15T10:59:00.000-06:002012-06-25T16:12:28.559-06:00Policy change to deportation of illegal immigrantsThis just in from the Associated Press: <br />
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will
stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal
immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led
law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority
of an influential Latino electorate that has been vocal in its
opposition to administration deportation policies.
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The policy change, announced Friday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. It
also bypasses Congress and partially achieves the goals of the so-called DREAM Act, a long-sought but never enacted plan to establish a path toward citizenship for young people who came to the United States illegally but who have attended college or served in the military.<br />
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<b>READ THE ARTICLE: <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765583441/AP-sources-Immunity-offered-to-younger-immigrants.html?pg=1" target="blank">Immunity offered to younger immigrants</a></b>
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I don't care if Obama is trying to win more Latino voters with this move, although it seems probable with the upcoming 2012 presidential race. I hope he had other motives to enact the policy change besides that, but that discussion belongs in another post.<br />
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The point of this post is merely to state my opinion of this change: I approve. It seems I've been opining on news a lot recently, and I wish I had more time, day to day, to devote to writing my opinions. Unfortunately, since I don't really (have time) my current mindset is: write what I have to say as quickly as possible and clarify (if necessary) later.<br />
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I have to admit, the immigration debate- specifically the way the U.S. government handles illegal immigration- is one issue where I have difficulty seeing from one side's point of view. On one hand, the pro-mercy arguments make sense to me: I don't believe we should split up families by deporting a parent while leaving a child, for example. I don't believe immigrants "take away" as many jobs as some people believe, and I certainly don't believe immigration is bad. To me, the term "American" is applicable to a wide population: how many of you that are reading this right now have ancestors, or close family members, that are immigrants? The chances are good. We have people who originate from all over the world, and yet we call ourselves Americans. We call the U.S. our country and our home, and so it is, but it wasn't always that way.<br />
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Time to leave off that particular point, since I could go on all day and I think you take my meaning, which is that we could and should stand to be a little more tolerant of the people we see as illegal, since we were once outsiders ourselves.<br />
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<b>Related article: <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765580339/Changing-the-conversation-on-immigration.html?pg=all" target="_blank">Changing the conversation on immigration</a></b><br />
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I have more difficulty understanding the pro-justice side, aka all those people who are so protective of our borders that they would throw out undocumented immigrants who have been here most of their lives but never caused a criminal (nor, I contend, an economic) problem. I <i>do</i> understand the reasoning behind deporting undocumented individuals with a criminal history, but I definitely don't believe in breaking up families, sending people back who may not even remember their birth country, and deporting workers who are just trying to make ends meet (whether for themselves, here, or for their families elsewhere), if we can help it.<br />
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For that reason, I support the DREAM Act, and I approve of the recent policy change that was the inspiration for this post. I sincerely hope this change stays in place (after all, I have yet to hear the Grand Old Party weigh in on it, and there will likely be a lot of backlash from the pro-justice people, maybe providing enough pressure and criticism to alter the policy again in the future) because I believe it's a step in the right direction. <br />
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<a href="http://www.dreamactivist.org/text-of-dream-act-legislation/general-faq/" target="_blank"><b>What is the DREAM Act?</b></a>
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With respect to my admitted confusion over what I call the "pro-justice side," there are some good levelheaded comments and points made <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/765580339/Changing-the-conversation-on-immigration.html" target="blank">here</a>. Justice and mercy can still have equal parts of the nation's immigration policies.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-64588585050452277522012-06-14T14:28:00.003-06:002012-06-14T14:28:51.765-06:00Calling for peace between religionsHis Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese, the head of state in Samoa, recently <a href="http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.nz/article/looking-back-on-50-years-of-samoan-growth" target="blank">quoted the Swiss Catholic priest Hans Küng</a> to the participants of a conference on religious diversity at National University of Samoa in April 2012: "There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions; and there will be no peace among the religions without dialogue and cooperation among the religions and civilizations."
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I thought of this quote this morning when I read the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/world/middleeast/new-political-showdown-in-egypt-as-court-invalidates-parliament.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share" target="blank">New York Times' article</a> about an Egyptian court ordering the immediate dissolution of the Islamist-led parliament, a move that practically begs for malcontent between the supporters of the old president and the supporters of the new government. And judging by the article, a lot of people agree with me.
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Question is, what does this court hope to accomplish?J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-87419441615929225942012-05-29T10:48:00.002-06:002012-05-29T13:32:44.960-06:00Further explanations for "an old hurt"So, based on the feedback I've been receiving for my post "<a target="blank" href="http://henriereflections.blogspot.com/2012/05/opening-up-old-hurt.html">Opening up an old hurt: the importance of learning from your mistakes</a>," it appears I need to clarify some of the details of the story.
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<li><p>My <i>Des News</i> editor's comment was not directed at me, it was just a remark he made in our writer's meeting a couple weeks ago after he assigned deadlines to us for some of our stories. To quote the full quote: "Sports reporters know how to make deadlines. That's why <a target="blank" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/author/15054/Trent-Toone.html">Trent</a> never misses one, because he was a sports reporter for so many years."</p>
<p>After he said that, I immediately thought to myself, <i>I was a sports reporter,</i> and felt proud. It wasn't until later, the day I wrote "an old hurt," that I realized how terrible I really was at making deadlines in the beginning. (I realized this as I was searching the Web for URLs of my old sports stories to update my <a target="blank" href="http://henriereflections.blogspot.com/p/newsreel.html">newsreel</a>, and it struck me so deep I stopped in the middle of my Web searching and wrote that post.)</p></li>
<li>The editor who pulled me aside and told me I wasn't meeting expectations was a full-time adult staff member, not the professor who was teaching the <i>Daily Universe</i> class. A quick lesson on <i>DU</i> hierarchy: the professor teaching the <i>DU</i> class doubled as editor-in-chief of the paper. Under him were three full-time adult editors, one for digital, one for sports, and one for everything else. Below them were an army of older journalism students employed as editors, designers, and more. Note this hierarchy has been revised since the <i>Daily Universe</i> became simply the <i>Universe</i>.</li>
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Any more questions, feel free to ask me. And for the record, just in case this wasn't clear in "an old hurt," I bear no ill will towards the sports editor who pulled me aside and told me I could do better. I hope I'll be able to carry his lesson with me my whole life. I also hope none of my current or future editors will ever be shy about telling me how I can improve.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-45807977348925692172012-05-25T12:57:00.001-06:002012-05-25T12:57:05.862-06:00The internship debateJust found out I was in the <i>Universe</i> Tuesday: "<a href="http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2012/05/22/paid-vs-unpaid-the-internship-debate/">Paid vs. unpaid: The internship debate</a>." It doesn't look like they used my Excel file with the list of BYU majors that require internships, but the article is there.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-1350104053843227242012-05-24T10:53:00.000-06:002012-05-24T13:23:48.248-06:00Opening up an old hurt: the importance of learning from your mistakes"Sports reporters know how to make deadlines," my <i>Deseret News</i> editor commented last week.<br />
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At the time, I was proud. Today, as I attempt to track down where in the Web universe my old sports articles have ended up, I remembered how truly terrible I was at making deadlines those first two months. I have an excuse- I didn't own a laptop then and it took me that long to find out the HBLL lent laptops to students for free- but I bet my tendency to be late had something to do with the less-than-peachy relationship I first had with my <i>Universe</i> editor and the women's basketball SID (Sports Information Director). I can't believe it took me this long to figure that out, but there it is. And with it returns the unhappy memory of my editor taking me aside one day and telling me I wasn't meeting expectations. I knew I could be better at making deadlines, but up to that point none of my editors had ever complained. I thought they understood my laptop limitations (and I <i>did</i> get much better at making my deadline after I started bringing the HBLL's laptops to the court with me), but I had no idea they also thought my writing was lacking.<br />
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Why didn't you <i>tell </i>me? I want to ask. Why didn't you give me things to work on and tell me where I was failing? When I asked what I needed to do better, you said something about my personality maybe not being a good fit for reporting- all I heard was, <i>everything you have done up to now is second-rate, and you will </i>never<i> be able to fix it.</i><br />
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My only consolation that day was a good friend who was there when I needed her, and the knowledge that if I had listened every time somebody told me, <i>you can't do this</i>, I would not be where I am today.<br />
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I have many weaknesses. Two in particular keep coming to mind as I sit here writing this: 1) I don't have a very thick skin. I hope to change that, bit by bit, in the coming years. 2) I am very easily distracted. Look at all the time I just wasted getting this little chip off my shoulder when I should have been trying to write an advance for Merrill Osmond's pioneer pageant coming up in July! (I've been putting it off because I'm lacking information I can only get in the interview scheduled for next week, but I can at least look over what I do have again and see if I can prepare any more for it.)<br />
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One last thought: I do learn from my mistakes. I'm excellent at it because I'm so well practiced.<br />
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And I know how to make deadlines.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-74207497208326804772012-05-23T11:25:00.000-06:002012-05-23T11:37:08.597-06:00Men's role in the Egyptian feminist movementDavid Kirkpatrick describes the women's rights issues in Egypt in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/world/middleeast/egyptian-women-confront-restrictions-of-patriarchy.html" target="_blank">this January <i>New York Times</i> article</a>. <b>Mozn Hassan</b>, the executive director of <a href="http://www.en.nazra.org/" target="blank">Nazra for Feminist Studies</a>, a group which is protesting for women's rights, expressed her frustration that the participants in a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/world/middleeast/violence-enters-5th-day-as-egyptian-general-blames-protesters.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">past march</a> had to be protected by men. Hassan may be right to worry that calling on men to protect them reinforces the strong patriarchy the group is trying to temper, but I don't think she should limit her resources by not allowing men to help the group. <span style="font-size: large;">I think it's great that there's a group of men working with the women, and Hassan needs that support</span> or her goal of stopping the abuse of women (traditionally by men in the Egyptian military) will be much more difficult, and longer in coming. Many of the men are husbands and fathers concerned for the welfare of their wives and daughters. I say, good for them! Egypt needs them!J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-31562707869415960852012-03-06T09:24:00.002-07:002012-03-06T09:25:52.274-07:00We are the champions!<a href="http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2012/03/05/byu-wins-the-wcc-championship-title-78-66-advancing-to-the-ncaa-tournament/" target="_blank">BYU wins the WCC championship title 78-66, earning spot in NCAA Tournament</a> by Hailey Nickell<br />
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Now that I'm no longer the women's basketball reporter, I can say this: I'm so excited for the BYU women's basketball team!J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-40000490306574501442012-02-22T11:51:00.001-07:002012-02-22T11:51:37.701-07:00Do electronic billboards distract you?Two bills from both sides of the state legislature, HB 87 and SB 136, would effectively free billboards from city and county government.<br />
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<a href="http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2012/02/20/senate-bill-would-deregulate-electronic-billboards/" target="_blank">Senate bill would deregulate electronic billboards</a><br />
<i>Pending legislation frustrates Salt Lake City</i>J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758195256979171.post-89554508791583704052012-02-09T12:23:00.000-07:002012-02-09T12:23:52.172-07:00Utah County Commission to repay $52M to UTA, speeding FrontRunner South constructionThe <a target="_blank" href="http://universe.byu.edu/index.php/2012/02/02/frontrunner-line-to-provo-may-open-in-december/">FrontRunner line to Provo may open in December</a> thanks to a $52M bonds deal the Utah County Commission just authorized.J H Pettithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10389892834634934115noreply@blogger.com1