Yes, another conference
Tomorrow I am heading to Austin for the Society of Professional Journalist conference. It will be two fun filled days of presentations from season reporters and professors. This year's theme will be “How to Save Journalism." My best friend J.R. ...

The move to my new life, I mean apartment
So it's no secret I moved to Bay City the second my editor offered me the job. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. Editor of a newspaper? It's like someone asking me to jump and then me asking, "How ...

The conference
So I attended the conference this weekend and it was amazing! I got to meet investigative reporter Matt Stiles from The Texas Tribune, John Tedesco from the San Antonio Express and James Grimaldi from the Washington Post. I learned so ...

Journalism conference this weekend!
This weekend I will be heading to Austin for the IRE's Watchdog Journalism Training taking place at The University of Texas at Austin. This is specially exciting for me because as a reporter, I am always looking for ways to ...

Fun packed week, writing.
Last Friday I spent the morning with some seniors at Friends of Elder Citizens. It is a non-profit organization for seniors of Bay City (and around the area). They spend their days having fun by playing games, going out on ...

Life in the Big City...
Howdy Matagorda County! It's been quite a while since I dropped y'all a note, but I figured I'd let ya know a little about how I've been. As you know, my fiance, Kaylene, and I left Bay City for the ...

Bring in the new year!
Today's production day went rather quickly. I'm surprised I was able to squeeze in a last minute assignment, drive back to the office and write the article. But I did, and I am glad I did. But when I was ...

Lessons learned
The day after our newspaper comes out, I sit down and look at it. Well, I grab a cup of coffee first, sit in a comfortable chair and look it over. Always looking for things like misspellings, was the layout ...

Snow in Bay City
If you have pictures of snow in Bay City post them on the web site! If you are using twitter, use #stxsnow and your tweets will show up on the Victoriaadvocate.com web site.

The Thanksgiving entry
I am thankful everyday for all that has happened to me in the last few years. Funny how a moment in time, can change your whole life. For me, it was a road trip to Atlanta, GA. It was the ...