There are many things for which my Westfield State College degree in English and journalism well prepared me, but no academic institution can prepare you for the wide range of topics that a beat [...]
This is the first semester in many years that I have not had an intern from Westfield State University or the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It is odd. Part of what I miss is telling them [...]
By Fran Fahey If you are a business owner, you write every day. Emails, notes, newsletters, articles, blog posts, Facebook updates, you name it, you’ve gotta write it. And as far as writing [...]
Here’s a simple way to stand out in the crowd in the business world: When somebody helps you out, take a minute to say thank you. It’s free, easy, quick.
Unaware he was nominated for the New England Journalism Educator of the Year award, Marty Dobrow nearly missed the notification that he was this year’s chosen recipient. He assumed the blue [...]
My summer intern Evan Crimmins recently wrote a blog about the birth of email, and that made me want to take a look at the etiquette that’s involved in email communications—or etiquette I think [...]
It has been three years since Amanda Eshelman gave up her daughter in a semi-open adoption and two months since Amanda began penning a blog about the pain and complexities involved.
