Isms: Views on life in rural America

I'm going to keep it short this week. I'm still trying to recover from the weekend in Lincoln for the press convention.

What a great experience! I always come home with so many practical ideas. I cannot wait to implement a few of the ideas.

One of my favorite sessions was led by Tom Hallman Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes for The Oregonian. His approach to storytelling is similar to mine. He offered some tips about digging deeper into the psyche of a story. That point resonated.

Another fun session included The AI Games. I served as a team leader and, with three other newsp...