Tag Archives: Media

Color TV Day

Posted on June 25, 2025 by arwenbicknell

My husband occasionally shares the story about how he was 11 before he found out that the Wizard of Oz was in color despite having seen it every year of his life. The joy of being a child of the … Continue reading →

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Hug a Newsperson Day

Posted on April 4, 2025 by arwenbicknell

According to the interwebz, this day has been around since 1998, which is fitting for me since that’s the year I met my husband. We worked at rival newspapers and almost never discussed work.  Then we went to work for … Continue reading →

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Prevent Plagiarism Day

Posted on February 19, 2025 by arwenbicknell

“If it’s on the internet, I can just use it without saying where I got it, right?” This is one of the banes of my professional existence. Someone else wrote those words, took that photo, drew that picture. Why on … Continue reading →

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All the News That’s Fit to Print Day

Posted on February 11, 2025 by arwenbicknell

So, this one is a day late, but better late than never. (And no, the irony that I missed a deadline on a post about journalism is not lost on me!) I studied journalism in college. I thought I was … Continue reading →

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