If you can learn to code, maybe you can get a job
Like the more than 330,000 who’ve signed up as of this writing, I registered for Code Year to brush up on and refine old programming techniques, as well as to …Continue reading
Peoria-area doesn’t lean toward favoring SOPA
When a movie studio such as Paramount finds its copyrighted content being distributed illegally online through a peer-to-peer network such as BitTorrent, the studio sends a notice to the Internet …Continue reading
New articles in Bradley Hilltopics, Winter 2012 edition
I wrote a few weeks ago about the Pi Phi video I posted about a few weeks ago. The winter 2012 edition of Bradley Hilltopics is finally out, so I …Continue reading
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) on SOPA
I’m working on an article for class on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261. The article will be available on my blog within the next …Continue reading
The Hilltopics experiment
Anybody who’s seen my print work knows I don’t often venture into other ways of storytelling. However, I know that as a journalism student, I shouldn’t restrict my efforts to …Continue reading
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack touts farm bill
Many Americans don’t understand the importance of the farm bill, according to the U.S. secretary of Agriculture. “This is more than a farm bill,” Tom Vilsack said about the proposed …Continue reading
Tex Grebner shoots himself into redemption
It was the shot heard ’round the world. Nope, not the one that is purported to have started the Revolutionary War. I’m talking about the one that propelled Tex Grebner …Continue reading
Journalist/professor: Journalism desperately needs a new source of funding
The title of Dr. Bob McChesney’s Oct. 4 lecture said all Bradley students needed to know about what he thinks of the news industry: Will the last reporter please turn …Continue reading
Wind farm closer to being a reality
Construction on a 100-turbine wind farm in the Minonk area is almost certain to begin in April, the project manager told the Woodford County board at the Sept. 20 meeting. …Continue reading
CNN’s Peter Bergen comes to Bradley
Today marks 10 years since the terror attacks of 9/11. Like anybody else old enough at the time, I remember exactly when I found out and have some pretty distinct …Continue reading
