Enjoy your turkey, I'll be doing my job. That came out snarkier than I thought it would. But, alas. I'm spending most of the break journalizing, mostly focus...

Mingqi Ji Elledge went missing about a month ago, and as the story unfolds, the media circus around it is only growing. I'm struggling a bit with why the med...

Heading into the last six weeks of the semester now, feeling the burn right now. Doing what I can to take care of myself - eating, exercising, cooking at hom...

Right now I'm trying to rejigger my approach to my beat coverage. That means picking off stories that are fairly achievable and will demonstrate some degree ...

This blog post is brought to you in the style of the Mississippi Delta Blues, with accompanying I-IV-V chord changes and a swung 4/4 rhythm. Got the bad lede...

Well, damn. It's one of those times where you know you can do better. My coverage hasn't been terrible, but it's nowhere near the quality I know I'm capable ...

I'm really starting to appreciate the value of a well-targeted Sunshine request. Right now I have somewhere on the order of 10 - 15 separate records requests...

This past week, I locked down my first centerpiece. I wasn't expecting a quick GA ribbon-cutting assignment to turn out that way, but, hey, miracles happen? ...

Dean Baquet, executive editor of the New York Times, visited the J-School at Mizzou this week and offered some hot takes on the business of journalism, anony...

This week we went out and covered gun violence in the Columbia area as a team. There's been a recent spike in homicides that we're trying to piece together u...

Submitted some Sunshine requests a couple weeks ago and am starting to see results rolling in. It's a bit freaky seeing how bad some of these records are. Wi...

Still working on this missing persons story. Plenty of data, interviews with police, talking with advocates... and it still reads like dog shit. First, hard ...

I'm working on a missing persons story right now, trying to figure out where the hell everyone is going. To be honest, I still don't really know. I'm afraid ...

Please, for the love of God, give me a lead. I’ve spent a ridiculous number of hours trying to track down sources for two feature pieces this past couple we...

They never mention CQ’ing this s$%t in All the President’s Men. When I envisioned my future in reporting, I didn’t consider the reality of the courthouse sta...