Monday, July 23, 2012

Blanket condemnation of people with autism

List of people with disabilities who were killed by parents or caregivers
Photo from Twitter user @AspieSide during March 30 #vigilforgeorge
List of people with disabilities who were killed by parents or caregivers
 In a Monday morning broadcast, Joe Scarborough of MSNBC grossly stereotyped people (like me) who are on the autism spectrum.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Completed presentation: Yarn Bombing @ Your Library





And with that, the completed PowerPoint presentation, “Yarn Bombing @ Your Library,” is uploaded to SlideShare. The chapter closes upon my summer course through Cuesta College in Microsoft Office Professional.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Value of ‘buy local’ journalism in action

Kevin N. Hume reads to elementary school students
Lake County Record-Bee Staff reporter Kevin N. Hume reads during a
children’s summer program at Kelseyville Elementary School.
Photo by Denise Crawford

 Record-Bee staff reporter Kevin N. Hume made a guest appearance yesterday at a children’s summer reading program. I think it illustrates the value of  “reading local” that journalist Mandy Jenkins recently blogged about.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Digital media workshop with Steve Buttry

My education this year has been on two fronts: the formal course of study in Library and Information Science through Cuesta College online and independent training in social media tools for journalism.