[Journalists] Beat Reporting Question.

[Cooke, AnneMarie]

:-) Having a disability means one needs to think creatively!
Let me know how it goes.
Annemarie
PS I also became expert at working the phones and could get people to tell me things by phone that reporters meeting in person couldn't get!

-----Original Message-----
From: journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Alan D. Wheeler
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:13 AM
To: Blind Professional Journalists List
Subject: Re: [Journalists] Beat Reporting Question.


That actually makes a lot of sense!  I'm sitting here, laughing some, 
wondering why I didn't think of that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cooke, AnneMarie" <ACooke at rfbd.org>
To: "Blind Professional Journalists List" <journalists at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Journalists] Beat Reporting Question.


>I stopped driving a car nine years into a 17-year career.
> I usually would go to the scene of  breaking news with our photographer.
> Liz Campbell still covers a beat; Liz?
> Annemarie Cooke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Alan D. Wheeler
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:35 PM
> To: Blind Professional Journalists List
> Subject: [Journalists] Beat Reporting Question.
>
>
> Has anyone here worked at a newspaper as a beat reporter?
> The reason I ask is that I did an informational interview at the Lincoln 
> Journal Star and one of the requirements for their beat reporters is a 
> valid drivers
> license and a car.  The only workable solution I can think of is to hire a 
> driver since public transit can't get you to the scene of a three alarm 
> fire
> (for example) at a moment's notice.
> Any thoughts?  If this has been addressed already, simply point me to the 
> proper archive, okay?
> Alan
>
>
>
> Alan Wheeler
> awheeler at neb.rr.com or alan_wheeler at neb.rr.com
> redwheel1 on skype
> http://alan-wheeler.blogspot.com/
> "Tell the people the truth and the country will be free"
>  --Abraham Lincoln
> _______________________________________________
> Journalists mailing list
> Journalists at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/journalists
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/433 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
>
> 

_______________________________________________
Journalists mailing list
Journalists at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/journalists