[Journalists] networking/general discussion

[Graham Downie]

Ben: a few thoughts. Yes, you should research world times but research is 
done in many ways. Asking someone who knows is still research. Canberra, 
where  I live, is on summer time until late March. This puts it 18 hours 
ahead of Pacific time in the US and Canada. I guess that is 15 hours ahead 
of where you live.

I began as a journalist when recording interviews was generally frowned upon 
by journalists and some interviewees. I wrote on a typewriter, so could not 
proof my copy and often had to begin again when interrupted by telephone 
calls.

But a late friend, Graeme Edwards, was a journalist on the Melbourne Herald 
10 or more years before I began. He died in 1983 and I still use his Perkins 
Braille writer, but only for writing file cards.

>From the US, after your international code, is it 001 or 011? my telephone 
numbers are:

Home 61-2-6161-1901

Work 61-2-6280-2206.

I only recently began using Skype. It is an excellent method of 
communicating inexpensively.

Best wishes

Graham Downie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Hoff" <grassroots31194 at yahoo.com>
To: <journalists at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:16 AM
Subject: [Journalists] networking/general discussion


> Greetings to all!
>    The overwhelming response to my E-mail has been so encouraging.  It is 
> so nice to know I am not going in to uncharted territory.  I will be 
> contacting all of you,  (via one medium or other).
>  I thaught about asking Graham, Gary,  and Sardar timezone information, 
> However, as a good journalist, I figured it would be better to research it 
> myself.
>  Speaking of research,  Liz is right about police and court documents 
> being accessable online.     In fact in many ways  this is the  greatest 
> time in history to be blind.  Between adaptive technology and orientation 
> and mobility, the oppurtunities for employment and productive living are 
> endless.  I am excited to be able to achieve my dream.  One hundred years 
> ago this would not have been possible.
>    I will be contacting everyone who responded to my request.  I
>     can't wait to interview you all.
>     Ben
>   PS.  I am considering cancelling  digest mode.  Is the alternative less 
> hassle?  And yes, editing the subgect line does make it less confusing for 
> all.
>
>
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