Halloween costumes
I received my first full-time reporting job in 1983, however yearly there are some issues which can be new to me. The latest was when the reporters requested if they may put on costumes to work on Halloween.
The highest winners have been Henry Brannan, who dressed as a Pacific lamprey (Henry’s been writing about them); Jessica Prokop, butterfly; Brianna Murschel, vampire; Alexis Weisend, The Lorax; and Mia Ryder-Marks as soft-voiced PBS artist Bob Ross.
Becca Robbins got here as Reba McEntire; Scott Hewitt, astronaut; and Sarah Wolf as Robin Hood. We had two witches — Merridee Hanson and Monika Spykerman — and a tree (Will Campbell.) Romana Wooden, Amy Libby and Taylor Balkom additionally dressed up, and I got here as Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from “Jersey Shore.”
It was enjoyable. I hope we do it once more subsequent yr.
Photographs of the yr
Right here’s an attention-grabbing occasion open to Columbian subscribers: our annual Photographs of the 12 months occasion, introduced by Photograph Editor Amanda Cowan and photojournalist Taylor Balkom.
Every of them will present a few of their favourite pictures and discuss difficult and rewarding features of their job. Amanda goes to speak about how she coated the third Congressional District race, attempting to point out every candidate equally regardless of having unequal entry to them. She additionally will discuss concerning the ethics of photographing homeless individuals, which I’m actually eager about studying extra about.
Taylor goes to speak concerning the challenges of sports activities images, and likewise how he has used his lately obtained drone pilot’s license to make some attention-grabbing images on what might in any other case be mundane assignments.