#opdev: Citizen Journalism 101

Learning about journalism, and setting my own personal standards and practices for writing has led me on a fun research journey that I've yet to be able to verbalize.  I'd hate to sit on the information while I'm away, this isn't pretty but here's a list of links having to do with journalism, ethics, standards, and media/ government/ citizen interaction.

#opwalkabout Makes BostInno!

"[Kristen] Hoye is fed up with what continues to happen in this country.

After realizing that problems people face today mirror those that previous generations dealt with, including sexism and racial profiling, she has decided it’s time to do something different...."

Boston Metro: 460

#opwalkabout get's page one Boston Metro love!

"A Boston woman said she plans to walk 460 miles - all the way to Washington, D.C. -- 

...to personally hand political leaders a letter about "human suffering."  Kristen Hoye (that's me) said she will depart from Parkman Bandstand on the morning of Aug. 29.

Hoye asks in the letter, which was posted yesterday in the State House News Service, "Why is the suffering others, so that we may live, systemic?" and writes "I am afraid for the future, I am afraid for my future children".

Click the "Boston Metro" link and hop over to page one in the left hand column to check it out!