Stories published during weeks of travel

Although I haven’t posted in my blog in a couple weeks, I’ve had several stories and briefs run in the Tribune. I’ve been out of town for the majority of the time – but that’s for another post.

While I was away, I finished an assignment about two Navy SEALs, who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, being added to the Medal of Honor display at the national SEAL museum in Fort Pierce. It was amazing to learn how these heroes sacrificed their lives to save others.

Read the story here on TCPalm.com: “2 added to Medal of Honor display”

During the couple days I was home in between trips, I covered the dedication of a new building at the Florida Atlantic University branch in Port St. Lucie. I joined a massive audience to listen how this facility would double the FAU campus in size.

Read the story here on TCPalm.com: “FAU branch doubles in size”

I was back in time for Port St. Lucie City Council’s Monday meetings and covered the public workshop the council held to discuss their plan for the use of $13.5 million from the government to help fix the bad home foreclosure mess in the city.

Read the story here on TCPalm.com: “PSL council OKs home rescues”

Before I left on all of my travels, it was election day. Not only did I cover Port St. Lucie City Council meetings for three briefs, but I also worked for The Associated Press again as an election night reporter. I called in the general election results for St. Lucie County to The AP in Miami, similar to what I blogged about doing for the primaries. The one exception this time was covering the presidential race also.

Read those posts here: “Conference call prepares reporters for election night” and “Freelancer reports local primaries successfully”

And stay tuned for more on my travels.

 

Catching up on more than two weeks of work

Have no fear, I’m still here.

Don’t think I’ve abandoned my blog just yet. Consider it a good thing that I’ve been busy with work nearly every day since my last post. More work means more experience – and more money.

So let’s play catch up.

Last Monday was my first time tackling the City of Port St. Lucie alone. In addition to a story and a brief from the city council meeting, I also was assigned to write stories from the planning and zoning meeting and the mayor’s annual state of the city address.

Luckily, the meetings began at 1:30 p.m., followed by the address at 4. I got home around 5:30 and had just a few hours to eat dinner and make deadline. My stories and brief ran on the front and inside of the St. Lucie County section.

Here are the links to the stories on TCPalm.com:

• “Land swap to be negotiated”
• “PSL made progress in 2008, mayor says”
• “Paintball park gets OK”

Unfortunately, the brief about more parking spaces being added to a charter school that will be built in St. Lucie West isn’t available online. If I find it, I’ll update this post with its link.

The following two weeks were a blur of assignments. Here are the links to those stories:

• “PSL to add $3.1M to Crosstown Parkway project”
• “PSL to buy, fix, sell homes in foreclosure”
• “Experts talk about how to go green”
• “Girl Scouts get a kick out of karate”
• “446 acres may be rezoned”
• “Tours forming for this week’s ‘Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past'”
• “7 still in running for police chief”
• “Top cop candidates down to 3”
• “More inmates may pick up trash – but questions remain over costs”

There’s a lot coming up in the next couple months before the year’s end, which means there’s a lot for my blog.

Stay tuned.