When Washington Lobbies Pony Up for Budding Photojournalists

The past few days I’ve been in Washington DC at a Campus Progress training summit.  We’ve been talking about effective journalism, writing good ledes, weighing the ethics of journalism against the challenges of being a college student, and other important facets of the profession.
One of my assignments is to take some digital photographs and construct [...]

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Historical Tours in the South

Over past two holiday breaks, we have visited historic cities in the South:  Savannah, GA, Beaufort, SC, Charleston, SC, Augusta, GA, and several others.  Each of these cities uses its past to develop a tourist economy.  They offer walking tours, ghost tours, bus tours, gift shops, quaint bed and breakfasts, and even wistful conversations that [...]

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The Biltmore Estate: A Bastion of Capitalist Greed

We’ve been on the road recently, and last week we stopped at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.  The Biltmore prides itself in being “America’s largest home,” and for hundreds of tourists each year the mansion is an edifice that represents the limitless possibilities of the American Dream.  The house was commissioned by the railroad tycoon George [...]

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