Why Journalists Should Escape Their Desks
I don’t always practice what I preach. Yesterday’s post, which mentioned not keeping drafts in your blog platform? I’m guilty. Below is the second oldest draft I have (of eleven in total), in the exact form it was left on the 28th of April 2008 (catch you below for some commentary):

The irony of this one is that this is a subject I believe in passionately: journalists are too wedded to their desks, and not out and about in the communities they report for and on enough. Yet, I’ve left that post unwritten for four years.