Category Archives: Journalism

2019 – the end, 2020 – a beginning

Posted on January 11, 2020 by tcwells14

Even for a person who has spent the last 40+ years in genre fandom such as Doctor Who, Star Wars, X-Men, Avengers, 2019 was a memorable year for endings.  I’ve been a Star Wars fan from 1976 when I first … Continue reading →

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Summer reading is mostly memoirs

Posted on August 17, 2019 by tcwells14

I read a lot but too much of it is on my computer. So I choose carefully when I decide to pick a up a book, and am likely to put one down if I am not taken with it. … Continue reading →

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A ‘March For Our Lives’ in Washington DC

Posted on March 25, 2018 by tcwells14

They came from all around the DC area and from out-of-state – Minneapolis, New York State and more. They filled the historic Pennsylvania Ave and overflowed to some of the other streets. The March for Our Lives was not just … Continue reading →

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Like journalists, illustrators like Rockwell and Nast speak to the masses

Posted on October 27, 2016 by tcwells14

Great artists don’t reproduce history, they interpret it. Earlier this week I went out to Stockbridge, Massachusetts to the museum dedicated to illustrator, Norman Rockwell. I’ve said since my art school days that the major diff. between a fine artist and … Continue reading →

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Terrorism then, terrorism now

Posted on March 22, 2016 by tcwells14

The attacks in Brussels are taking me back 31 years. When I first arrived at USA Today, I was assigned to the library (which served as the news clippings morgue) as well as a research center. It was also where … Continue reading →

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Journopalooza!

Posted on February 27, 2016 by tcwells14

Local news media held their annual Journopalooza  – Battle of the Media Bands – at the Hard Rock Cafe in D.C. Translated that means that a solid crop of Washington’s reporters, editors, television people and more came together to drink, socialize … Continue reading →

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