Edward R. Murrow award winner Tara Young is one of the few video journalists for the Alaska Dispatch. Young has always felt a connection to working with cameras. “I've always been a visual...

Linda Albert is a Sunday Life Editor at The Daily Times, the local newspaper at Maryville, Tennessee. Maryville is her hometown so The Daily Times has been apart of her life for years. As a child, she...

Jay Busbee is very well known in the sports writing industry but also receives some recognition for his comic books. Busbee was born in Lynchburg, Virginia but was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated...

Paige Cornwell is a night reporter for “The Seattle Times”  in Washington. Working at her high school newspaper inspired her to become a night reporter. She also works on crime related stories. “I...

Growing up in Highland Park, Chicago, Chicago Tribune writer, Luis Gomez never considered pursuing journalism until he graduated college. Gomez was really more interested in screenwriting, but after he...

There are two types of softball players in the world. The first type are the ones whose parents make them play, they want to hang with friends, they want to be able to put it on a college application,...

No amount of emphasis will ever be enough to explain that in softball, it is crucial to never give up. This game is one where it can change in the blink of an eye, both literally and metaphorically. Unless...

Confidence and cockiness are two entirely different traits. To be confident means you know you are good and have trust in your abilities. Cockiness is when you think and act like you are best person...

To succeed in softball, you need to be able to get along with your teammates. That is why softball is called a team sport: one girl cannot be the reason a team wins or loses. Regardless of previous feelings...

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