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Vox reporter Anna North recently found my blog post about setting up a landline phone for kids and decided to learn more. She ended up interviewing both me and my daughter about it, and the resulting article was published today: It was so fun to hear Ava describe this experiment to a reporter, including the Continue reading Vox landline phone interview The post Vox landline phone interview…
I lost some momentum writing about our trip to Japan after the first two posts when life and work got busy, but appreciate those of you who diplomatically asked if there was more coming. Pardon the pause, I'm hoping to wrap this up in a few more posts soon! On the third day of the Continue reading Japan trip: Okinawa cooking, nerd district, Borderless The post Japan trip: Okinawa cooking, nerd…
I'm sharing highlights and photos from my first trip to Japan. Previously: Intro, travel, Tokyo exploring. At the end of our first full day in country, we met up with our travel group, four other families from across the U.S. and Canada, along with our local guides who would be helping us navigate our adventure. Continue reading Japan trip: temples, shrines and micro pigs The post Japan trip:…
I went in to my first trip to Japan with a few concerns: would I stand out as an obnoxious, clueless American tourist? Would any of the Japanese language practice I’d been doing with our daughter be useful? Would we see and experience “enough” to make the extended travel needed to get there and back Continue reading Japan trip: intro, travel, Tokyo exploring The post Japan trip: intro, travel,…
Earlier this year I launched a blog to share some short, informal reflections about my life in local news and newspaper publishing. It's called stumble.press. Since it's where I've done almost all of my limited personal writing lately, I thought I should mention it here on my main personal blog. My posts so far have Continue reading My newspaper publisher blog, stumble.press The post My newspaper…
It's been about four months since I became owner and publisher of my community's local print newspaper. In the spirit of transparency and working out in the open, we recently shared our first report to the community about our operations, health and future plans. I also geeked out a bit with a blog post on Continue reading On the first 4 months of owning a newspaper The post On the first 4 months…
I’m excited to share the news that I’m diving fully into the world of community newspaper publishing. As of October 1, I’m the owner and publisher of the Western Wayne News here in Wayne County, Indiana. If you’re not familiar with it, WWN is a weekly print newspaper that covers news, events, sports, government meetings, Continue reading So, I bought a newspaper The post So, I bought a newspaper…
This week I'm turning forty-five years old. To mark that occasion along with my graduation, some friends came out to tackle an invasive species removal project at a local city park: A tradition started five years ago as a gift from my wife Kelly and the friends who participate, I like celebrating with an activity Continue reading Forty-Five The post Forty-Five appeared first on Chris Hardie .
This month, July of 2022, I completed the master's degree in journalism program that I started in 2019 at Ball State University. My diploma is not yet in hand but all course work is completed and all credit requirements are satisfied. I'm quite proud to be at this milestone, and I'm grateful for what I've learned Continue reading I finished my journalism degree The post I finished my journalism…
As we start the new year, a big question on my mind is: what will become of our relationships with people we don't know, people who aren't like us? It's tempting to feel like the social contracts in place to ensure we aren't blatantly reckless with each other's lives, health or humanity have started to Continue reading Social Contract The post Social Contract appeared first on Chris Hardie .