lisha blog
-
A busy, but overall good, day
Today was a crazy day at work. Covered my first court hearing, wrote a crime story, did some exit polling and covered an event where friends, family and classmates of 15-year-old cancer survivor surprised her with a volleyball court that sat on top of 16 40-foot-long steel cargo containers 20 feet above the ground.
And to top it all off, I ate three slices of pepperoni pizza, thanks to my editor, who ordered three pies for the newsroom.
-
Hanging Out: Checking out public art in the White Lake area 
My biweekly feature, where I explore the Muskegon area and write about what I find.
This week: Arts Council of White Lake Art Walk Sculptures.
-
So this happened at work today…
-
I’ve spent a good chunk of the past week working on multimedia packages for work (1, 2, 3). MLive’s entertainment team has been working on the “Michigan Coney Dog Project,” which is basically a quest to find the best coney dog in the state (it’s similar to a chili dog, for you all you East Coasters who have no idea what I’m talking about).
They asked each market to find their two best places, then to write a piece about the way each restaurant makes their coneys and do a quick video (guess who taught herself how to edit iPhone footage in FCP?).
Even though it was really hectic - I’m the only entertainment reporter at the Chronicle so I still had to fill a section that week - it was actually a lot of fun (I got paid to eat chili dogs!) and it was great doing some video again.
That said, I don’t think I’m eating chili/coney dogs for awhile…
-
"Is the MTA’s App Quest Contest Going Well?" New clip, new internship.
-
Cheese and Fruit Punch at P.S. 20 Art Show 
Producing a steady stream of stories over at The Local. My latest is the link above.
-
My first byline at WNYC.
-
Check out my latest story in the Mott Haven Herald about a free hockey workshop for kids in the South Bronx, sponsored by the New York Rangers.
And if you have time, feel free to read about the only Catholic high school in New York City considered “at-risk” by the Archdiocese of New York.
