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Monday, May 24, 2010

Work Sample #2- "Downtown celebration results in hours of cleanup"

It was the morning after.
The smell of beer wafted, and a loud roar echoed up and down Massachusetts Street after the Jayhawks beat the Tarheels 84-66 in Saturday’s Final Four game. But the smell came from beer that was spilled all over the street and the loud roar came from a street sweeper.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Work Sample #1-"Dewd, where's my house?"

I'll be featuring some of my work (photo and writing) here from time to time.
Dewd, where’s my house?
Group of 10 friends formed ‘Mountain Dewds’ and bought house together after a 2003 roadtrip
By Caleb Sommerville
Monday, March 31, 2008

Kieran McBride, Lawrence senior, knew it was destiny when he found an 11th Street sign post in his backyard. He was considering moving into the Mountain Dewd house and knew after he found the sign that he was meant to live there. Four years later, he has one more year at the University and can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Job Hunt Stats

Yes, I've been at this for a year now, so the numbers have started piling up. I've done most of my applying online, through Careerbuilder.com and "cold-emailing" media companies, so here are the stats on that.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Introductions

Hi, my name is Caleb Sommerville, and I'm a journalist looking for work in the Kansas City area. Here's the facts: