Lots of Projects... Not Enough Time

Well I find myself needing more hours in the day again. It's been a crazy week...



We met with Matt Thompson about the Columbia Tomorrow project. We've had some problems with the mapping and physically doing it. It turns out it's a lot more complicated than we really antcipated. Mapping is really difficult to do if you're not experienced at doing it. One of the problems I've realized with this project isn't necessarily the mapping aspect (I think it's going to be fun to learn a new program that I could use) but it's just not knowing Columbia. I'm a very visual and spacial person, but I have NO idea where some of these roads are in Colubmia. Maybe next weekend when I have time...



Began to really work on the structure of my e-portfoilo. My problem is I really don't have many things I would want to show an employer. I'm a prefectionist and really struggle with putting up work I don't think is quality. This is one of the biggest problems I have when I get critqued from my News Director or other mentors. I want to bring them my best work and I don't think it's good enough. I know these are the pieces I'm going to learn more from but it's still frustrating.

One thing I will say I'm proud of this week was my reporting shift. You can find a link to the story here. My story was about the potential transition at the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center from the state to MU. I was able to go in depth to this story and actively tried to get both sides from the offiicals. While the university was harder to get because of red tape and having to go through. The Department of Mental Health was very easy to get in touch with, plus they gave me so much more information on how this whole plan got started. Apparently the transition was something they were already considering before the budget cuts because it streamlines the work by the employees, improves patient care and costs less for the state. These are the days I don't hate reporting... as much anyway.