http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080 Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 May 2008 16:58:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the past year as the recreation correspondent for OurTahoe.org, I developed an interactive, environmental journalism Web site called, LifeMoreNatural.com. Life More Natural is a platform to for conversation about the environment and the role that outdoor enthusiasts play in sustaining it. Working within an existing network of outdoor enthusiasts, ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/23/creating-conversation-within-a-network-society/ Covering the Washoe people poses an interesting difficulty for the community-based reporting encouraged by this master's program. Some of my work for this program has been to investigate the different forms of spirituality at Tahoe using video and audio to create multimedia presentations. Since the Washoe are the original inhabitants of ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/18/i-get-why-i-dont-get-it/ St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church is located on the scenic shores of Glenbrook in South Lake Tahoe. Click on the photo to hear church members Barbara Olsen, Dennis Cocking, Carolyn Goodenough, and Bonnie Woizeski speak about the spiritual significance of the church's location.ShareThis http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/16/st-johns-in-the-wilderness/ Lisa Marsh, 39, is a South Lake Tahoe resident and a single mother of three. She dreams of a better life for herself and her children, but the realities of everyday living often get in the way of dreams. “A lot of us don’t like to classify ourselves as the 'have-nots,' ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/14/from-morals-to-economics-poverty-is-everyones-problem/ On Thursday, May 8th, the final BMP Talks meeting took place in Kings Beach, CA. Participants presented and proposed to the public their solutions to BMPs and celebrated the two-month deliberation process. Listen to what they said here. "It was good to get together and hear what others think," said Dennis ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/12/bmp-talks-participants-presented-their-bmp-solutions/ I was recently quoted in a press release that was sent out to 135 media outlets. To say I was mildly embarrassed is an understatement. I don’t want to be famous or have a spotlight shined on me. I have never been good with words and sometimes ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/10/thank-you/ Every day men gather outside the 7-11 in Kings Beach looking for day labor. Photojournalist Liz Margerum interviewed a number of the men and produced this presentation as well as an essay on her thoughts about the experience. Design, presentation photos and sound: Liz Margerum Special thanks to Teri Vance who helped ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/09/voices-from-the-7-11/ Alex Reyes, 15, has an important story to tell. It’s a common one amongst his peers — his parents came to the United States from Mexico in search of a better life, but in trying to provide that, spend little time with their children. As a journalist, my instinct is to ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/07/telling-their-own-stories/ Karen Duran, 17, didn't know how to apply for college. And her parents couldn't help. But she's always known she wanted to make a better life for herself, to make her parents' sacrifice worth it. So she got the help she needed. She wrote about it as part of a student ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/06/student-overcomes-obstacles-to-go-to-college/ Jacky Andrade, 15, plans to be the first girl in her family to finish high school. Her mother didn't graduate and has always stressed the importance to Jacky and her older brother, Frankie. Jacky, a freshman at Incline High School, says it can be a lot of pressure, but she wants ... http://www.ourtahoe.org:16080/2008/05/06/freshman-sets-sights-on-graduation/