Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Iris Krasnow 101

Iris Krasnow



 Iris is our WSP journalism professor, as well as an author, journalist, wife and mother; but today, she was our guest speaker. 


Life Lessons by Iris Krasnow: 
"Do it in your 20s: all of your freedom and all of your fun."
"Drink deeply of this amazing city."



Balancing Family and Career
  • Your gut is always right. Do what makes your gut happy.
  • When you have a family and kids, they will become the center of your life, then your career.
  • Freelance! Freelance! Freelance!
  • Journalists are typically poor.
  • Your boss expects your work to come first, not your kids.
  • You can't have it all (with family and career)
  • Don't just email, knock on the door. COMMUNICATION.
  • Truth takes time.
  • "Things could always be worse."
  • Everyone has a book in them
  • Be brief, dramatic, and funny.
  • Go forward, not backward
  • Never lose sight of your family -- you only have one.

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