Week 12: Dead Trees

 This week, well, really since Thanksgiving break, I've written 5 articles. 

Most of these articles have been copy, Carney Press release stuff, and other organizations sending out press releases. Mainly I'm doing these because they're quick articles I can do while I'm working on wrapping up my classes for the semester, plus it's easier for me to make a little bit more during the pay period to pay for Christmas gifts. 

Even so, I did write one article that was really interesting. In Newark there's a house that George Washington had held a war meeting in during the revolutionary war, I really had no idea it existed before I was assigned the article. The angle to the article was that a Sycamore tree in front of the house is on its last limb, and might soon fall down. This tree was fully grown when Washington was alive, so it's likely that he and his men had sat under it during the meeting. 

For this, I took a little bit of time to research the house, the owner, and the Washington war meeting. Finally, I talked to the manager of the house, and the resident historian. She was a blast to talk to, and she ended up staying on the phone with me to talk about this and that after I was done asking her what I needed. She even offered me an internship up there, something about working with her and local highschools to try and make historic field trips more prevalent after the pandemic. 

That can be found here: https://delawarelive.com/2020/12/03/delaware-tree-that-sheltered-george-washington-now-nearing-end-of-life/


In other news, I applied for Op-Ed columnist for The Review. I think the interview went well and believe the editor was impressed. I find out on the 16th if I've been accepted so I hope that goes well. 

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