About a year ago, in December 2009, I was sitting in my living room with two friends. I had no heat, two plastic chairs and a coffee table. I was chasing down the last of that year’s freelancing invoices to make about $16,000. I was certainly still privileged for an endless list of reasons, but, [...]

Yes, I’m doing a resolutions post. If for no other reason than to hold myself accountable. Looking at last year’s professional goals, which were much more about staying afloat financially, I think this year, the theme is laying the foundation of sustainability to grow a business and opportunities at journalism and the like. I broke [...]

My mother died yesterday. I’m proud of the obituary I was able to write for her in our hometown newspaper. It’s also available on the funeral parlor Web site, or you can read it below. She was a good woman. It’s a shitty thing but everyone has shitty things happen to them. NEWTON — Carol [...]

I’ve decided to step away from self-employment. I’ve spent the last year of my life freelancing, by some accounts, at perhaps the worst time to do so in my life and arguably the worst time in the history of journalism. After a meeting of the most influential media leaders in the region made clear no [...]

Earlier this month, I bought another year on this domain and began a third year posting here. Back in February, I had my 500th post and am just shy of my 700th now. In July, I launched the self-hosted version of this site, which has left quite a bit of Google juice over at the [...]

If the theme of my 2009 was slow start, the theme for 2010 needs to be next steps. This past year wasn’t a great one. I was blessed with so much (some of which I will be sharing soon), but my first year of freelancing was a struggle (though I remain excited about the freedom). [...]

Update: Today, Dec. 19, 2010, I’ve gone back and looked at my goals. It’s interesting to see a split and failure to finish most of these. Three of these resolutions I succeeded in meeting definitively and met in spirit a fourth; I outright failed at three, and two became un-applicable as the year wore on. [...]

Update 11/22/09 @ 12:06 p.m.: Signs of this enforcement from Philebrity and the Inquirer. Philadelphia police are introducing a bicycle enforcement campaign beginning tomorrow in Center City. Forgive the lack of a direct focus on journalism, the future of news and my clips on this, but, as someone who uses bicycling transport fairly regularly (to [...]

It’s a new year, so it’s time for resolutions. Here are my professional ideas, as I shared some more specific personal ones here. Here are a few I’ve been thinking about: Write: I want to write more here, journal more, more establish my freelancing career, get pieces into big newspapers and magazines and be part [...]

ChristopherWink.com was always meant to be my professional Web site, where I blogged about the interests and experiences that involve being a young journalist today. I decided I needed a place to display my more personal experiences, particularly pursuing My Life To Do List. I am announcing the soft launch of that site today. When I was 13, I [...]