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My last LCTV news story

By Emily Allen | Published May 12, 2010

I just finished filming, writing, editing, re-editing my last story I will report on for LCTV.   I have been doing a series about diversity in Dubuque.  In my first one, I talked with someone who moved to Dubuque from the poorer parts of New York City and who is currently living off government assistance.  My [...]

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Behind the WISC-TV3 Newsroom

By Emily Allen | Published April 05, 2010

This morning I headed over to Madison, WI for a job shadow at WISC-TV3.  I grew up with this station almost as long as I grew up with KWWL.  For as long as I can remember my parents always had WISC on right before supper.  Dad came home from work and would turn the TV on [...]

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A Root Beer and a Side of Memories, Please

By Emily Allen | Published March 31, 2010

It’s been awhile since I posted an update to this blog, yes. You thank the random computer viruses that infected my computer.  That aside, here’s what I’ve been up to since last time.  I covered a story called “Iowa’s weak beer” and met with a local home brewer and an out-of-state brewer in Potosi, WI.  [...]

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Second Chances and Moving on to a New Chapter

By Emily Allen | Published March 30, 2010

If you had the opportunity to take a second chance at a mistake in your life, would you? My latest story is a story about high school students and taking second chances in education.  However, it’s a sad one in my opinion.  It’s about a high school here in Dubuque, it’s called Dubuque Central Alternative [...]

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

By Emily Allen | Published March 04, 2010

“Fame! You’ll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.” -Oh! The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss On March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born and soon after would be entering schools, homes, libraries, etc through his rhymes and crazy pictures. But he would not [...]

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Bloopers-Anchors and Reporters are Human Too

By Emily Allen | Published March 01, 2010

I was putting together my resume tape the other day and I came across shows I have done in the past for From the Boulevard.  Guess what I found?  I found shows in which I privately knew I messed up.  Even though the viewers do not know I messed up I know I did.  I’m talking [...]

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ButterBurgers Booming, Job Market Bombing

By Emily Allen | Published February 24, 2010

I can’t remember when I heard it, but I do remember it was sometime during my high school years.  It was the idea my teachers put into my head; by the time my class graduated college the economy will be booming and we’ll have careers. BREAKING NEWS:  They were WRONG! The economy is bombing and [...]

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Job Shadow at NBC5 in Chicago

By Emily Allen | Published February 18, 2010

This post is all about my job shadow in the best city in the world, Chicago! I job shadowed with NBC5′s, Political Reporter, Mary Ann Ahern on a busy Friday just before the primary elections. Candidates were running for governor and President Obama’s former seat in the senate. See why it was a busy day? [...]

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Loras College sidewalk becomes parking lot

By Jim Naprstek | Published February 18, 2010

In addition to Loras Boulevard having an excavating crew blocking up one lane, a local Dubuque resident appeared to have parked her car on the Loras College sidewalk.

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Sewer Breakage brings Loras Blvd to One Way Traffic

By Jim Naprstek | Published February 18, 2010

This morning at approximately 11:00am, I discovered numerous one way traffic signs along Loras Boulevard. I decided to follow the signs and take a look at what was going on. It turns out that at 509 Loras Boulevard, a Sewer Service had been broken. Employees from McDermott Excavating were on scene and working diligently to [...]

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