Definition: Furlough: (from Dutch: Verlof) - A temporary leave of absence; sometimes involuntary because of work conditions
This was one thing University of Missouri System president Gary Forsee was set to discuss Friday, February 6 in his first State of the University Address. So basically, while working at KOMU News during our Thursday shift (and after discovering one of the reporters spoke with Forsee about furloughs earlier that evening for another story) we decided to preview the following day's address: "One on One with Forsee."
Also, "twittering" turned out to be quite interesting... We gave a countdown on the social networking site, Twitter, until our story was officially published on KOMU.com, to hopefully grab peoples' attention. Then we decided to ask questions about furloughs to our "followers." And we had one response... Victory! The comment came from a woman who said she'd rather have a furlough than a pay cut. No doubt why.
So, as someone who put effort into publishing and twittering Forsee's furlough preview, it was interesting to see a conversation - short and sweet though it was - actually take place via Twitter. It was quite funny when we saw the "tweet" from this lady... Liz and I got pretty excited someone actually responded to us!
Aside from this little experience, one thing I've especially enjoyed during my KOMU.com shifts has been editing images in Adobe Photoshop. I'm definitely thankful for the photo editing experience I've had through previous convergence stories, as I think it's given me a leg up in this process. It's obvious to me that a little TLC to the images makes a big difference. I definitely enjoy making the KOMU.com News page pretty through photography.
Oh yeah, real quick update... As of Friday, Forsee was given authority to furlough campus workers if needed.
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