Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Curveball

Daniel Woolfolk


I was a photographer at the institute, but that's far from where I now am.
As soon as a graduated, I took a writing position in Northern New York, which meant I had to reject a photo internship for an agriculture magazine in Colombia.


My beat is Fort Drum, an Army post with 10th Mountain Division, among the most deployed units in the country. A major reason I got the job is that I was in the Army for four years and know the culture.


The stories I cover range from family events to deaths and PTSD. But a major part of what I cover is business and economic news, especially related to housing. We are in a bit of a crunch that will only get crunchier, so I really use some of the skills I gained while focusing on business and economic reporting at Columbia.


And I do miss photo, but there are few things I would want to do aside from military reporting.

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