by Susan Parker | Apr 29, 2024 | News
Word Count: 797 words Estimated Read Time: About 4 minutes When I was in my mid-20s I got my dream job at a daily newspaper. Actually at first, it was just an internship with a looming deadline. I had to prove myself in four weeks to get hired full time. The hardest...
by Susan Parker | Mar 21, 2024 | News
WORD COUNT: 618 ESTIMATED READ TIME: About 3 minutes Not long ago, I was in Peru traveling with a small group of highly-accomplished and adventurous women. They included a pediatric radiation oncologist, a commercial banker, and a wildlife illustrator. Each woman was...
by Susan Parker | Oct 5, 2023 | News
Word Count: 785 words Estimated Read Time: About 3 minutes When you are about to write something professionally, just about any communications person, including me, will inevitably ask “who is your audience?” I’m beginning to realize that is a really bad question for...
by Susan Parker | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Word count: 991 Estimated read time: About 4 minutes I could feel my heart racing. I was a reporter in Guatemala at a time when the civil war was raging. Bomb scares were part of daily life. My colleagues and I nervously entered our building every day. Yet it...
by Susan Parker | Aug 28, 2023 | News
From Susan Parker Word count: 1156 Estimated read time: About 4 minutes I check the time. It’s 8:30am. I know I shouldn’t call my colleague yet. Each morning she meditates and does yoga. She gets to her office no earlier than 9:30am. Every year, she and...
