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I started out as an ink-stained
wretch and a slave to
deadlines -- in short, a newspaper writer and editor.
The job has a romantic appeal: You
meet interesting people and learn important information -- sometimes hours before everyone
else in your neighborhood. Whatever projects you worked on yesterday are in the newspaper
today, right next to your name.
But that and six quarters will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
After 12 years of
daily newspaper life, writing, editing and helping create great graphics in Maryland, Virginia, California and at USA
TODAY.
I'd had enough. Working five night
shifts a week, or 14 hours on a Sunday, gets old. Let someone else put out the paper.
So I formed Harbor Sights, a web development company that lets me do what I
loved to do most in newspapers -- tell stories. Explain simply and graphically who, what,
when, where and why.
A visual journalist (nice term, huh) finds the best parts of your business, and displays
them richly on the Internet.
I use pictures, words and graphics to communicate a professional, informative narrative.
Keep it concise, keep it lively.
While I never realized one of my dreams (playing third base for the
New
York Yankees), I do work in a
great office with my best
buddy.
And after 12 years of producing sports sections, I can finally go to an
Orioles game.
Almost any
time I want.
Tom Sakell
tom@harborsights.com
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Harbormaster
Harbor Sights, Inc.
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