I'm not that old, even as an '80s baby.
I get technology. I embrace it. It's amazing. I work at a digital media company, after all.
I have not been a fan of all social media however, and I often caution college journalists about what they post and where when speaking to them about their future in the business.
There are definitely things that you should not do, nor share.
This Tumblr is one of them: Selfies at Funerals.
Yes. Selfies at funerals.
Look, I get it. You're a kid. Or, in your 20s ... and you're bored at some funeral. You kinda-sorta knew the deceased (or in some cases, it was grandma). You've been dragged along by mom and dad. I get it. You don't want to be there.
You've got a smartphone. Play Candy Crush on silent. Facebook all you want. Tweet til your heart's content.
But ... a selfie? Oy.
Jim Owczarski is an award-winning sports journalist and comes to Milwaukee by way of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Network.
A three-year Wisconsin resident who has considered Milwaukee a second home for the better part of seven years, he brings to the market experience covering nearly all major and college sports.
To this point in his career, he has been awarded six national Associated Press Sports Editors awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news and projects. He is also a four-time nominee for the prestigious Peter J. Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, presented by the Chicago Headline Club, and is a two-time winner for Best Sports Story. He has also won numerous other Illinois Press Association, Illinois Associated Press and Northern Illinois Newspaper Association awards.
Jim's career started in earnest as a North Central College (Naperville, Ill.) senior in 2002 when he received a Richter Fellowship to cover the Chicago White Sox in spring training. He was hired by the Naperville Sun in 2003 and moved on to the Aurora Beacon News in 2007 before joining OnMilwaukee.com.
In that time, he has covered the events, news and personalities that make up the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, NCAA football, baseball and men's and women's basketball as well as boxing, mixed martial arts and various U.S. Olympic teams.
Golf aficionados who venture into Illinois have also read Jim in GOLF Chicago Magazine as well as the Chicago District Golfer and Illinois Golfer magazines.
