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Jessica DuLong commented on the blog post 'If You Would Do Me The Honor...I'd Be Very Grateful.'
Just cast my vote Kamy. Wishing you much deserved success!
Nov 1, 2011

Too Cool for School? Examining the Case Against College

Earlier this month Forbes magazine published a piece about a controversial question that has garnered increasingly more mainstream attention: "Should nearly everyone go to college?" I've mentioned this quandary in other pieces [link to bio pg on huffpo with links to all posts] but haven't addressed the issue head-on until now. Here's a snippet from…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Aug 28, 2010
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Hey Jessica, We've included you in Editor's Picks this week. Come take a look here. Keep up the great work! -Kate Managing Editor, She Writes Blog
Aug 11, 2010
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Jessica DuLong commented on the event 'Blogher Meetup in NYC'
Can't wait, Kamy!
Aug 5, 2010

Blogher Meetup in NYC at Lolita

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August 5, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Join other She Writers in New York for Blogher 2010 -- and other She Writers who are in New York because they live there -- for drinks and writerly chit chat! Kamy and Debbie and the rest of the She Writes team will be there and would love to get some face time with you all.
Jessica DuLong is attending an event Aug 5, 2010

Learning From Shirley Sherrod: Finding Common Ground With the Working Class

Despite the media's obsession with perpetuating divisive partisan politics, we actually have more common ground with our fellow citizens from all along the political spectrum that we sometimes think. Whether or not you've chalked up the Shirley Sherrod controversy as just another distraction tactic, I hope you'll concede that the full version of the white farmer story she told during her NAACP speech contained a valuable lesson.I highlight that take-home message in…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 29, 2010

New York Times Close-Up of My River Chronicles

So I finally managed to get the video of my recent NY1 interview where I talk with Sam Roberts of The New York Times about my path to becoming a marine engineer aboard fireboat John J. Harvey, the importance of hands-on work in this country, and my book,…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 22, 2010

How Innovation, Not Cheap Labor, is the Key to Success in Manufacturing

People from all sides of the debate (including me) have been arguing over the impact of offshore manufacturing since Andy Grove…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 19, 2010

How to Make An Ethical American Job (Before It's Too Late)

Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 14, 2010

Friday Comment Fix: Kid's Choices and Vocational Education

I just loved this poignant comment that Barbara Ray made on my recent post about the U.S.'s loss of value in hands-on work:Right now, high school vocational classes are tagged as "loser" classes, and are shriveling on the vine as everyone seems to be taking AP classes in preparation for college. But as you note, kids have high aspirations, but as the college dropout…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 9, 2010
Lisa Rivero commented on the blog post 'Do We Hold the Solution to the Recession in Our Hands?'
What a great essay on an important topic. I teach engineering students, and we often talk about the debate about working with one's hands vs. working with one's head (and the misleading dichotomy that results) in the context of the…
Jul 8, 2010
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Hey Jessica, We've featured your post on Editors' Picks this week! Check it out here. Keep it up! -Kate Managing Editor, She Writes Blog
Jul 7, 2010

Do We Hold the Solution to the Recession in Our Hands?

I promised to write a longer piece on this—and why not go big? My first Huffington Post piece is live! I talk about what was missing from Friday's New York Times front-page story on the skills gap in manufacturing. Here's a snippet:Now, the recession is serving up a serious wake-up call. Tumultuous times…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 6, 2010

U.S. Manufacturing Bleeds

A recent poll reveals that a large majority of Americans think the U.S. should strengthen domestic manufacturing and develop a national manufacturing policy. Conducted in April by The Mellman Group for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, the poll surveyed likely voters in the 2010 general…See More
Blog post by Jessica DuLong Jul 2, 2010
Marilyn Fried left a comment for Jessica DuLong
I am in Chicago but get to NYC fairly often. I have family there, husband is from there and my youngest daughter wants to go to college there. I used to live in Portland, Maine until Feb 2009. Your birthday bash in NYC will be lots of fun.
Jun 29, 2010

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Who I am:
www.jessicadulong.com
www.myriverchronicles.com
@JessicaDuLong
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America; A Personal and Historical Journey
Steady As She Goes: Women's Adventures At Sea
Media outlets that I currently write for:
Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, CosmoGIRL!, Parenting, Today's Machining World, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, etc.
My writing is:
Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
No
Services I offer to other writers:
Editing: Web content, magazine articles, book proposals, manuscripts.
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
Yes
My professional associations:
ASJA

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Too Cool for School? Examining the Case Against College

Posted on August 27, 2010 at 7:20pm 0 Comments

Earlier this month Forbes magazine published a piece about a controversial question that has garnered increasingly more mainstream attention: "Should nearly everyone go to college?" I've mentioned this quandary in other pieces [link to bio pg on huffpo with links to all posts] but haven't addressed the issue head-on until now. Here's a snippet from… Continue
Jessica DuLong

What Giving Half Says About the Wealth Gap

Posted on August 6, 2010 at 10:54am 0 Comments

In my latest Huffington Post piece, I mentioned a statistic that merits more than a passing nod:

In 2008, nearly 50 million people in this country (including 16 million children) lived in food-insecure households.
Go ahead. Take a moment to fully grasp that figure.… Continue
Jessica DuLong

Message in a Bathtub: Does the Death of the Middle Class Spell the End of the American Dream?

Posted on August 5, 2010 at 1:34pm 0 Comments

When I read this story from the Philadelphia Inquirer the other day, I knew I had to write about it. An official from Philadelphia Christ Church went searching for a water leak and wound up discovering an 80-year old message scrawled in pencil on the back of a bathtub:

"Tub set 1-9-33 by Louis J. Volpe. This work kept two men from…
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Learning From Shirley Sherrod: Finding Common Ground With the Working Class

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 3:00pm 0 Comments

Despite the media's obsession with perpetuating divisive partisan politics, we actually have more common ground with our fellow citizens from all along the political spectrum that we sometimes think. Whether or not you've chalked up the Shirley Sherrod controversy as just another distraction tactic, I hope you'll concede that the full version of the white farmer story she told during her NAACP speech contained a valuable lesson.


I highlight that take-home message in…
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At 6:25am on August 11, 2010, Editors PicksEditors Picks said…
Hey Jessica,
We've included you in Editor's Picks this week.
Come take a look here.
Keep up the great work!
-Kate
Managing Editor, She Writes Blog
At 8:23am on July 7, 2010, Editors PicksEditors Picks said…
Hey Jessica,
We've featured your post on Editors' Picks this week!
Check it out here.
Keep it up!
-Kate
Managing Editor, She Writes Blog
At 12:44pm on June 29, 2010, Marilyn FriedMarilyn Fried said…
I am in Chicago but get to NYC fairly often. I have family there, husband is from there and my youngest daughter wants to go to college there. I used to live in Portland, Maine until Feb 2009. Your birthday bash in NYC will be lots of fun.
At 12:33pm on June 29, 2010, Marilyn FriedMarilyn Fried said…
I can't believe I just found this site. It not only offers great resources and networking but it looks like a place where people are active and really talk and exchange information. Very cool.
At 12:58pm on February 27, 2010, Phoebe WilcoxPhoebe Wilcox said…
thanks, Jessica-- and where are you on that boat? Great pic. Phoebe
At 11:25am on November 11, 2009, Susan WelsSusan Wels said…
Welcome to History and Biography Writers, Jessica—thanks for joining our group!
At 9:35am on October 30, 2009, Kamy WicoffKamy Wicoff said…
Hi Jessica! So glad to see you here. I am responding to the email from Marci right now, sorry for the delay. Looking forward to seeing you around She Writes and figuring out what we can do together!

Warm best
Kamy
 
 
 

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