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Twitter: @Helen_Jonsen
I am a veteran journalist who has had the opportunity to cover stories for news on three continents, and be the interviewer or fly on the wall when business and political decisions are discussed or made. My kaleidoscope career from print to broadcasting to the web while raising a big family of four kids offers an interesting perspective on life. I hope you agree.
Let's engage in a conversation about life-work-family balance. Even with all my experience, I still struggle with that everyday!
School officially starts tomorrow in our town but today was a big day. Our new 9th grader headed off to High School for a freshman welcome barbeque and orientation. On the phone she told me, the afternoon gathering meant another tour of the buidlings and ... Read more...
So many of our memories center around pancakes! When I was little my grandmother's kitchen smelled wonderful when she made her special German pancakes with homemade applesauce, sometimes for a Sunday night supper. She sprinkled powered sugar on top. It was bot ... Read more...
Some of you, in states outside New York, have already sent the kids off for their first day of school. You walked through the streets holding hands with a little one, or stood at the bus stop to get a look at the driver and the older kids on the bus. You ... Read more...
I have written and talked about the way women lead and how they take on careers and work-life differently than their male colleagues. Now a lot of that is changing. Men are getting the hang of it and this recession is teaching them a lot. For a generatio ... Read more...
I got an email from the White House! It's about Health Insurance Reform. It came after a week of misinformation, shouting matches in public and lots of behind the scenes work in Washington to continue hashing out Health Care Reform. Much of this reform r ... Read more...
I have a stack of books on my desk all about working mothers and work-life balance. (No surprise there.) Working Mom's Survival Guide, Happy at Work-Happy at Home, What Happy Working Mothers Know name just a few. Smart people, some with PhDs and others ... Read more...
We women who began careers in the 70s, at a time when the trailblazers were standing right in front of us, did not think we would still be celebrating incremental growth of women at the top a generation later. In my first broadcasting job, as a desk assistant ... Read more...
I looked at the calendar this morning and realized we are at the midpoint of summer or so it feels. Those few days as July turns into August weigh heavily. Will the next few weeks rush buy as the kids look forward to their scheduled camp trips or our long w ... Read more...
A lot of work was accomplished at the Working Mother Media Best Companies for Multicultural Women National Conference.
It started with the drumming of the Drum Cafe and opportunities for networking among the participants. But it was the speakers ... Read more...
The morning began with the dramatic sounds of The Drum Cafe - a rythmic throbbing beat that grabs the participants, wakes us and our senses to prepare for a couple of days of learnning more about diversity in the workplace and celebrating the 7th year of Working Mot ... Read more...
