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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!
The story that stands out from my listening to all news radio as I got ready for my day yesterday and today is the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The discussion of tactics for those who would keep her off the High Court Bench became th ... Read more...
The recession has caused families across America to rethink how they deal with child care. It's never an easy thing for working parents as we all know. And every year the demands are different, depending on the ages, stages, and numbers o ... Read more...
No, it's not the end of the month yet. But we have already had a week's vacation with the family - the week leading into the 4th of July, And I have returned to the office (did you miss me?) to find a pile of projects and steady deadlines that need to be met.& ... Read more...
My lunch time musing today centered around this headline:
Sotomayor quits all-women’s club GOP senators had made an issue of court nominee's membership.
Judge ... Read more...
A few items have crossed my desk that may make a difference to your Father's Day weekend.
1) Nestle' has recalled its ready made Read more...
Dawn in an amazing mom faced with the kind of challenges none of us should have to face in a country as well off as this one. One night, Dawn’s daughter had a stroke of sorts. This young teenager fell into a coma. Dawn and her husband both wo ... Read more...
As a working mom, one of the first people I get to know in a company is the Human Resources professional who handles health benefits. So far, none of them has run the other way. But it's quite telling when you receive two insurance cards because the names of c ... Read more...
Funny, when i began this blog as editor of workingmother.com, I thought about how i would approach my topics. As a career journalist, I thought I would enjoy commenting on the news of the day, the week, the year. News and ideas that affect working mothers and work ... Read more...
I had a business trip this week to meet with some of my colleagues at the Bonnier Corp headquarters in Winter Park FL not far from Disney World. It was a fantastic trip, busy. We rain between buidlings in afternoon rainstorms, and an hour later walked outside ... Read more...
Every now and then I come across something that I think my friends, busy working women like you, might find interesting, not earth shattering, but something I come across in my news peruse of the day. So I thought I would share.
Researchers say, that a manus ... Read more...



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