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Megan Cottrell abandoned the steady pay and health insurance of her job in traditional media to create her own blog on housing and poverty issues. She talks about why her old job wasn't cutting it, and about her new work on her blog, "One Story Up."
(Note: These loose typewriter keys are not necessarily from Megan Cottrell's typewriter. It is unknown if she even has one.)
On the audio timeline:
00:00 Why she left her steady job as a journalist.
05:45 What she did after leaving.
09:30 The internet is an animal. How she is taming it.
15:15 In 2009, Megan suffered a personal loss. How the Harry Potter stories were a comfort to her.
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She Tweets on Being Homeless »
AnnMarie has been homeless for over four years. She uses her twitter profile (@padschicago) and her wordpress blog to give the public an understanding of homeless life, and of the people who are living it.
Listen to her interview with Tom, and Megan Cottrell, who recently covered Annmarie's story on her blog, "One Story Up."
