Although I’ve said very little about my new job, it involves a lot more video and a lot less still photographs. I’m still coming to terms with this (and I promise to speak more about it) but I figure I might as well show you what I really do at work. With 27-year-old Aaron Schock’s win to become a United States Representative, his former Illinois House seat was left vacant. A dark horse Democratic candidate named Jehan Gordon clenched the spot, but Republican Joan Krupa was sworn in to temporarily serve in 92nd District Illinois House. For 10 whole days, she’ll get to decide the fate of our infamous governor, Rod Blagojevich. (I bet you can’t spell his last name as quickly as I do.) Gordon will then take-over the seat for the full upcoming term. Odd stuff, politics.
The other day Krupa let our reporter interview her on the House floor, which is a no no. Security was like, “Uh, what are they doing here?” Oh, Krupa.
Are you still working for the newspaper then? Or did you change jobs completely…?
Jason: I’m certainly still working at the Journal Star, although I’ve been moved to the web department section of the newsroom. I still shoot photos at times, and otherwise perform multimedia editing duties and many other geeky things.