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Stick Fig is Ernie Smith, a newspaper designer at Link, a product launched by The Virginian-Pilot, a Norfolk, Va.-based newspaper, in October 2006. He comes to Norfolk from Bluffton Today, an experimental daily tabloid located in Bluffton, SC. His interests include graphic design, pop music (he was a finalist for VH1's World Series of Pop Culture television show), internet culture and journalism.
Smith is using Wikipedia as a way to improve his research and editing skills. (It's always good to prime the pump.) If you know of any pop-culture-related articles that could use some TLC, mention them on his talk page.
Smith, a 2004 graduate of Michigan State University's journalism program, is an active member of Visual Editors and The Society for News Design.
[edit] Articles with which he has an active interest
- Whiskeytown - Because Whiskeytown's a seminal alt-country band and deserves a better article than it has.
- Fred Durst - I know. I know. I was mainly picking up scrub duty because the article needed lots of help.
- eMusic - It's a great service and deserves an informative article.
- Michigan State University - What a great article. I found it somewhat late in its life cycle, but I want to support my alma mater.
- Wikipedia:Fair Use - I disagree with the current state of affairs regarding Wikipedia's drive to remove fair use images from the site in favor of free images. So I watch this article regularly and chime in often.
- News design - This is what I do for a living. I'm passionate about it. There's always something new to learn about it. And I think I'm going to put a lot of work into detailing the craft to those who may not understand exactly why I'm passionate about it.
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