Howard Troxler, passes around the room animatedly while talking. It was the first time the class had a guest speaker of his peculiar demeanor and had to talk about his columns. For the first ten minutes of class, Troxler was very quiet but as soon as he was given the microphone he never stopped talking. And that’s a good thing.
His height does not give him justice because his personality is larger than life. He has a sarcastic approach to his columns. He said if you are going to complain about something in a column back it up with facts, otherwise you are just whining.
Troxler enjoys finding a different approach to his stories because it is more effective and entertaining. “You can’t be clever enough,” Troxler said. He found the perfect words to answer the dilemma about blogs. “Is blogging journalism? Just like a piece of paper, it depends what’s on it,” Troxler said.
Troxler is as witty and sarcastic as Joe Rogan and as smart as someone who graduated with honors. Throughout his visit, I couldn’t help but wonder if in high school he was the class clown. Troxler is the same way sarcastic, funny and intelligent in print and in person, he has a lot of energy.
He pointed out that sometimes he cannot find an interesting and engaging column idea so he breaks the cycle by adding a “dog column.” Troxler said that his columns can take anywhere from 45 min to two years, he said in several occasions he procrastinates until the last minute. “I keep track of my columns in an excel sheet because I want at least 50% of my columns to be good,” Troxler said.
It was almost time for the class to be dismissed and Troxler was still talking and ready to continue. Time actually flew by because it was very entertaining to hear all the random racing thoughts. Even though his comments made the class laugh, everything had truth and facts to support his comments.
His height does not give him justice because his personality is larger than life. He has a sarcastic approach to his columns. He said if you are going to complain about something in a column back it up with facts, otherwise you are just whining.
Troxler enjoys finding a different approach to his stories because it is more effective and entertaining. “You can’t be clever enough,” Troxler said. He found the perfect words to answer the dilemma about blogs. “Is blogging journalism? Just like a piece of paper, it depends what’s on it,” Troxler said.
Troxler is as witty and sarcastic as Joe Rogan and as smart as someone who graduated with honors. Throughout his visit, I couldn’t help but wonder if in high school he was the class clown. Troxler is the same way sarcastic, funny and intelligent in print and in person, he has a lot of energy.
He pointed out that sometimes he cannot find an interesting and engaging column idea so he breaks the cycle by adding a “dog column.” Troxler said that his columns can take anywhere from 45 min to two years, he said in several occasions he procrastinates until the last minute. “I keep track of my columns in an excel sheet because I want at least 50% of my columns to be good,” Troxler said.
It was almost time for the class to be dismissed and Troxler was still talking and ready to continue. Time actually flew by because it was very entertaining to hear all the random racing thoughts. Even though his comments made the class laugh, everything had truth and facts to support his comments.
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