On Friday I asked people to share great journalism names (though not necessarily ones that could be mistaken for minor Star Wars characters.) Now we have a nice list going. As an added bonus, a lot of the people who made suggestions had great names themselves. I’m also going to offer up the names of pretty much everyone I work with. Ren LaForme. Lauren Klinger. Butch Ward. Wendy Wallace.Vidisha Priyanka. Vanessa Goodrum.
Here’s our list so far:
Meet Ida Lieszkovszky Hargitai.
1/2 @kristenhare I'm an NPR/PBS reporter/producer in Cle & during pledge we once had someone call in to say they won't pledge until…
— Ida L. H. (@Ida_in_Cle) July 18, 2014
2/2 @kristenhare … we say my full name on the air: Ida Lieszkovszky Hargitai (though I usually drop the Hargitai). #NPRnames
— Ida L. H. (@Ida_in_Cle) July 18, 2014
@kristenhare I feel like I can't even work for anyone but public radio with this name. : )
— Ida L. H. (@Ida_in_Cle) July 18, 2014
Meet Valerie Wigglesworth, a reporter at the Dallas Morning News.
@kristenhare My coworker @vlwigg has THE BEST journalist name: Valerie Wigglesworth. Just sounds like a HP character out to fight off evil.
— Eva-Marie Ayala (@EvaMarieAyala) July 18, 2014
I told Eva-Marie Ayala that her name should also be on the list. It’s musical.
Thanks @kristenhare. Roy means king. Peter means rock. Clark means clerk, someone who can read or write. That makes me King Rock Writer!
— Roy Peter Clark (@RoyPeterClark) July 18, 2014
Here’s another great one from King Rock Writer.
@kristenhare I think if I could choose a byline, from all the names of all the writers I admire, I'd choose Red Smith.
— Roy Peter Clark (@RoyPeterClark) July 18, 2014
Meet Holly Hacker, another reporter with a great name from the Dallas Morning News.
@kristenhare OH! And we have @hollyhacker who — no joke — is the @dallasnews data queen.
— Eva-Marie Ayala (@EvaMarieAyala) July 18, 2014
Can we agree that Holly Hacker has the perfect job for her name?
Fun Friday read by @kristenhare … despite no shoutout to my personal name-fave, Lakshmi Singh. http://t.co/4NIA6mp4HO
— Dade Hayes (@dadehayes) July 18, 2014
I agree with Dade Hayes and told him his tweet counted as Singh’s nomination. Dade Hayes is also a great name, so he’s on the list, too.
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