Patrick Schmiedt
@pschmiedt.bsky.social
Journalism professor and student media adviser, Citrus College. Microfilm enthusiast.
A quick journalism ethics lesson, straight from my left shoulder.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A quick journalism ethics lesson, straight from my left shoulder.
Many of us have milestones we hit in our early adulthood: career, stability, residence, love. Did Beavis or Butt-head achieve any of those? Oh, and did Beavis and Butt-head ever score? We explore in the latest T.P. For Your Earholes, available wherever you get your podcasts.
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Many of us have milestones we hit in our early adulthood: career, stability, residence, love. Did Beavis or Butt-head achieve any of those? Oh, and did Beavis and Butt-head ever score? We explore in the latest T.P. For Your Earholes, available wherever you get your podcasts.
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New book: “Poke Pioneers” by former Wyoming sports reporter Patrick Schmiedt (that's me) brings to life the history of numerous all-but-forgotten Cowboy football players, coaches and moments from the UW football teams prior to World War II.
The spot in the contiguous U.S. furthest from a Big Four sports team is here in eastern Montana. From here, it's 475 miles from Denver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The location is about 18 miles northwest of Miles City on a Bureau of Land Management parcel. Where I want to be whenever the Dodgers play.
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The spot in the contiguous U.S. furthest from a Big Four sports team is here in eastern Montana. From here, it's 475 miles from Denver, Calgary and Winnipeg. The location is about 18 miles northwest of Miles City on a Bureau of Land Management parcel. Where I want to be whenever the Dodgers play.
Damn this chart hurts my heart
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Damn this chart hurts my heart
Final version out… soon (?)… but the draft copy feels good in my hands. #pokepioneers
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Final version out… soon (?)… but the draft copy feels good in my hands. #pokepioneers
I got a new printer. It’s a model MFP. If you don’t know what MFP stands for, here is some help that I’ve taped on.
August 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I got a new printer. It’s a model MFP. If you don’t know what MFP stands for, here is some help that I’ve taped on.
Another reminder not to trust AI.
August 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Another reminder not to trust AI.
Me: Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy.
Also me:
Also me:
July 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Me: Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy.
Also me:
Also me:
Stumbled into this from 1964 and it got me thinking about how DeVry got a basketball ball team. @jonbois.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Stumbled into this from 1964 and it got me thinking about how DeVry got a basketball ball team. @jonbois.bsky.social
We met in October 2005; we were engaged by January 2006. We knew. @ohtheprofanity.com and I have been married for 18 years as of today, and we've been committed to each other for nearly 20. Stronger than ever. 😘 (Photo: Us in 2006.)
July 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We met in October 2005; we were engaged by January 2006. We knew. @ohtheprofanity.com and I have been married for 18 years as of today, and we've been committed to each other for nearly 20. Stronger than ever. 😘 (Photo: Us in 2006.)
If this trash can doesn’t make you immediately think of one specific song… I don’t think we can be friends.
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If this trash can doesn’t make you immediately think of one specific song… I don’t think we can be friends.
I am honored to have been chosen by the Wyoming Historical Society as a recipient of the Lola Homsher Research Grant. Here is the group’s Facebook post:
June 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I am honored to have been chosen by the Wyoming Historical Society as a recipient of the Lola Homsher Research Grant. Here is the group’s Facebook post:
I like my drinks like I like my protests.
June 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I like my drinks like I like my protests.
This seems up your *ahem* alley, @jonbois.bsky.social. (This from the @latimes.com sports newsletter.)
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This seems up your *ahem* alley, @jonbois.bsky.social. (This from the @latimes.com sports newsletter.)
I’m not sure how old our newsroom paper cutter is, but the fact that the description on it says the base is made “from a new space age synthetic,” it might be older than me. I’m guessing like 60 years old? Still works, but I did order a new one for my students this week.
May 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m not sure how old our newsroom paper cutter is, but the fact that the description on it says the base is made “from a new space age synthetic,” it might be older than me. I’m guessing like 60 years old? Still works, but I did order a new one for my students this week.
A couple gems from the recent visit to the used book store.
May 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A couple gems from the recent visit to the used book store.
Each area is about 10 million people. Average is 9.95 million across 34 different areas. The range is from LA County (9.76m) to the counties selected near NYC (10.02m); every other region is between 9.85m and 10.02m. I like making maps.
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Each area is about 10 million people. Average is 9.95 million across 34 different areas. The range is from LA County (9.76m) to the counties selected near NYC (10.02m); every other region is between 9.85m and 10.02m. I like making maps.
Not many college media newsrooms can claim to have an exclusive Ray Bradbury poem hanging on their wall. At @citruscollege.bsky.social we can, thanks to Bradbury’s 1971 campus visit. As far as I can tell, it’s never been published anywhere else. And it sure strikes the right tone for journalism.
April 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not many college media newsrooms can claim to have an exclusive Ray Bradbury poem hanging on their wall. At @citruscollege.bsky.social we can, thanks to Bradbury’s 1971 campus visit. As far as I can tell, it’s never been published anywhere else. And it sure strikes the right tone for journalism.
The mouse pads in my classroom in the library prompted me to Google “when did gateway go out of business.” Turns out, 2007. Might be time for a refresh. Honestly, it’s cool if the money for new ones comes out of my program budget. Worth it.
March 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The mouse pads in my classroom in the library prompted me to Google “when did gateway go out of business.” Turns out, 2007. Might be time for a refresh. Honestly, it’s cool if the money for new ones comes out of my program budget. Worth it.
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
February 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
I know we have bigger problems at hand in our world. But whoever invented these kinds of faucets should just, you know, have the water in their shower stop without warning. Multiple times. Every day for the rest of their lives.
February 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I know we have bigger problems at hand in our world. But whoever invented these kinds of faucets should just, you know, have the water in their shower stop without warning. Multiple times. Every day for the rest of their lives.
Geez, even my student editors would have shot this one down. So, NYT:
February 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Geez, even my student editors would have shot this one down. So, NYT: