I'm on leave this week from work and have been trying to fill my time with more than just catching up on the television shows I haven't watched over the last seven weeks.

As part of this I am taking several of the News University courses offered by Poynter. Earlier tonight I completed Beat Basics and Beyond, which I found extremely useful. In fact, I was so impressed by the course that I tried to track down the e-mail address of its creator Steve Buttry. I'm still working on a direct e-mail address for him (and if anyone knows it, I'd love the chance to tell him I appreciated the course.) Nonetheless, my search led my to his Web site where I stumbled upon a map he has made of all the places he has worked. It was very full and it made me want to do a similar project. Keeping in mind that I graduated a few months ago, I made this Google map of where I've worked. What a neat concept. I want to keep adding to this map over time. Any suggestions for what else I could include? I'm thinking about adding journalism conferences and press trips.