Hi, I’m Erica.

I’m a journalist, a designer, a novice programmer … and I eat M&Ms in Roy G Biv order.

I am addicted to the news. Twenty-four-hour-news-channel addicted. Breaking-news-e-mail-alerts addicted. Text-message alerts and iPhone apps addicted. It’s a sickness — a well-informed sickness.

Occupation: Journalist • Newspaper designer • Multimedia producer • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
E-mail: erica [at] graphicdesignr [dot] net
AIM: esmithPD
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
Chinese zodiac: Year of the Dragon
Lucky number: 13

My blogs & websites

• Live & Kern • Personal blog and observations
• graphicdesignr • Journalism, news, design and multimedia
• Paper Cuts • Layoffs and buyouts at U.S. newspapers
• President Bingo • Get a bingo card for the State of the Union
• The Story of Man • The story of man is told in headlines around the world

Stalk me

• 30-Something Bloggers • A blogging community for 30-somethings
• Dopplr • A social atlas
• Facebook • Because it’s a cult that, evidently, everyone must belong to.
• Foursquare • Currently the mayor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (It’s OK if you’re not jealous.)
• Friend Feed • A collection of darn near everything I touch online.
• iPhonetopia • A place for iPhone addicts.
• LinkedIn • A professional social network
• The Modern Journalist • Using technology to save the story
• Social Media Club of St. Louis • Social media advocates in St. Louis
• Tiara Talk • Everything is better with a tiara.
• Twitter • The place you’re most likely to find me, 140 characters at a time.
• Visual Editors • A classroom for visual journalists
• Wired Journalists • Collaborative journalism resource

Movies

• The classics — “Citizen Kane,” “Casablanca” and “Roman Holiday” for starters. And then everything from “Amelie” to “X-Men.” Well, everything but horror and stupid humor.
• I love “The Paper.” Haven’t seen it? You’re missing out.
  
  

  
  
  

  Don’t get it? Ask a journalist — there’s an equivalent to each character in the movie to a character in every newsroom.

TV shows

Now showing
• “The Big Bang Theory”
• “Bones”
• “Burn Notice”
• “Castle”
• “Chuck”
• “The Colbert Report”
• “The Daily Show”
• “How I Met Your Mother”
• “NCIS”
• “Psych”
• “White Collar”

On DVD
• “Alias”
• “Angel”
• “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
• “Firefly”
• “Friends”
• “Heroes”
• “Mad About You”
• “Veronica Mars”

For the record

Opinions expressed are mine — all mine.