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Five Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
I first heard of Gever Tulley and his Tinkering School a couple of months ago on the NPR news program, All Things Considered. Any body who wants to put power tools, fire, and knives into the hands of...
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Wonder how the housing market folded? Friends of Ira Glass explain how the financial crisis happened in his audio file, Giant Pool of Money at This American Life http://tinyurl.com/5fl6z7. I caught...
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Click here to view the embedded video. Journalism faces an unprecedented existentialist crisis, due to the economy, new digital platforms, and dwindling advertising revenues. In collaboration with the...
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Mobile News Apps – Ross Reynolds
As everyone who follows news closely has noticed, the big breaking news story is easily available. If you are on any social network following news outlets or have news hound friends, the bare facts of...
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The New Face of Nonprofit Journalism Isn’t Pretty
The nonprofit journalism organization I work for, the Common Language Project, now has some unexpected company. The New York Times reported Friday that the IRS has granted nonprofit tax-exempt status...
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Your Phone Was Probably Made in a Sweatshop
Like any devout follower, writer and performer Mike Daisey was reluctant to ask questions about his favorite religion—the church of Apple. A self-professed gadget freak and number one fan of the...
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Getting to Know You: Make Connections While Making the Grade
Pounding the pavement and the keyboard makes careers happen. (Illustration by Jessica Esch.) Walking home from the grocery store this past Sunday, I listened with interest to an NPR radio piece on...
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Lessons from an NPR Internship in Middle America
Radio production is an art, and it is one that NPR has arguably mastered. The non-profit’s bread and butter is creating compelling experiences through audio alone. But what’s the secret behind NPR’s...
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