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Mar
4
2015
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Weekly roundup: after-disaster stories

GETTING BEYOND “IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS”: Plenty of news stories — especially on TV — deal with disasters, ...
Mar
2
2015
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Starting Wednesday: Online course in social-change journalism!

JOURNALISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: Starting this Wednesday, March 4th, there’s an online course called “Journalism for Social Change,” offered ...
Feb
25
2015
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Weekly roundup: film impact, “frank” live stream, unpaid bills

FILM IMPACT REPORT: Here’s the new report about the social impact campaign for the documentary film “Who is Dayani ...
Feb
18
2015
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Weekly round-up: Black stock characters, Opportunity Agenda, Fiction over Fact

BALLAD OF THE MAGICAL NEGRO: Eisa Davis performs her “Ballad of the Magical Negro,” about Black supporting stock characters ...
Feb
11
2015
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Storytelling round-up: Lynching history, abortion stigma, and more

NEW REPORT ON LYNCHING HISTORY: This week, the Equal Justice Initiative released an excellent new report documenting the 3,959 ...
Feb
4
2015
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What we’re reading: Harry Potter wins, measuring media impact, and info vs. wisdom

INFORMATION VS. WISDOM: In the video above, Maria Popova, founder and editor of Brain Pickings, says that storytellers interpret ...