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Monthly Archives: August 2017
UPDATED – Media Stories From Hurricane Harvey
Getting news out from Hurricane is a massive effort. Here are a few stories about those struggles: UPDATE – How Houston Chronicle is covering home-town flooding / Why Local News Matters This Facebook status from a @HoustonChron reporter says everything you need to … Continue reading
“Let Freedom Ring…” ‘I have a dream’ speech was 54 years ago today
“And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12, Chapter 6
Tagged I have a dream, Martin Luther King, MLK
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It’s not a surprise when Trump reverts to form (or any politician for that matter)
A tweetstorm I sent out this morning in reaction to an NPR podcast. Please note that this is a rant on how we cover politicians, not about the president in particular. Generally a fan of NPR’s @UpFirst podcast. Listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Donald Trump, media bias?, news coverage of president, objectivity, tweetstorm
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When Nature Puts On The Really Big Show – Total Eclipse on the Prairie
The total eclipse of the sun in Kearney, Nebraska this afternoon was absolutely stunning. You didn’t need any fancy equipment to see the images. Just look down and see the pinhole images provided by the trees. Lots of high school … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Because I can, history, news, science, total eclipse
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The story of stolpersteine lives on
Last week I finally got to writing a blog post I got the idea for back in January from a series of e-mails I exchanged with my archaeology professor Dr. David Gradwohl. The post looked at the ongoing story about … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Tagged Anne Frank, Charlottesville, stolpersteine, The Holocaust, white supremecists
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Remembering Anne Frank – How her story lives on long after her death
It was 75 years ago this summer that a young Jewish girl named Anne Frank started keeping a diary in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. During the course of her diary, the teen ager would be forced into hiding in a … Continue reading