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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Telling the story of the California fires through comics
We often think of comics as being either funny stories or super hero dramas. And they can be all that. But many of the best comics tell intensely personal stories about life, death, and surviving the time in-between. I was reminded … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Tagged comics, Graphic novels, news, web comics, wildfire
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda helped boost a tweet about insulin in Puerto Rico
The one thing you need to know about me as I tell this story is that I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. My pancreas checked out several years ago and no longer does much. Which means that I have to manually control … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 12
Tagged activism, Because I can, diabetes, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, social media
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How watching a movie leads to Facebook ad
I recently watched the movie The Fifth Element on TV at home, and I don’t believe I posted anything about it, though I certainly searched it for cast and crew information. Fascinating to see that such a low level of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 8
Tagged facebook advertising, internet, movies, The Fifth Element
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A few more thoughts on the Bechdel Test
The Bechdel Test is a fairly simple test for the presence of women in movies. It asks three simple questions: Are there two or more women in the movie who have names? Do they talk to each other? Do they … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged Bechdel Test, feminism, movies
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When tragedy strikes: Dealing with breaking news
As I write this, we as a nation are reeling from a mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 people injured. As the story started to break, there were … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged breaking news, Fred Rogers, journalism ethics, mass shootings, on the media
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