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@nickfountain Must visit.Named for the Godfather of go-go?
@Tracy_Wahl @keithwj @madhulikasikka Damn! Clearly I left work a bit too early. Give a toast to Mr. Jenkins for me!
RT @nprgreene: Jessica Buchanan was a US aid worker in Somalia. Kidnapped in 2011. Held for 3 months. Rescued by Seals. Her story @MorningE…
RT @NPRinskeep: NYT's @declanwalsh, expelled from Pakistan: country has "new openness" but security services still "crack down." @MorningEd…
Syrian war "something of a stalemate" with "appalling levels of bloodshed," says @David_Cameron on @MorningEdition. PM meets w/ Obama today.
US, Britain, others must step up support for Syrian oppo, PM @David_Cameron tells @NPRinskeep @MorningEdition
@declanwalsh Declan, we'd like to intvw you Mon on NPR's Morning Edition. Possible? Tried your .pak email addr, got bounceback. @NPRinskeep
RT @HiddenBrain: Does gender inequality predict sexual coercion? ow.ly/kTVhM My #NPR story. #Cleveland #rape
What Does 'Sexual Coercion' Say About A Society?
npr.org — Anthropologists have long documented the differences in the extent of sexual coercion - including rape - in different human societies. But is it a vestige of evolutionary history, indicative of cultural activity or governed by power dynamics between females and males?
Considering hyphenating my last name. The peer pressure is intense. m.theatlantic.com/national/archi…
Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?
theatlantic.com — NPR staffer Susan Stamberg in her office in 1979 (Barry Thumma/Reuters) What makes NPR reporters' names so particularly mellifluous? There's that pleasing alliteration--Allison Aubrey, Louisa Lim, Carl Kassell, Susan Stamberg. And it's hard to match those mouth-filling double-barrelled names. Think Ofeibia Quist-Arcton, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Chana Joffe-Walt, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Dina Temple-Raston, Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Crossing the line & drawing the line. The decision over what to allow in Web comments. From @NPRCodeSwitch. npr.org/blogs/codeswit…
The Four Types Of Comments We Usually Remove On Code Switch
npr.org — The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates has a comments section on his blog that's become renowned for its level of discourse. "I always tell people it's like a dinner party, and I try to host it that way," Coates told NPR's On The Media.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover World, U.S., Media and more.
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