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What was your first job as a journalist?
My first real job (ie. not a student paper) was for The Nation, which is an English-language newspaper in Thailand. I was there for a summer.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I took a mandatory typing class in 6th grade and we used typewriters. I think it was the last year that the middle school used typewriters.
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Debunking the "crack babies" myth, by @harryhanbury at @RetroReport.. nytimes.com/video/2013/05/… #muckreads
Crack Babies: A Tale From the Drug Wars
nytimes.com — Watch Crack Babies: A Tale From the Drug Wars video online. News and opinion video from The NYTimes including breaking news, investigative reporting, national and international coverage. Style and celebrity video.
ICYMI: Remember the 1991 Tailhook scandal? @retroreport looks at US military sexual assault. retroreport.org/the-legacy-of-… h/t @christinespolar
The Legacy of Tailhook
retroreport.org — Military sexual assault is not a new phenomenon. A second look at the Tailhook scandal in 1991 reveals what happened then. And what it all means now. "Tailhook." It was called the worse case of sexual harassment in the U.S. Navy's history and led to promises of culture change.
Congrats to @AzmatZahra, who's joining the team at @ajam. Psyched that you'll be in Washington, DC! #ff
RT @AzmatZahra: Why Is It So Hard to Try A Rape Case in Pakistan? Watch @FrontlinePBS Tuesday: pic.twitter.com/8LVd7Mlrcy
AzmatZahra: Why Is It So Hard to Try A ...
twitter.com — Why Is It So Hard to Try A Rape Case in Pakistan? Watch @FrontlinePBS Tuesday: pic.twitter.com/8LVd7Mlrcy
+1 RT @Kate_SVH We need a supercut video RT @CoryErtel: I wonder how many times "Skagit" has been mispronounced in the last 22 hours?
I absentmindedly ate about 60 or so cherries while working on a database. Am now more cherry than human. #datacherry
WA bridge's superstructure rated "fair." Out of >7,000 WA bridges, at least 540 in same condition or worse bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-2… #muckreads
Bridge Collapse Accents Structural Decay as Budgets Sag
bloomberg.com — The collapse of a U.S. interstate highway bridge north of Seattle highlights the deteriorating state of the country's infrastructure, even following $48.1 billion in economic stimulus funds and a 2007 fatal bridge failure in Minnesota.
RT @kzaleski: Life after being named a potential terrorist courtesy of @reddit, @nypost is obviously pretty painful. wapo.st/11g9Ev7
Saudi man investigated after Boston Marathon speaks out
washingtonpost.com — The "easy-going, good humored" Saudi Arabian student who briefly became an object of intense suspicion after the Boston bombings broke two months of silence this week, telling The Islamic Monthly that media attention since the attacks "double injured" him.
RT @BizJournalism: RT @IRE_NICAR: Last chance to submit nominations for the Golden Padlock: ow.ly/kL8V9
Investigative Reporters and Editors
ire.org — Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. is launching a new award - dubbed the Golden Padlock - recognizing the most secretive publicly-funded agency or person in the United States. It is calling on journalists and the public for worthy nominees.
@jfouts no kidding. Very scary.
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