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Recipe: Grimm Cloudbusting
Grimm is a name increasingly known among beer enthusiasts across the country and especially in its home state. Founded by Joe and Lauren Grimm in 2018, the Brooklyn-based brewery recently took home Brewery of the Year honors from the New York Craft Beer Competition for an unprecedented third time in the past four years. Hazy IPAs have been a particular area of refinement, featuring the use of a house yeast that’s evolved from a London ale strain by constant top-cropping and repitching.
Money-changers tale and Jewish stereotypes
Posted on November 25, 2020 by Joe Grimm The New Testament story about money changers in the Temple is widely known and sustains a darker meaning writes Menachem Wecker, a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. In a column published by the National Catholic Reporter, Wecker writes that the story has been interpreted to feed stereotypes about Jews.
How can we help crack journalism's glass ceiling?
Barbara Selvin, assistant professor and internship coordinator at Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism has been blogging recently about how the lack of women in newsrooms and newsroom management affects news content. During this week’s chat, we talked with Selvin about her thoughts on the issue and about strategies that women and men can use to help crack journalism’s glass ceiling.
AP capitalizes Black; newsrooms should follow and explain
On June 13, this website wrote about newspaper style and advocated capitalizing Black when referring to race, ethnicity or culture. This was in exception to Associated Press style, used throughout the journalism industry.
What is Juneteenth and how did it get its name?
Posted on June 11, 2020 by Joe Grimm Juneteenth is a 155-year-old holiday, the oldest to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. It was created in 1865, marking June 19, 1865, the day word arrived in Galveston, Texas, that enslaved people had been freed. The news arrived in Galveston more than two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. It had taken effect on Jan. 1, 1863.
Associated Press changes style on race, gender
Th Associated Press stylebook sets the tone and conventions for news media across the United States and around the world. New editions typically come out in the spring. This year, there are extensive changes in the race-related entries. Here is most of the AP’s email on the changes. The Bias Busters series generally follows AP style, but capitalizes the terms Black and White in contexts referring to groups of people.
Do I Need a Degree to Work in Journalism?
Every year, I hear from people who wonder whether they need a degree to work in journalism. One question went like this: “I have had several years’ worth of experience writing freelance for commercial magazines as well as working full-time as a staff writer for an internationally distributed religious magazine. I am also the editor of a small newsletter. “I have plenty of experience in many areas of the job, including working under deadline.
Stony Brook J-School Dean: Unpaid Internships Are Unfair, Discriminatory
Throughout almost 20 years of recruiting, I was glad I worked at a newspaper where interns were paid, thanks to decent management and a union contract that required it. But I talked to plenty of interns who had to work for free elsewhere. Paid journalism internships at television stations were rare, and they could be tough to find at magazines, too.
Announcing the 2019 Michigan Notable Books!
Announcing the 2019 Michigan Notable Books! Hockey, music and mermaids: the Michigan Department of Education and the Library of Michigan announce the 2019 Michigan Notable Books! This year’s list of 20 titles are as diverse as the communities throughout the state. “This intriguing collection of books represents a spectrum of Michigan’s people, places and the history that makes our state unique,” Interim State Superintendent Sheila Alles said about this year’s list.
Notable Michigan Books
Editor's note: This article was published in Grand Traverse Scene magazine's Holidays 2018 issue. Pick up a free copy at area hotels, visitor's centers, chambers of commerce or at the Record-Eagle building on Front Street. Click here to read GT Scene in its entirety online. CHICKADEELAND by Bill O. Smith, illustrated by Charles R. Murphy Only the fearless heart of a child can follow a dream into the wild ... to a land of birdie parades and ginormous eggs, a land of mystery and majesty.
Why Faygo Has Remained an Iconic Detroit Brand — SEEN
One of Detroit’s most nostalgic products is Faygo pop. As soon as I began giving talks about “The Faygo Book,” I saw people shed tears of joy as childhood memories came washing over them. To them, Faygo is as American as — Redpop. Originally called strawberry, that was one of the first flavors created by Perry and Ben Feigenson, Jewish immigrants from Russia, in 1907. And what can be more American than a good immigrant story?
Decision day for $69.7 million Mason school bond (with images, tweets) · jobspage
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East Lansing election 2017 (with images, tweets) ¡ jobspage
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Two Fisted Law’s final show with Jukebox Romantics & Lost In Society (August 12, 2017)
Eventually everything comes to pass, even we as humans will reach the inevitable end and have to face our own mortality…I have often wondered if it would be better to go quickly and silently without any notice of my own end. Or if it would be better to know ahead of time and be able to get all of my affairs in order, say good bye to all my loved ones, enjoy the pleasures of my favorite meals or films one last time and I don’t know maybe have one last party before my eventual demise.
Newspaper Wars in a Trump World
One of the area’s longest-running bar bets is when Detroit will finally become a one-newspaper town. Given their embattled pasts and present, a better conversation might be how two papers have lasted so long. Some say that Detroit actually became a one-paper town a long time ago. They cite 1989, when the newspapers combined business operations, or the withering strike of 1995-97, or when the papers moved in together in 1998.
What it takes to make hyperlocal journalism work
AOL's decision to close or sell unprofitable Patch sites and lay off staffers has renewed attention to hyperlocal journalism in recent weeks. Dr. Michelle Ferrier, associate dean for innovation, research/creative activity and graduate studies at Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication, is tracking how the Patch changes have affected the hyperlocal news landscape.
The 7th Annual Altercation Punk Rock BBQ
Saturday March 18th at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin Texas, Altercation Records delivered another incredible day of punk rock fun at the 7th annual Altercation Punk Rock BBQ.
Book Reveals What Students Really Think About College Professors, Teaching - MediaShift
The last thing I needed was to have my journalism class publish a book on how college teaching can be better. No one wants to be the smarty-pants prof who presumes to school colleagues on teaching. The fact is, we all struggle with it. My initial reaction was a knee-jerk no. As you might guess, the idea came out of a meeting I did not attend.
Women's march on Lansing, Michigan (with images, tweets) · jobspage
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Tales of the Incredible Shrinking Pressman’s Hat
We read a lot about the incredible shrinking newspaper, but we see very little about the incredible shrinking newspaper hat. That's right, the traditional pressman's hat is being downsized right out of existence. Press operators used to be able to tear a page out of the paper and, with a few folds, turn it into a boxy, disposable cap that would protect them from airborne ink and paper dust that got onto and into everything inside a roaring pressroom.
Clinton, Cher to campaign at MSU (with images, tweets) · jobspage
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Author Visit: Coney Detroit
Detroit is the world capital of the coney island hot dog-a natural-casing hot dog topped with an all-meat beanless chili, chopped white onions, and yellow mustard. In Coney Detroit, authors Katherine Yung and Joe Grimm investigate all aspects of the beloved regional delicacy, which was created by Greek immigrants in the early 1900s.
What skills do journalists need to succeed in today’s newsrooms?
Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Shazna Nessa, a deputy managing editor at the Associated Press, joined us for this week's career chat. During the chat, she talked about the skills journalists need to succeed in the field and ways that they can make themselves more marketable.
Why ‘there has never been a better time to be in journalism’
Chris Seper, founder and CEO of MedCity Media, recently wrote that the best way to save a newspaper is to stop acting like one. Newspaper companies, he said, need to start thinking of themselves as being in the media business, not the newspaper business.
How journalists can build their own powerful brands
Dan Schawbel, author of "Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success" and "Me 2.0" and founder of Millennial Branding, talked to Poynter and a live chat audience about what a career brand is—and what it is not—and how journalists in particular can further the brands that make them unique in their newsroom or the marketplace. Strong journalistic brands do for people just what they do for companies, leading to greater reach and opportunity.
Scary Job-Hunting Tales for Halloween
For Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, I want to trick-or-treat you to some scary job-hunting stories. They are so bizarre they probably have no redeeming educational or nutritional value. All are true. * I once received an audio cassette tape from a job candidate. He had covered up the original title with masking tape and added his own title. It originally was a motivational tape. I was too scared to listen.
Journalism students aim to dispel myths about veterans - The Monitor: Us News
"A day of mourning doesn't square with 'happy,'" instructor Joe Grimm said. "They're thinking, 'I'm still here. My day is coming in November (on) Veterans Day.'" The book, available in print and digital versions, is the eighth that Grimm's classes have published. Others have covered Hispanics and Latinos, Native Americans, East Asians and Muslim Americans.
What Digital Skills Do Journalists Really Need?
Q. I come from a print background, but I’m trying to learn as many new multimedia skills as possible through a New Media Fellowship. What are the standards for “digital journalists” these days? For example, what are the skills/programs that you feel are necessary for employment as the industry changes? What are the tools journalists should arm themselves with?
Cultural competence, diversity tools for race, religion, ethnicity
To my hoped-for students: Michigan State students have a unique opportunity to become authors in a series of books that fight discrimination. So far, our Bias Busters series has published about 20 titles and sold about 15,000 copies. Become one of our authors. You can see most of our titles down the right side of this page. “On the way home” in Maysville, Ohio. We plan books for the fall and spring semesters of the 2020-2021 academic year. Yes, we can do this class online, if necessary.
Changing Our Mind
NEWS already is spreading that America’s leading evangelical Christian ethicist, Dr. David P. Gushee, has reversed his traditional opposition to LGBT relationships in a landmark book called, Changing Our Mind. One online news report about his new book racked up 42,000 mentions on Facebook by readers who understand the significance of this new stance by Dr. Gushee.
International student journalist?
Q: I know you’re extremely busy but this question is really important, and will affect my future career a great deal. I should have asked you before. English is not my first language and I don’t have U.S. citizenship. I’m an international student from Vietnam. My dream is to cover Vietnam for wire services, such as the AP. But for now, I need a newsroom job in the U.S. and I also can’t go back to Vietnam and work as a reporter anyway, due to state regulation.
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