An inside look at what's going on in the state of Georgia, with a primary focus on business and economic development, politics, higher education, sports business, and general features.
Welcome to GHSBB 2013-2014!
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Welcome to Season #4 of the Georgia High School Basketball Blog! Before
moving on to the 2013-2014 basketball season, let’s take a moment to
quickly recogn...
Finding your voice
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You’ve heard the advice before: Be conversational, sound like a human
being, don’t just read–communicate! But where do you start? For Carrie
Johnson, NPR...
How we can instantly create a trending topic
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When The Breaking News Network mobilizes its 350 city Twitter feeds to
tweet a message, it can often get the message up to Twitter trending topics
accordin...
It’s the racism, stupid
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Every current and common explanation for the reelection of Donald Trump —
whether inflation or immigration, culture wars or campaign tactics, blaming
Har...
COMJIG AEJMC 2024 Call for Panels
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COMJIG is looking for panel interest for our interest group's conference
agenda at AEJMC 2024 next August in Philadelphia. Think of subjects that
piqu...
NYT Local Experiments Grow with FWIX
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The FWIX partnership is part of the expanding local experimentation of the
Times and tells us lots about the Times' strategic direction, its
multi-front co...
From patient to survivor
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Survivor (noun): One who continues to live after illness, accident or war.
"So when do I go from patient to survivor," I asked my oncologist earlier
this...
Headlines
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Seems like the Douglas County Sentinel is improving...actually writing
about crime news and problems our county has...such as the BOE is the
second highest...
Election 2014 - Final Thoughts
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My being undecided, "independent", non-partisan is something of a glib
inside joke in certain political circles, but as I stood in the voting
kiosk yesterd...
Sen. Albers Hosts Town Hall Meeting Series
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TweetATLANTA (February 14, 2012) – Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) will host a
Town Hall Meeting Series throughout the months of March and April to offer
cons...
What to Ask of Your Plumbing Company
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Think back to the last time you bought a car if you will, remember the
items you looked at, the questions you asked, and how confident you felt
when you wa...
דיקור פוריות: מזונות לפוריות
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דיקור סיני נמצא כיום בשימוש נרחב כדי לסייע בבעיות פוריות. הרפואה הסינית
משתמשת גם בתזונה יחד עם דיקור להגברת הפוריות. להלן מספר טיפים להגברת
הפוריות: מומלץ...
Atlanta's Historic Row Houses
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My parents periodically had out of state friends visit us, and of course,
we always took them to see the sites. In the late 1960s and 70s the sites
include...
Green Olive's Top 40 Meals & Drinks Of 2019
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Let's just call 2019 the *Year Of The Pepperoni Cup...*so many worthy
newcomers to the list. While we lost a couple of New York classics
(Barbuto, The Joh...
Rolling for Heroes
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On Saturday, September 7, 2013, bikers came out to support Healing 4 Heroes
in their 3rd annual "Rollin' for Heroes" Remembrance Ride in Newnan, GA.
We h...
Greater Decatur
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A new site called "Greater Decatur" has emerged to be the organ for a
"Greater Decatur" organization. The URL is http://www.greaterdecaturga.com.
The first...
Immune-Boosting Foods
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You will find “germs” everywhere, and we’re exposed to them daily. Since
our immune systems normally get the job done effectively, these germs
normally d...
Business time
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Don’t ask me what’s up with this blog. Instead, read a story that I
arguably should have written two years ago. I’m at the Hyatt Hotel in
Buckhead. It’s t...
A-game Want to Finish Social Distancing
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Stocks ended up estimated to expand reductions Monday since the usa entered
the in a few days at its own fight versus a coronavirus pandemic that’s
murde...
Obama and the long con
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Wednesday's Daily Show included a fantastic takedown of the hyperbole that
so often dominates our national politics. At least, a takedown of some
Republica...
What’s in Your Bag with John Lehmann
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John Lehmann is award winning photojournalist with the Globe and Mail in
Canada. John shares with Munetake Kayo what he carries while working, and
why he c...
Videographer job at University of Texas System
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Matt Flores, a former colleague at the San Antonio Express-News, called me
today asking if I know anyone interested in a videographer position at the
Unive...
New Year, New You
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The New Year is upon us, and with it comes the tradition of resolutions for
the new year. With weight loss being the #1 New Year’s Reso...
An inside peek at Silicon Valley for media leaders
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In recent years, I have conducted media-and-technology study tours in New
York, London and Silicon Valley for high-level publishing executives. This
year, ...
WellCommons: revolution under the radar
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[A version of this appears on News Leadership 3.0, the Knight Digital Media
Center blog on innovation, transformation and news leadership.] Last week,
Well...
Acel Moore, Icon and Pioneer, Dies at 75
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February 13, 2016
[image: Acel Moore]Longtime Philly columnist was left paralyzed in 2010
(2/13/16); Gwen Ifill wins in candidates' debate; Obama live fr...
Bible Quotes About War
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Read these wonderful Bible Quotes About War and learn what the scriptures
have to say about War – going to war, experiencing war, living in war.
Learn a...
Is the tide starting to turn?
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There are a couple of items of good news floating around. First, we have
the decision by the Orange County Register to invest more in local news
coverage. ...
Lee May raises some reasonable points in mailer
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I got an e-mail recently from Lee May’s office concerning the lack of rail
service into South DeKalb. What was nice to see was his lack of enthusiasm
for a...
New stuff on GitHub and YouTube
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Most of my work time is now spent writing code tutorials for journalism
students and making videos for them.
If you want to follow my recent work, I sugg...
Social Media Done Right Is Reverse Narcissism
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I often get asked to speak to journalists and student groups about social
media and how they should be using it. This is, to say the least, a broad
topic. ...
Jake Batsell on engagement journalism
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PBS MediaSift has a thoughtful Q & A today with Jake Batsell and his new
book on engaged journalism.
Jake shared his research in some more detail in The C...
What’s on the final exam?
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It’s the last week of classes for the fall semester at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Final exams are ahead. Here is what’s on the exam in MEJO 557 (News
Editing): You m...
Week 6 Picks Survive and Advance
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Post by William
What an awful season I'm having. 4-5-2 last week. 25-28-2 for the season.
On a happier note.... BEST Fball Saturday I've seen in a long tim...
UWG Spring 2012 Graduates
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Acworth GA Alyssa Rae Eberhard, BSED in Early Childhood Education
Acworth GA Ashley Nicole Hanks BA in Chemistry (BA)
Acworth GA Karina Erin Hernandez BSN...
Grand Funk Railroad. Just Because.
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My blog is usually about media or political knowledge or polling or local
politics. Today, because it's my blog dammit and I can do what I want, I
turn to ...
Twitter’s a Dumpster Fire, But I Can’t Not Use It
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It’s not the best time to expound on Twitter’s benefits for writers. The
hot takes on journalists’ ill-informed initial tweets about the Covington
Cathol...