How I Fell in Love with Cronkite
The first time I heard about Cronkite was one of my visits to the United States Embassy in my home country Sierra Leone, after I had received my acceptance notice …
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Reuniting with the Land of Sun Devils and Forks
Coming back is always a challenge. Imagine these situations: encountering an ex-lover in your 20s, resettling in your hometown, or stepping back into a former workplace. Even mid-career journalists aren’t …
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Americans on the Road
The United States is a country of automobiles, and cars are a part of American culture. One can see drive-thru restaurants and coffee shops all over the U.S. Even banking …
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From China – Uganda – Albania to AZ, USA. The “Game Changers” Among Us
When Siqi Yao confirmed her Hubert Humphrey Fellowship she knew she would be disrupting her life in Beijing, China. She was leaving her husband behind and moving to the other …
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The Global Me, Pakistan and My Family
By Shabbir Sarwar EARTH PLANET: Canadian scholar Marshal McLuhan in his books ‘The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964), discussed how the world has been contracted into a village …
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Blog is based on chapter Finding the Courage to Cover Sexual Violence by Frank Smyth in a book “Attacks on the Press 2014 edition”. Reviewed by Alexis Macklin. Covering sexual …
Finding the courage to cover sexual violence Read MoreLeadership lessons from the American Civil War
By Andrew Romanov The United States of American and the Confederate States of America—the American Civil War pitted the two against each other in a violent war of “North” against “South.” …
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This historical kiss of the leaders (Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic) kept the Berlin wall alive 28 years. Germany, as a country, was divided both ideologically and physically. The …
Berlin Wall: from kiss to kiss Read MoreDefining Leadership
Andrew Romanov is a student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication earning both his bachelors and masters degrees concurrently. He hopes to work in the communications …
Defining Leadership Read MoreWordCamp Phoenix: a learning community
by Ivana Braga Spending a weekend learning about blogging doesn’t look fun at first glance. But, if it is a WordCamp, definitely go for it. My first WordCamp Phoenix took place on …
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