Archive for July, 2012
President Obama Speeds Tribal Homeownership
WASHINGTON ampndash On Monday President Barack Obama signed the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership HEARTH Act This historic Act allows American Indian tribes to lease restricted lands for residential business public religious educational or recreational purposes without the
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Journalist Guy Adams responds to Twitter account suspension which came after he tweeted the email address of NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel
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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – how to get more Facebook likes, comments and shares
Tweet “Social media scientist” Dan Zarrella last month published a study which looked at data on more than 1.3 million posts published on the top 10,000 pages on Facebook. His infographic is worth a look and there are a few lessons in there for social media managers charged with managing a news outlet’s Facebook page. For example, the charts show how photos generate the greatest number of ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ and ‘text’ posts encourages comments.
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AntiObama Hate on Social Media Soars
The legion of web sites bloggers talk show jocks and the occasional GOP official that has teed off on President Obama and at times Michelle Obama with assorted borderline racist digs taunts and depictions have been relentless The offensive remarks
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In Buddhist Myanmar Monks Gone Wild
For a country steeped in Buddhism Myanmar is accruing terrible karmic debts Alarming news and images of attacks and killings by the Buddhist majority in Rakhine Province against a Muslim minority there have been slowly trickling out onto the
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quotPeoples Pensionquot Author Calls to Cut Social Security Would Most Hurt Ethnic Families
Photo President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is shown signing Social Security into law in 1935WASHINGTON DCAlthough Social Security has been the benchmark of the Democrat Party since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it into law 77 years ago this August 14
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The platform, which produces profile visuals, could be used by journalists to showcase their experience and work alongside social media presence
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The Telegraph | The Independent | The New York Times | AP In an email to the U.K.’s Telegraph, NBC vice president for communications Chris McCloskey said Twitter flagged Guy Adams’ critical tweets about the network’s Olympics coverage… Read more
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Jayson Blair on Jonah Lehrer fabrications: ‘There’s probably more than what we’ve seen so far’
Salon | The Daily Beast | The Wrap | BuzzFeed | The New York Times Because he fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan, Jonah Lehrer left his job at The New Yorker, and his publisher is recalling his book.… Read more
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Photo President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is shown signing Social Security into law in 1935WASHINGTON DCAlthough Social Security has been the benchmark of the Democratic Party since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it into law 77 years ago efforts to curtail
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