January 2010
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“We are helping developing countries to feed themselves, and continuing the fight...”
– President Barack Obama on global health in the 2010 State of the Union address.
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Some Articles About The American Journalism Coming...
Mediaite Speaks With Anderson Cooper: “The Rest Of The World Feels Extraordinarily Far Away” (Krakauer, Mediaite, 1/26). Mediaite spoke to Cooper today (instead of “Back From Haiti” it’s “Still In Haiti”) while he traveled from “mass graves” to the Hotel Montana, where people are “digging for Americans foreign nationals.”
Disaster Coverage Without Having to Roll Up the Sleeves (Trebay, New York...
WatchWhile China has a surplus of bachelors (24 million guys who won’t be able to get hitched), the U.S. has almost the opposite problem: a deficit of eligible bachelors. That’s the point raised in this discussion excerpt featuring journalist Emily Bazelon and Ann Althouse, a University of Wisconsin law professor.
Do the Reporters in Haiti Have Their Own Food and... →
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WatchIn this TED talk, Cameron Sinclair, founder of Architecture for Humanity, discusses how migrant construction workers are affected by major global real estate projects that go bust.