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Aim for the Heart-Third Edition
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- Ethics by Al
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Editing and Writing
Storm Tools for Journalists
About Al
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Month: May 2014

A Quiet Simple Story Based on Still Photos

May 22, 2014 al

Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko from Walley Films on Vimeo.

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When Does Privacy Win Over News Interest?

NPR interviewed me for their story.

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The next generation of journalism graduates is ready to fight
In a world of diminishing job prospects, AI, low pay and government hostility toward the press, is studying journalism worth it? Here’s what current journalism students think. By Sydney McGarr The outlook for aspiring journalists is increasingly uncertain. Layoffs ripple through major U.S. newsrooms, local papers shutter at an alarming rate, politicians sharpen their attacks on […]

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