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Archives for May 21st, 2012
It really isn’t all that difficult
What is journalism? These first graders know. Thanks to the PBS “NewsHour” and April Brown.
tags: journalism
The first Bond ‘Skyfall’ trailer
This is for my oldest son, Adam, a big James Bond fan (OK, so I am, too). We’re both looking forward to the new Daniel Craig Bond movie, “Skyfall,” this fall. This is the trailer.
category: steveklein, video
The view from Planet Money
I don’t look at the NPR website as often as I should. Here are just a few recent stories and info graphics that help make sense of our lives and world: 50 years of government spending What America buys What America sells to the world What America does for work All four come from NPR’s […]
tags: NPR, Planet Money
The essence of science
Here’s how the world works in a nutshell: guess, compute, compare, experiment. This thanks to a lecture by Cornell physics professor Richard Feynman in 1964.
category: steveklein, video
tags: Richard Feynman, science
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- Apple Music Replay 2024: How to get it December 3, 2024Apple's Replay experience for your 2024 in music is here. But how do you get it?
- The Wordle archive is gone, but you can still find past Wordle answers here December 3, 2024With pressure from owner The New York Times, all Wordle archives have been shut down. But we provide you with a list of recent past Wordle answers.
- What is Wordle? Heres everything you need to know. December 3, 2024'Wordle' is a browser-based video game purchased by the New York Times. Players try to guess the answer, a hidden word, using reasoning and process-of-elimination clues.
- NYT Connections today: Hints, answers for December 3, 2024 December 3, 2024Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.
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The place to meet on the Fairfax campus
The George Mason statue is kitty-corner to the Johnson Center and the Mason Pond Parking Deck, where guests can easily park on the first three levels (Fairfax campus map). As soon-to-be emeritus faculty, I'm always happy to meet with friends and my former Mason students on campus.
Alum Kevin McCarthy at work
Film critic and GMU alum Kevin McCarthy encouraged students during his many visits to my GMU classes to pursue internships and "get noticed!" See some of Kevin's terrific interviews on his Nerd Tears website.
The One Thing
So, as Billy Crystal asked Jack Palance in "City Slickers," what's "The One Thing"? To find out, just contact me by email to set up a "Journalism for the Rest of Us" seminar, workshop or program.