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NASA is Reaching Out to Promote and Increase Contracts with Small Businesses
Last year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spent nearly $5.5 billion dollars on contracts related to small businesses. Some $2.7 billion or 16.5 percent of total procurements involved… Read More
Current “Hyper-Racial” Culture is Covered Full-time by AP Reporter Errin Whack
In November 2017, Errin Whack was appointed to be the Race and Ethnicity Writer for the Associated Press. She works closely with the Race and Ethnicity team dedicated to covering… Read More
Get a View from Behind-the-Camera in Cable & Network News: Role of Producer
A producer works behind-the-scenes and in the control room helping to write and direct the way the news is presented by the talent. It is an important and vital role… Read More
Inside the Mind of the Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Jack Ohman
Editorial cartoonists, in the heyday of newspapers, were plentiful. Now the group is down to only 50 nationwide and that number is being threatened by slow extinction. One of the… Read More
Medical School Curriculum is Revolutionized to Keep Pace with Today’s Living
Since 2014, the faculty and staff of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have been developing a new medical school curriculum called the “Pathways to Health and Wellness… Read More
Was N. Korean Summit All Glitz and No Substance? — TIME Reporter Analyzes
The meeting in Singapore between President Donald Trump and N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un was most assuredly historic. It was the first time that a N. Korean leader had… Read More
Mexico & USA are Coming Together Not Apart says ‘Vanishing Frontiers’ Author
As we feel racial tension from the White House and hear immigration horror stories from President Donald Trump’s Administration, it is refreshing to have a true scholar publish a book… Read More
American Politics Through a Camera Lens: Viewpoint of Former NYT Photographer
For 25 years, Stephen Crowley was one of two “New York Times” (NYT) photographers stationed in Washington to cover the White House, the President, and Congress. Being a politically-minded guy… Read More
Cesarean Sections Account for One-Third of the Baby Deliveries in the USA
Medical historian Jacqueline H. Wolf, a professor at Ohio University, has just authored a new book tracing the history of the use of Cesarean Section baby deliveries in the United… Read More
The Tangled Trump-Russia Web Ensnares as Attorney Cohen’s Story Unfolds
As if the tangled and muddled web of potential Russian collusion and conspiracy with Americans to interfere in the 2016 Presidential Election was not confusing enough, we now have the… Read More
Investigative Reporting Hits the Grassroots through Non-profit Journalism
Investigative journalism is not the sole province of only big-city newspapers like the “New York Times” or the “Washington Post.” Instead, it is starting to flourish at the grassroots level… Read More
Award-winning Journalist Studies Today’s Climate Change by Looking at the Past
Andrew Revkin has spent his professional career covering environmental issues and writing about them contemporaneously. However, his most recent book, just published in May 2018, tracks climate change by looking… Read More
Big City London Reporter/Editor Visits & Studies American Small Town & Cities
Journalist Leo Mirani has spent his life in big cities. He worked for the Guardian in Mumbai, India – a city with a metropolitan population of over 22 million people…. Read More
Internet Pioneer is both Optimistic & Cautious about New Cyber Developments
Dr. Steve Crocker was there for the birth of the Internet. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was part of the group that developed the protocols for the… Read More
What Does It Mean to be a “Progressive” in Today’s Political Landscape?
The term “liberal” seems to be fading from the political lexicon. Instead, daily, we, as voters, are bombarded with the term “progressive.” We constantly hear of progressive versus mainstream candidates…. Read More
Artificial Intelligence: Is it Biased in Law Enforcement & Court Usage?
Artificial Intelligence quickly is becoming a greater part of our lives. Algorithms already trace our digital footprints and routinely send us targeted advertising and social media content compatible with our… Read More
With Seriousness and Satire, Top Scholar Examines Climate Change in Trump Era
The serious side of Dr. Michael E. Mann approaches his battle with the climate change deniers in the Trump Administration with scholarly excellence. But, the author side of Dr. Mann… Read More
From Travails to Triumph: A Woman NYC Chef Who Persisted Through Adversity
In the early 1970s, Madeline Carvalho Lanciani traveled from suburban Dayton, Ohio to New York City as a young woman with dreams of being an opera singer. After many twists… Read More
Is “Fake News” an Accurate Description of Today’s Media Landscape?
“Fake News” is a term that does not have one definite meaning. Its definition is fluid depending on who is using it to describe news coverage, says an assembled team… Read More
Syria is Beleaguered by Internal Wars and External Interventions, says Expert
This month the civil war in Syria will enter its eighth year of fighting. More than 400,000 have been killed, nearly 1 million injured and over one-third of the nation’s… Read More
“Black Girls Matter”- Study Shows Black Middle School Girls Get Disciplined More Often than White Students
Students of color, students who don’t know English well and LGBTQ students are “vastly over-represented among students who face school disciplinary actions,” says Dr. Lisa Harrison and Dr. Theda Gibbs-Grey… Read More
Recent Indictments Show Russia Sows Discord in America, Russia Expert Says
Russia intended to support candidates against Hillary Clinton- the object of Vladimir Putin’s hatred, says expert on Russia, Dr. Steven Miner, scholar, author and professor in the Contemporary History Institute… Read More
Hometown Journalists Add to Poverty Problems of Their Areas, Scholar Says
Often Appalachian natives decry the “drive by journalists” from big cities that come to small Appalachia towns just to capture pictures and depictions of poverty, unemployment, drug addiction and squalid… Read More
We Look Behind the Washington Headlines with NPR Security Editor
The news in Washington D.C. regarding the investigation of the Trump campaign for possible conspiracy with Russians in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice on the part of… Read More
Booming Gaming Industry is Expanding to Include Healthcare, Education & Finance
The days of video or computer games being just for the entertainment of a small segment of our population are over. The gaming industry is exploding and developing beyond the… Read More
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