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Entries for August, 2011 in Demographics & Dockets
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
If you've ever seen a journalist at work, then you've seen this notebook. It's a white, skinny tablet that is often spotted in our back pockets as we multitask shooting video or photos ,or it can be seen in our ...
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
That's the conversation I had with a source while working on a story about the recently erected Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington D.C. Having marched with King and lived during the time of Jim Crow and the Civil ...
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MLK Jr. monument ---Seeking members of Alpha Phi Alpha
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Hi everyone, I'm working on my story about the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington D.C. In doing so, I'm looking for local members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to comment. The idea of creating a monument first originated ...
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White Miss. teen Deryl Dedmon could face death penalty in hit-and-run killing of black man
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
By now, I’m sure many of you have heard the sad and shocking story about Mississippi resident James Craig Anderson. But in case you haven’t, here’s the story: Anderson, 49 and black, died from injuries sustained after being run over ...
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Lockup: Richmond, Jester Unit --- Shaking hands with a convicted killer
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Some of you may have read a post of mine last week about a pending interview I had with a prison inmate on Friday. I told y'all I would share my thoughts on the experience so here it is: First ...
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
The last couple of years have been marked with major milestones for African-Americans. Eric Holder was confirmed as the first African-American U.S. Attorney-General. Ursula Burns, Chairman and CEO of Xerox, became the first black woman to head a Fortune 500 ...
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By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
No, this title is not a misprint, and no, this is not a new season of the popular MSNBC Lockup series. But it is where I'll be tomorrow afternoon. My interaction with prisons and prisoners has been limited. Other than ...
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¿Habla Español? 您講普通話 Parlez-vous francais?
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Sprechen Sie Deutsches? 당신은 한국어를 말한다 Do you speak English? No matter what language you speak, communication is important. People's inability to communicate with one another, can lead to a plethora of repercussions ranging from inability of doctors to provide ...
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Public Records Requests aka Another way for Journalists to be in your business
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
As journalists, it is our job to dig as deep as possible for information on stories. Whether it is digging through mounds of court records, staking out our sources or using the Internet for computer-assisted reporting, we are constantly using ...
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Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand...
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
...Make this world a better place if you can singing out of tune in my best Diana Ross voice No, this blog post is not a tribute to the Motown singer's 1970 debut solo single, even though it was a ...
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Mas sobre quinceaneras...articulos interesantes
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
I'm finishing up on my quinceanera story, but in the meantime here are some links to other interesting perspectives on quinceaneras of today: http://www.denverpost.com/dontmiss/ci_13279086 http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/community/2011/03/21/texas-quinceaneras-remain-recession-proof-industry/
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It's my quince, and I'll cry if I want to...
By Gheni_Platenburg in Demographics & Dockets
Ha Ha. I know it may sound kind of corny, but I've wanted to say that since I began working on my story about quinceaneras. Coincidentally, as I'm putting my story together, I am vividly recalling memories from my source's ...