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Personal Democracy Forum 2013

June 13, 2013 //
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All of my reporting on the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City last weekend.

A full story for PBS MediaShift:

With reports that the National Security Agency is amassing data from Internet and phone companies, jokes abounded at the 10th annual Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) in New York City on June 6 and 7, especially when the list of sponsors for PDF sounded like a tally of NSA’s tech titan collaborators — Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc.

But against the backdrop of Silicon Valley and government snooping on citizens, speakers held “big data” in high regard and pointed to a number of technologies that had the potential to amass tons of raw data for analysis and democratization.

A bunch of photos:

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A dispatch on “Mediatwits”

And a reflective essay for the American University Career Center on how I was able to go:

Interning can be expensive. Living, eating, transportation. It makes it hard for people of limited resources to have the opportunity to intern. That’s why a federal judge on June 11 ruled, with potential implications for the intern market, that, in one case, interns should have been paid for doing work.

I’m lucky to be supported financially during my internships. But transportation, especially to conferences, turned out to be the most expensive part for me.

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Chilean president pledges economic liberalization

June 7, 2013 //
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Chilean President Sebastián Piñera at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. June 4. Photo by Zach C. Cohen.

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. June 4. Photo by Zach C. Cohen.

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‘When the intern gets the final say’

June 6, 2013 //
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It’s odd when the intern’s the boss.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been editing PBS MediaShift’s Daily Must Reads, a collection of the latest news in media innovation and journalism industry trends. Though it often requires me making simple edits such as checking links and deleting commas, I often make much more substantive calls, such as nixing or pitching stories.

Julie Keck, our social media and newsletter author, typically takes my recommendations. Though she’s been working for MediaShift (and working in general) much longer than I have, I often have the final say.

Read the full story here.

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New majority of Americans support marijuana legalization

May 31, 2013 //
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See 1:44 of this week’s edition of “Latin Pulse” for my story on new research out of the Brookings Institution and the implications for Latin American foreign policy.

Also, I was on C-SPAN!

The author, featured in a screen capture of C-SPAN coverage of the Brookings Institution event called, "The Politics of Marijuana Legalization." To the author's left, John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin America.

The author, featured in a screen capture of C-SPAN coverage of a Brookings Institution event called, “The Politics of Marijuana Legalization.” To the author’s left, John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin America.

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‘Podcasting from a grocery store’

May 28, 2013 //
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My first time on the “Mediatwits” podcast was last week. Take a look behind the scenes at my tech issues, and check out the episode itself.

AU Career Center Blog 5.28.13

As I take on more responsibilities at PBS MediaShift, I’ve had to improvise a bit. For an internship about the digital revolution of media, the irony that the digital media revolted is inescapable.

For example, I was on vacation when I needed to join the “Mediatwits” podcast. Mark Glaser, my editor, had me sharing screenshots of the stories and websites the team was talking about.

I would have also contributed to the conversation myself, but I ran into some technical issues.

Read the rest of the story here.

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‘In a Fragmented Media Market, New Jersey Hopes to Thrive’

May 24, 2013 //
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[View the story “New Jersey: A Laboratory for Media Innovation” on Storify]

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‘Coke machine vandalism suspect arrested’

May 18, 2013 //
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A screen capture of The Eagle's home page on May 18, which features the author's story.

A screen capture of The Eagle’s home page on May 18, which features the author’s story.

The Department of Public Safety arrested Gray Leonard April 9 in connection with the vandalism of two Coca-Cola vending machines in Ward Circle Building, according to Public Safety and D.C. court documents.

Leonard, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, was charged with destruction of property worth under $1,000, a minor misdemeanor, according to AU Public Safety investigator Keith Gray.

Leonard pleaded not guilty to the charges of destruction of property, according to D.C. Superior Court documentation of Leonard’s case.

Read the rest of the story here. 

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‘Media Blast Feds for Secretly Obtaining Records on AP Phone Lines’

May 16, 2013 //
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ify homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author's story.

A screenshot of the Storify homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author’s story.

I published my first piece for PBS MediaShift today, compiling the social media and press clippings of the ongoing controversy regarding a Justice Department probe of AP phone records.

The Associated Press announced Monday that the Department of Justice had obtained two months of phone records from its journalists in New York; Washington, D.C.; and Hartford, Conn.

The DOJ sent the AP a letter last week stating that it secretly spied on 20 phone lines, some of which were used by five reporters and an editor who worked on a story about a foiled Yemeni bomb plot, which the AP believes may have been the unstated motive for the DOJ’s actions.

A screenshot of the PBS MediaShift homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author's story.

A screenshot of the PBS MediaShift homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author’s story.

Read the rest of the story here.

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