BULLETIN BOARD

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Event: Intro to Sunlight Foundation’s Politwoops
When: August 26, 2014 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C
TWOOPS! Did your favorite politician's fingers skitter a little too quickly across that keyboard? Anthony Weiner isn't the only politician who's learned the perils of social media. Now that elected officials are using new methods to communicate with voters, it can be revealing to see what they wished they hadn't said. Spend an hour learning about the Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops, a tool that tracks deleted tweets by politicians. Learn how you can use it to improve coverage of your beat (and have a few laughs in the process). Registration is $5 NPC members; $10 public. http://www.press.org/events/intro-sunlight-foundations-politwoops

Event: Society of Environmental Journalists – 24th Annual Conference
When: September 3-7, 2014
Where: New Orleans, LA
The Society of Environmental Journalists is holding its annual environmental journalism conference in New Orleans from September 3-7, 2014. Many of the world's top environmental journalists and other environment professionals will convene for rich panel sessions, workshops and tours in the field in one of the nation's best examples of urban disaster and recovery. The conference theme is Risk and Resilience and will address many pressing relevant topics, including climate change, drilling for oil and gas, coastal restoration and fisheries, as well as the dangers involved in reporting disasters. As usual, there will be network lunches and beat dinners, and many opportunities for learning about the journalism craft and FOIA issues. Businesses, journalism schools and nonprofits are encouraged to take advantage of price-friendly exhibit and advertising options available up to one week before the conference. Register on the website: http://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/AC2014-agenda

Event: The Newswomen's Club Front Page Awards 2014
When: Entries due no later than September 5, 2014
Where: New York, NY
The Newswomen's Club of New York is now accepting entries for The Front Page Awards 2014. The Front Page Awards, established in 1937-1938, are among the most prestigious in journalism and one of the few awards in the world that expressly recognize journalistic excellence by newswomen, including reporters, photographers, and columnists. Entries must have been published or broadcast between September 1, 2013 and August 31, 2014. Rules, competition categories, and entry form can be found online at http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/front-page-awards-application-2014/.
We are looking forward to seeing your entries this year. Please contact newswomensclub@verizon.net with any questions about entering the awards and to reserve tickets and tables for our gala awards dinner on November 13.

CABLEVISION HAS HIGHEST RATES

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Cablevision is charging their Tri-State customers the highest monthly service fees in the entire United States, according to International Business Times.

According to the IBT article, area wide Cablevision customers pay $152.72 per month. Comcast charges the next highest average monthly fees at $137.24, and Verizon FIOS customers pay the third-highest average monthly fees at $122.57.

Cablevision fees increased by 5.5 percent last year, which is more than twice the rate of US inflation.

STOP THE MADNESS NOW

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Racial divisions are caused by deep rooted ignorance. It is no longer acceptable to avoid equality. It is time to face the challenges of a developing interracial society.

It does not matter whether it is an Islamic State involved in mass killings and executions of prisoners that could amount to war crimes, stopping refugees near borders, or public safety officials shooting and killing unarmed citizens.

Three quarters of white Americans don't have any non-white friends http://wapo.st/1rvkK3g pic.twitter.com/lagrdN3sbC

CALIFORNIA QUAKE

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A strong California earthquake has caused injuries and plenty of damage. The 6.0 quake is the largest to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in over 25 years.

The quake sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands in California's wine country on Sunday.

Beheader Identified

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British intelligence officials have reportedly identified the British Jihadi fighter who is suspected of murdering American journalist James Foley, according to The Sunday Times.

The masked man with a London accent is known to fellow fighters as “Jihadi John”, was seen in the shocking video of Foley’s death released by the Isis extremist army last week.

This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Aug 24 - Aug 30

Aug 24, 79
Vesuvius erupts. After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of history. In the 18th century, Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered and excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of the everyday life of an ancient civilization, startlingly preserved in sudden death.

Aug 25, 1835
The Great Moon Hoax. On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles announcing the supposed discovery of life on the moon appears in the New York Sun newspaper. Known collectively as "The Great Moon Hoax," the articles were supposedly reprinted from the Edinburgh Journal of Science. The byline was Dr. Andrew Grant, described as a colleague of Sir John Herschel, a famous astronomer of the day. Herschel had in fact traveled to Capetown, South Africa, in January 1834 to set up an observatory with a powerful new telescope. As Grant described it, Herschel had found evidence of life forms on the moon, including such fantastic animals as unicorns, two-legged beavers and furry, winged humanoids resembling bats. The articles also offered vivid description of the moon's geography, complete with massive craters, enormous amethyst crystals, rushing rivers and lush vegetation.

DOSE OF NEWS

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Whether you’re a professional journalist, a citizen reporter, an independent blogger, a news junkie, or anyone else who values current events and the latest information content in the broadest sense of the word, here’s a site that will gain popularity and earn trust.

www.doseofnews.com

NYC LOCAL CRIME

NYPD 45th PRECINCT - JULY 2014

Crime data is provided in map format for the, “seven major NYS Penal Law felonies” (Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter, Rape, Robbery, Felonious Assault, Burglary, Grand Larceny and Grand Larceny Motor Vehicle.

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Digital Media Lowers Social Skills

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In today’s world, digital media use begins at a very early age and takes up a large proportion of the informal learning environment, making it essential to assess the effects of the substantial amount of time children engage with media.

A new study provides evidence that, in five days of being limited to in-person interaction without access to any screen-based or media device for communication, preteens improved on measures of nonverbal emotion understanding, significantly more than a control group.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOMS

City Island Images condemns the brutal beheading of journalist James Foley. Jim was captured by pro-Qadaffi forces in Libya back in 2011 and held for six weeks. He had been with three other journalists when they came under fire near Brega. South African photographer Anton Hammer was killed.

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