As a university student intern for The Washington Post and later as a media professional, I worked hard and participated in dangerous assignments for a few major news media organizations for many years, and I only knew one way to produce news and information content. It was to follow a template that had been in place for years, and to work inside the system the fourth estate was built upon.
Event: Advanced Facebook for Journalists: How to make the social network work for you.
When: September 23, 2014, 10:00 – 11:00am
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington, D.C.
Learn how to leverage Facebook to bolster your reporting and your brand with Don Seymour, Facebook’s Politics & Government Outreach Manager. This hour-long class includes an overview of Facebook and the resources it offers to journalists. Seymour will cover how to create an effective public Page, and will review best practices including how to break news and engage with your audience. Registration is $5 NPC members; $10 public. Register: http://bit.ly/1qIZXWl
Event: SPJ/Deadline Club Media Mixer
When: September 23, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Where: The Cutting Room, 44 E. 32nd St. (between Park & Madison), New York, NY
Join us at the Deadline Club's free media networking mixer at The Cutting Room, one of New York's trendiest nightclubs. Tuesday, September 23, 6-9 pm, at 44 E. 32nd St. (between Park & Madison). Cash bar, starting with a Happy Hour! Hors d'oeuvres available. Please RSVP.
Event: Behind the Scenes: Cyber Security Skills for Journalists - A Three-Day Workshop
When: September 25, 6:30 – 8:00pm; September 27, 9:00 – 3:30pm; October 11, 9:00 3:30P
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C.
Now more than ever, it is imperative that all journalists equip themselves with the skills they need to protect their sensitive digital reporting information from prying eyes. The series will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, 6:30 to 8 p.m. (seminar only); Saturday, Sept. 27, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Skills that will be studied in the hands-on Saturday workshops include: how to anonymize Internet traffic; encrypt instant messaging, video chat, and audio chat; security on mobile phones; and securely storing and transferring your files. http://www.press.org/events/cyber-security-skills-journalists
The Rockefeller Fund has announced big plans to switch it's investments to 'Clean Energy'.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has been working to better align its endowed assets with its mission, when the board approved a commitment of up to 10 percent of the endowment to investments consistent with the foundation's Sustainable Development program goals.
Stephen Heintz, president of the Fund, announced its decision to divest from fossil fuels at a press conference in New York City on September 22, 2014, one day before world leaders convene at the UN Climate Summit.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the passing of Mr. How Zoen Fong, founder of the Commercial Press, and to commemorate the extraordinary life and achievements of this preeminent pioneer of modern publishing in China, the Renwen Society at China Institute and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University will jointly hold a book launch of A Pioneer Remembered: A Biography of How Zoen Fong and symposium on October 4, 2014 at Columbia University.
MAVEN now is a moon of Mars. It will help earthlings understand just why the red planet is so different than our own blue-green world.
MAVEN’s real job now begins. When the science starts MAVEN will analyze the atmosphere and space environment of Mars, which is a primary mission to understand just why Mars used to have a thick atmosphere, and no longer does.
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Worldwide leaders and thousands of New Yorkers stood up for climate change now is The People's Climate March in New York City on Sunday.
Marches also took place in Paris, London and many other cities around the world. Celebrities attended these events as well. The march was scheduled days before world leaders convene at the U.N. headquarters to discuss climate change.
Fall begins on September 23rd in the Northern Hemisphere, or would that be Autumn? They are both
interchangeably known as fall in the US and Canada, this is one of the four temperate seasons.
Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, in September or in March for the Southern Hemisphere when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier and the temperature cools considerably. One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees as they pave way for further growth.
This Week in History, Sep 21 - Sep 27
Sep 21, 1780
Benedict Arnold commits treason. On this day in 1780, during the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous with the word "traitor."
Sep 22, 1862
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, shortly after Lincoln's inauguration as America's 16th president, he maintained that the war was about restoring the Union and not about slavery. He avoided issuing an anti-slavery proclamation immediately, despite the urgings of abolitionists and radical Republicans, as well as his personal belief that slavery was morally repugnant. Instead, Lincoln chose to move cautiously until he could gain wide support from the public for such a measure.
Sep 23, 1875
Billy the Kid arrested for first time. On this day in 1875, Billy the Kid is arrested for the first time after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.
The exact details of Billy the Kid's birth are unknown, other than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York. As a child, he had no relationship with his father and moved around with his family, living in Indiana, Kansas, Colorado and Silver City, New Mexico. His mother died in 1874 and Billy the Kid—who went by a variety of names throughout his life, including Kid Antrim and William Bonney—turned to crime soon afterward.
Today, Sunday world leaders are in New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.