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faraichideya

How celebs make deals and navigate the social media space (@LadyGaga and @50Cent): ow.ly/beUdQ 7 minutes ago via HootSuite
I can't run fast enough for a runner's high but I get an endorphin rush from swimming. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
RT @nytimes: Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years for War Crimes nyti.ms/L4JZzV about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
I'm looking for serious feeds that track innovation in: permaculture, urban environmentalism, alt lending, and citizen-gov't dialogue. about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
@darkstartweets The little fish get caught... about 20 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to DarkstarTweets
Julius Henson, who is African-American, was convicted for robocalls urging Dem. voters in majority-black Bmore and PG County to stay home. about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
MT @breakingnews: Julius Henson ordered to pay Maryland +$1 million for 2010 Election Day robocalls - @baltimoresun bsun.md/MWk1m9 about 20 hours ago via HootSuite
RT @nytimes: Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits Begin to Wind Down nyti.ms/KRFBSz about 24 hours ago via HootSuite
Kid who touched #Potus hair is named Jacob Philadelphia. City of Brotherly Love was site of candidate Obama's race speech. #serendipity 5:00 PM May 24th via HootSuite
V. interesting: Swing Voters and Elastic States: nyti.ms/Jytdw7 3:28 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
Jonathan McIntosh of RebelliousPixels.com also showing this Moyers supercut of #conservative Romney at CPAC: ow.ly/b8iTP 12:42 PM May 24th via HootSuite
#FEAR -- someone showing this classic supercut of 2004 elex fearmongering. Laugh, or cry: ow.ly/b8iKt 12:40 PM May 24th via HootSuite
@surfinbrotha Thanks! Hope you and yours are well.... I'm back in the Bay in late June. WIll ping you. 12:22 PM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to surfinbrotha
@rebekahmonson I covered Katrina and can't imagine the news desert that will exist if anything big happens again in NOLA. (It will.) 12:22 PM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to RebekahMonson
Heartbreaking. 3x/wk RT @rebekahmonson: Did you hear about the Times-Pic in NOLA? I used to dream of working there. ht.ly/b8gw7 12:20 PM May 24th via HootSuite
!! MT @rebekahmonson: In my home state AL, Mobile, H'ville and B'ham newspapers cut production to 3x a week. ht.ly/b8gcL 12:14 PM May 24th via HootSuite
Need a quick rough idea for a budget of how much good video editing in NY would be per hour. Thoughts? 12:12 PM May 24th via HootSuite
Old school video tech. twitpic.com/9or6iv 9:46 AM May 24th via Twitpic
Baz Luhrmann take on Great Gatsby set to Kanye/Jay Z in official trailer: youtu.be/OULhlaX6JY4 2:40 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
Congrats to Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson on book-from -doc deal for PROMISES KEPT, re: black boys & ed. (w/ Hilary Beard) 8:46 AM May 23rd via HootSuite

Name Farai Chideya
Location NYC and points N/S/E/W
Web http://www.faraic...
Bio Journalist, political analyst, author of four books including The Color of Our Future and the novel Kiss the Sky.