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@mkramer

Day: population research comms. Night: mlis grad student / writer. Formerly: NPR / FreshAir / WaitWait / NatGeo / Wikimedia / . Mom. Marrow donor. 🏳️‍🌈

Carrboro, NC
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    23 Sep 2020

    Recently I listened to podcasts recommended by and and saved someone’s life. It was hands down one of the best experiences of my own life. 5 out of 5 stars. To learn more and sign up for , visit:

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  2. 29 minutes ago

    Post-oven.

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  3. 34 minutes ago

    Here is the s’more production.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Here is the pizza. (1/5)

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  5. 2 hours ago

    Here is a pizza cooking in the oven.

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    3 hours ago

    You could 100% cover a sporting contest - the entire reason the whole thing is happening - without interviews. And if interview access influences outcomes (because of who plays and who doesn’t), yeah you’re not doing journalism anymore. You’re entertainment media.

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  7. 2 hours ago

    This is the oven.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    We are making pizza.

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  9. 6 hours ago

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    Replying to @alixabeth @meredithdclark
    Things I saw happen in Walter Hussman's flagship newsroom: -- He was often in contact with education reporters, putting his finger on the scales in favor of charter schools -- We had to add a "not all scientists agree" paragraph to climate change stories
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    7 hours ago

    If we ever have a guest stay at our house again, I hope they like typewriters. I just moved this shelf and these machines into the guest room. There are another 12 in the room you don’t see in this picture. 😆

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    7 hours ago

    There should be a consumer protection law that requires that any membership / subscription / premium anything that can be signed up for online must also be cancellable online not just in calling a number.

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  12. 9 hours ago

    I was interested in the history of the Arkansas newspapers after yesterday’s article in about - start with these two theses. (But there’s a lot more in the University of Arkansas archives...but most of it located on-site...)

    "If It Ain't Broke, Break It": How Corporate Journalism Killed the "Arkansas Gazette.”
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  14. 9 hours ago

    "If It Ain't Broke, Break It": How Corporate Journalism Killed the "Arkansas Gazette.”

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  15. 22 hours ago

    Update: it was removed, Catherine zeta-Jones through the lasers style. He remains asleep. Mission accomplished.

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  16. 22 hours ago

    Pro removal: he might wake up from the light Anti removal: he might wake up if we go in Other factors: it has been a loooong day

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  17. 22 hours ago

    4-year-old just fell asleep with a headlamp on. With the light on. Do we...remove it?

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  18. 22 hours ago

    Does it inform their reporting? Do they share with local health officials? Is it predictive? Does it mainly track with subscription percentages?

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  19. 22 hours ago

    Yes, this would be really interesting.

    Replying to @mkramer
    I would like to see which counties people look for on the COVID dashboard.
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  20. 22 hours ago

    It makes me wonder what datasets would be wonderful snapshots of public health / civic health if they were available to analyze. We use what’s available not what’s necessarily best.

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  21. 22 hours ago

    Infrastructure. I don’t know. I have 8 million thoughts swirling around this. Demography has really taken its toll.

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