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Journalist-turned-Dominican friar has multifaceted life story

Journalist-turned-Dominican friar has multifaceted life story

Father Armando Ibanez also a professor, filmmaker, poet

Ibanez covered the area he knew best, working for the Alice Echo-News and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times until he received “the calling.”

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NNA: Congressional action is needed now to preserve small-town mail service

WASHINGTON—If Congress does not act quickly to reform the U.S. Postal Service, small-town America can expect a further slow-down of the mail, said Chip Hutcheson, publisher of The Times-Leader in Princeton, KY, when he testified to a U.S. Senate committee Jan. 21.

Newspapers need Postal Service, print remains important

Research from Pew Center supports NNA study 

By Max Heath
Postal Tips

Research from the Pew Center just released showed that in three markets of varying sizes, more than half of the readers depend primarily on the printed newspaper. Studies in Sioux City, IA; Macon, GA; and Denver also revealed:

NAA: Our Own Super Bowl Moment

According to a Nielsen study, newspaper media – in print and online – scored the highest out of all media (including television, radio and social media) when it came to overall consumer engagement. Specifically, newspaper media is also the most trusted source for advertising, and delivered a 12 percent larger advertising-engaged audience than the overall average for all other media. On a typical day, most people would immediately change the channel when their favorite program ended and the commercials started rolling.

Live or recorded speech to text transcription by Watson

The IBM Watson Speech to Text service

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App – Lrn, for learning to code

Learn more about HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python or Ruby during your coffee break or commute with this app

Source: App for journalists: Lrn, for learning to code | Media news

DataBasic.io

DataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data.

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South Carolina Lawmaker Says Journalists Should Face a Registry – Editor & Publisher

An Upstate lawmaker who tried to keep the Confederate battle flag flying and whose campaign spending habits were part of a Post and Courier examination of Statehouse money trails says it’s time to register journalists in the state.

State Rep. Mike Pitts, R-Laurens, on Tuesday introduced a bill called the “South Carolina Responsible Journalism Registry Law.”

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