Plil Plait, a Boulder, CO resident, shared his firsthand experience of the recent flooding that devastated the area with Sheree Geo of Truth Frequency Radio. ” I happened to be driving past one northwest of town this morning, so I grabbed my camera and shot some video.” Read the full article Flash Flooding Leaves 3 …
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Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Kim Thompson to launch The Comics Journal, a very opinionated annal of the trade that made the men high-profile critics of their industry. As both editors and writers for the Journal, the two young men had an outsize impact on a moribund business, often disrespecting their …
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Rebekka Armstrong spoke to the press in front of banners that looked like giant condoms during a demonstration by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation outside the Flynt Publications building on June 7, 2004 in Los Angeles. She is calling on pornography executive, Larry Flynt, to voluntarily adopt a 100% condom use policy in his sexually explicit films. Read …
Jen Marlowe, documentary filmmaker and writer, is in Brazil filming interviews about the security situation and risks faced by HRDs (Human Rights Defenders for Front Line Defenders) for an upcoming video series to launch later in 2013. Read about Jen’s work and the interviews, Brazil: The Favela Will Not be Silenced, featured on Front Line Defenders website.
M. Nicole Nazzaro writes in her essay published in the New York Times (8/17/2013) about the challenges and progress of the doping culture among international track athletes. Read the story.
Matthew Peddie of 90.7 News WMFE-FM spoke with Stetson University visiting professor and former SeaWorld trainer Dr. John Jett about his role in the film Blackfish and his experience working with killer whales in captivity. Listen to the audio segment on WMFE’s Intersection.
Richard Hugo House–community organization providing support, advice, and programs for writers and learners in the Pacific Northwest–interviewed Elissa Washuta about her fall class Writing Your Darkest Days. Go to Hugo Blog to read about her class, her book experiences and her advice for aspiring writers.
PhotoServe.com talks with Amanda Koster, internationally acclaimed photographer and founder of the digital-storytelling, citizen-journalism organization for social change, SalaamGarage. (http://www.pdnonline.com/photoserve/PhotoServe-Chats-wit-8669.shtml?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42250071& amp;utm_term=96312&utm_content#.UgJtWFKDU_U.facebook)
Phil Plait, with Zach Weiner and Jess Fink, has released am e-book with 128 very geeky insults: 27 Nerd Disses (http://io9.com/this-is-the-nerdiest-collection-of-insults-ever-and-it-932665766)
Seattle-based documentary photographer Amanda Koster shoots Darigold dairy, PeaceTrees Vietnam, Globe and Mail. (http://www.pdnonline.com/photoserve/Amanda-Koster-Presen-8645.shtml)