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Lessons for media educators from the Virginia on-air shootings

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imageCoverage of slain TV journalists from the station where they worked.WDBJ7

As a professor specializing in broadcast communication, I have tried to find lessons to teach aspiring journalists following the shooting of two TV journalists this week.

When I first heard about the shootings in Virginia of reporter Alison Parker and...

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Does the global stock market sell-off signal the BRIC age is already over?

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Back in 2001, former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC to highlight the immense economic potential of the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China in the decades to come. They would be the economic engines of...

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We found only one-third of published psychology research is reliable – now what?

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imageWhat does it mean if the majority of what's published in journals can't be reproduced?Maggie Villiger, CC BY-ND

The ability to repeat a study and find the same results twice is a prerequisite for building scientific knowledge. Replication allows us to ensure empirical findings are reliable and refines our understanding of...

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Swept away: Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Police Department

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imageA New Orleans policeman during a boat rescue mission in New Orleans on September 6 2005. REUTERS/Lee Celano

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has been both demonized and eulogized – often inaccurately and sometimes unfairly – for its conduct during Hurricane Katrina, which hit land 10 years ago this week....

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Still waiting for help: the lessons of Hurricane Katrina on poverty

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imageOutside the Superdome in New Orleans on September 2 2005.REUTERS/Jason Reed

New Orleans residents who waited out Hurricane Katrina at home took stock on the morning of August 29 2005, and they appeared to be safe; they had weathered the worst of the storm. In the hours to follow, however, a breach in the levees allowed...

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Back to school? A crucial time for kids' social and emotional development

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imageBack-to-school time comes with rich, teachable moments.PROwoodleywonderworks, CC BY

It’s that time of the year. Summer vacations are almost over.

For most kids, this time of summer has been about finishing the readings and completing the packets that were handed out to them as summer work. As a result, school often...

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Activists misuse open records requests to harass researchers

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imageA researcher buried in records requests can’t attend to actual science. Man image via www.shutterstock.com

This winter, Kevin Folta, a plant molecular biologist with the University of Florida’s (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), became the target of a sweeping public records request from US...

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More audit transparency for investors makes a bitter proposal easier to swallow

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imageA little transparency goes a long way.Audit glass via www.shutterstock.com

When it comes to auditing financial information, under current professional rules, only the name of the auditing firm appears at the bottom of audit reports.

That is about to change.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has recently...

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