Category: Politics

• November 9, 2009

  Authors, Book, Executives, Innovation, Politics, Quotes, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networks, Web 2.0, Web 3.0

  Who Needs Critical Thinking Skills When We've Got Facebook?

  Guest post from Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais, fellows of NDN and the New Policy Institute and co-authors of Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics (Rutgers University Press: 2008), named one of the 10 favorite books by the New York Times in 2008. One of the most often expressed criticisms…
• October 15, 2009

  Education, Innovation, Politics

  Blog Action Day 2009: How Semantics Might Save the Planet

  When I signed up to take part in Blog Action Day 2009, I thought, surely by the time I wrote the post, I would have something insightful to share about climate change. A personal story. A moment of enlightenment. A freakin’ antidote! But in time I could research climate change and draw from my own…
• January 8, 2009

  Ambition, Columbia University, Education, Events, Family, How I Got Here, Just Because, Politics

  Didn't Get To Go To The Inauguration, But My Plea Lives On…

  I wasn’t sure I wanted to reveal this, but, what the heck.   After going back-and-forth on my own head, I decided to post this. I think, now more than ever, we should be sharing our stories of enduring humanity. Here’s my attempt… Put simply, this inauguration means Possibility.   I almost went to President…
• October 15, 2008

  How I Got Here, Peace Corps, Politics, Reporting

  Who's Really Poor?: Confessions of a Journalist, Turned Peace Corps Volunteer, Turned Journalist Again, Turned Social Media Evangelist

    Poverty…   To write about it is to see it. To experience it. To try to save people from it. Hopefully.   Once upon a time, I was a TV reporter in my hometown. I was known – and to be known –  by anyone and everyone who knew my stories about last-dash Christmas…
• February 25, 2008

  Career, Politics, Reporting, Student

  Clips & Articles By Jennifer

  Magazine, Newspaper & Web Lodi Men Suspected Of al-Qaida Links [Originally For wb58tv.com] A Planet Out Of Gas? [Originally For wb58tv.com] Yahoo Pulls Plug On Child-Sex Chat Rooms Following Report [Originally For wb58tv.com] Learning Matters: Decoding Online Lingo [Originally For wb58tv.com] Paris Hilton Makes A Splash In Controversial New Ad [Originally For wb58tv.com] Year’s Top…
• February 25, 2008

  Career, Forensics, Peace Corps, Performance, Politics, Speaking Engagements, Student

  Clips & Articles About Jennifer

  Magazine, Newspaper & Web Dinner with Sopranos is offer that’s hard to refuse (Contra Costa Times, Sept. 14, 2001) [theater review] Jennifer as Peace Corps volunteer in Turkmenistan [written in Turkmen cyrillic, 1998-1999 *Translation to come] In Action (Page 5, The New California Democrat, Vol. 4 – Winter 1994-95) [DLC of California] Journey of Love…