The girl will be Mrs Lovett in Stage Right’s Sweeney Todd at the end of July. #3week #musical #theatre #summer #camp

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Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe. —Thomas Jefferson

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Humanities and STEM Can and Should Get Along Better

In my lit and writing classes, I regularly encounter STEM students who are frustrated because I won’t deliver a lecture that tells them “what the poem means” and then give them points for spitting back the “correct answer.” Likewise, when I teach a math unit in my journalism class, I regularly encounter word-oriented students who…

In journalism, nuances such as “sources tell us…” “reportedly…” “it appears…” “confirmed…” matter.

I don’t click on headlines that use words like “might be” or “possibly.” Journalists are not in the business of reporting what might happen. Neither do they repeat rumors. A thing is not necessarily true just because a source — such as the neighborhood busybody, a crook caught red-handed, a prankster, or the President of the…

Yesterday we took advantage of a rare free day.

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The Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

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Screen shot of a Globe and Mail news article that uses an anonymous source, with an expandable inline explanation of how and why journalists use anonymous sources.

Canada’s Globe and Mail Uses Expandable Inline Meta-articles to Explain Its Coverage

Journalism matters. Educated citizens who understand and appreciate the role of the free press in a democracy are a threat to authoritarian figures who benefit by sowing mistrust. It’s perfectly reasonable to point out errors and bias in specific news stories. (News organizations love reporting about when their competitors get a story wrong, and journalists…

Just in case you can’t find the tweet that Trump, who got trolled for making a rookie error while bragging about his writing skill, deleted.

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Rob Rogers’ firing is a frightening omen

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Carolyn portrays Maria in West Side Story, Aug 9-12. #ifeelpretty #tonight #somewhere

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I’m honestly not sure where that came from.

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Nature walks 2012 and 2018.

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Journalists are vital to the health of a free nation. #firstamendnent #freepress

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When Perception Trumps Reality: Republicans aren’t nearly as rich as Democrats estimate. Democrats aren’t nearly as gay or atheistic as Republicans estimate.

Democrats wildly over-estimate the percentage of Republicans who make over 250k a year (estimated: 44%; actual: 2%). Republicans are almost as bad when it comes to predicting the percentage of Democrats who are LBG (estimated: 38%; actual: 6%) and atheist/agnostic (estimated: 36%; actual: 9%). Both groups were a little closer to the mark when asked…

Journalists play a vital role in a democracy. That sometimes includes serving the public by publishing facts and analysis that powerful people would rather stay secret. The free press matters. #heros

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You Can Smell Trump’s Fear

Like all successful demagogues, Trump has a talent for identifying scapegoats. It is not hyperbole to say that he speaks of Latino immigrants in much the same way that European monsters once spoke of Jews. It is equally foolish, however, to look past a sign that all is not well in Trumpland and that the…

The girl told me to post this with the caption, “The Addams Family Goes to the Big League.”

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On the way to closing night of "Orphans."

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The spoils.

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