Author of Pursuing an Ethic of Empathy in Journalism
Sioux Falls, SD
Joined December 2008
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Dr. Biden looking awfully calm for someone with four syllabi to finalize this week.
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A South Dakota ER nurse @JodiDoering says her Covid-19 patients often “don’t want to believe that Covid is real.”
“Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. It’s not real.’ And when they should be... Facetiming their families, they’re filled with anger and hatred.”
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The population of Sioux Falls is 183,000. Now just imagine if we all died today. That’s how many people in the USA have died from #COVID19 – at Sioux Falls, SD
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We’ve come to rely on the daily edition of our favorite newspaper, something that was first published long before our nation had even been born. But in one entire U.S. state, this tradition is about to come to an end. @MajorCBS has the story:
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Hey, @RepDustyJohnson @SenJohnThune & @SenatorRounds —PLEASE stand up to this insanity. You know very well what he’s doing, and you know it’s deeply undemocratic and unAmerican. Your silence and complicity are excruciating.
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Tens of thousands of General Motors workers officially went on strike at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday after talks with the automaker broke down, the United Auto Workers union says
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THAT FINAL OUT FEELIN’!
🏆🏆 AUGUSTANA IS YOUR 2019 DII NATIONAL CHAMPION!! 🏆🏆
#RelentlessPursuit | #BuildingChampions
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You know there's some exec out there reading this like, "challenge accepted."
Perspective: Local newspapers have already been decimated. There’s nothing left to cut. wapo.st/2DzqzXQ
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Golfers from the Sam Milanovich Golf Tournament have a special message for @AugieBaseball! #WeAreAU | #D2Baseball | #BuildingChampions
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WE DID IT! The 2018 @AugieBaseball Team are @NCAADII College World Series National Champions! #WeAreAU | #D2Baseball | #BuildingChampions
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The makers of Ambien countered Roseanne Barr's statement, saying "racism is not a known side effect." ksfy.com/content/news/In-the… #ksfy
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Want to know more about the movement? Here’s a Q & A with founder @CourtneyPlace1 youtube.com/watch?v=9gHp0cgF…
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This (free!) syllabus offers journalism faculty a guide for teaching basic data journalism skills, including statistical and visualization techniques, over a 13-week semester. bit.ly/2jCe8TQ
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World peace can only be based on inner peace. If we ask what destroys our inner peace, it's not weapons and external threats, but our own inner flaws like anger. This is one of the reasons why love and compassion are important, because they strengthen us. This is a source of hope
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Best job💖 xitter.gq/augiewriting/status/96…
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Tale as old as time: Students planned a thing.
School agreed to compromised version of thing.
Students shared thing on Facebook.
Parents got mad.
Thing canceled. argusleader.com/story/news/e… via @argusleader
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The voice of a child is often a clarion call to action. In their purity lies passion and courage. They are our future. And when they roar, they will be heard and shake the political status quo of our nation.
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I’m in total awe of the extraordinary students in Florida. Like every movement for progress in our history, gun reform will take unyielding courage and endurance. But @barackobama and I believe in you, we’re proud of you, and we’re behind you every step of the way.