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08-18-11
by Jordyn Turney, 21, reporting from San Diego, CA, who interviews the star of a groundbreaking show
We love Switched at Birth, an ABC Family show with a great premise—neatly conveyed right there in the title—great characters and a great way of bringing deaf culture into the mainstream.
That is, via incredible, totally relatable ...
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By Amy Hunt, 21, reporting from Lexington, KY, on the awesome sound of mbalax
I recently spent a semester studying abroad in The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa. It's on the west coast, kind of nestled within Senegal.
One of the most magical things about my experience there was its soundtrack: Everywhere you go in The ...
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By Jordyn Turney, 21, reporting from San Diego, CA, on the best shows for sitting out the heatwave
If there's one thing summer definitely doesn't lack it’s guilty-pleasure television -- silly, stupid, vapid shows that come in to replace all the good fall series. But I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If a show is good or ...
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By Carey Dunne, 21, reporting from New York, NY, on amazing illustrator Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman is the illustration powerhouse behind many a New Yorker cover (like the well-known "New Yorkistan"), illustrator of Strunk and White's Elements of Style, and author-illustrator of thirteen children's books. "Sayonara, Mrs. ...
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By Cindy Morand, 22, reporting from New York, NY, on how to make an internship pay
I hear you. The toughest thing about an internship is that it is nearly by definition unpaid. As someone who's done several of these, I know that's frustrating, and for some people, just unworkable.
If you can pull it off financially, it's all true ...
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By Meike Schleiff, 23, reporting from Renick, West Virginia, on an amazing U.S.-Haiti organization—that she started
For those of you who've ever dreamed about being able to spend your time working on some wild fantasy project, but never truly thought that it could become a reality, here is a pseudo-success story!
No fanfare or ...
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By Zoe Mendelson, 20, reporting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the best shared beverage in the Americas
Here in Buenos Aires, they look at you funny if you ask for your coffee to go. They'll giggle at the silly tourist if they see you walking around holding a little paper cup. This seems odd to me, considering their beverage of choice ...
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By Jessica Goodman, 21, reporting from Los Angeles on her favorite broadcast journalists
Getting ready for school in the mornings, middle school through high school, my brothers and I would watch the Today show. It made me want to become a journalist, and it made Katie Couric one of my role models. As a team, she and Matt Lauer were Olivia and ...
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By Zulay Regalado, 22, reporting from Miami, FL, on a great game to play for fun—and human rights
I enjoy zombie slaying and alien hunting as much as the next gamer. But I wouldn’t say I’m the best at it. Simply put: In the cyber-game food chain, I am bait.
So, when I discovered America 2049, a Facebook-based alternate reality game that ...
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By Lisa Chau, 22, reporting from Ann Arbor, MI, on a thrilling documentary film-to-be—that you can make happen
My marching band days were filled with crushed-velvet rainbow leotards, six-foot flaming flags, and the constant jeering from my peers for being someone who took my concert flute to band camp for fun. I can still conjure the tinge of ...