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even when low-income news consumers are taking in media at very similar rates to people who have more money, they’re not being served by the media because the media is obsessed with their target audience. I know that to be true. I’m sure you know that to be true. In public radio, there’s this person we consider, called “Mary.” Sometimes, when people are pitching stories, somebody will say, “Well, why would Mary care about that?” And Mary is in her 50s, she’s well-educated, she’s white, she’s affluent. And Mary is not Maria, you know?

Getting the News to Everyone, Not Just the Wealthy - The Atlantic

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This is one of the most important editorial battles to fight, in my opinion. You can’t win them all, but it’s a good place to start.

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A little over 50 years ago to-this-day, Stokely Carmichael, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC], was in Greenwood, MI, fighting for justice, ending the local Jim Crow Laws, and beginning of black power. In honor of Throwback Thursday, we’re sharing some of...

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Elmo hit rock bottom

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame.....swamp

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(via Relive the Localore: Finding America Block Party With Fantastic Negrito (with images, tweets) · gteresa · Storify)

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The Association for Independents in Radio (AIR) has been serving independent producers, reporters and radio lovers for years, under the guidance of the great Sue Schardt. AIR is launching a new round of “Localore,” an interactive, national community building journalism initiative. 

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[social sandbox] Hashtags, tricks and raccoons

Here’s yesterday’s sandbox today! – Wright

Hello!

So much has been happening in the world of news and social media in the last few weeks. You must have questions or thoughts. Please send them in. With the additions of Lori Todd and Aggi Ashagre to our social media team, we’ll go back to publishing daily and we’ll have room to answer them all. For now, here are today’s sandbox items:

1. The ins-and-outs of hashtags. Shadi Rahimi has published a useful piece on Poynter about hashtags. What are they? How do you use them? Are they falling out of favor? What are the pitfalls for journalists? h/t Mark Memmott

2. Tricks? What tricks? Allison Rockey of Vox makes the argument that success in the social space is more about the quality of what we share than understanding the Facebook algorithm or employing the latest “Internet tricks.“ h/t API newsletter

3. Raccoon Appreciation Day. That may, or may not, be a real thing. I’m not going to investigate. But the Post’s always entertaining Caitlin Dewey does try to get to the bottom of #NationalBestFriendDay. It hit the trending charts Monday. Where did it come from? h/t Lori Todd and Caitlin’s own newsletter

Until tomorrow!

Wright

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even when low-income news consumers are taking in media at very similar rates to people who have more money, they’re not being served by the media because the media is obsessed with their target audience. I know that to be true. I’m sure you know that to be true. In public radio, there’s this person we consider, called “Mary.” Sometimes, when people are pitching stories, somebody will say, “Well, why would Mary care about that?” And Mary is in her 50s, she’s well-educated, she’s white, she’s affluent. And Mary is not Maria, you know?

Getting the News to Everyone, Not Just the Wealthy - The Atlantic (via localorefindingamerica)

This is one of the most important editorial battles to fight, in my opinion. You can't win them all, but it's a good place to start.

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Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News by A. Brad Schwartz

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NPR: The Martians Are Coming! ‘Broadcast Hysteria’ Looks At The War Over 'Worlds’

Examining the history behind the infamous War of the Worlds radio drama, the author draws upon the hundreds of letters sent directly to Orson Welles after the broadcast, revealing its true aftermath.

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EP. 7 A Visit to Charm City - Featuring Marilyn Mosby

We were drinking at Teavolve in Baltimore discussing the unrest in the city following the murder of Freddie Gray. While there, we ran into Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby. She shared wha

Bridget Armstrong interviews Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby following her decision to bring charges against six officers in Baltimore involved in the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The episode is great– It also features a community organizer and a baltimore resident as drinking buddies and conversations with baltimore residents on the dissonance of the protest activity and its media portrayal.

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Baltimore's Feedback Loop

The protests in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray evoke uprisings of the '60s, reminding us that the problems driving people to the streets today have profound historical roots.

Peniel Joseph brilliantly contextualizes the traditional media's misrepresentation of last week's ‪#‎BaltimoreUprising‬ in this On The Media interview with Brook Gladstone.

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Do URL Believe in Magic?

Etsy has a selection of mystics, spellcasters, and witches to help you get money now, have better sex, and become enviously beautiful.

I’m working on a series of stories about the ties between magick and art and commerce. I was so excited to see this piece by TLDR’s Meredith Haggerty with a first-person take a curious skeptic outlook--still with a bit of whimsy.

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No Labels, No Drama? Navigating The World of Modern Love

For a new generation of young people, the realities of modern dating often mean hooking up with no labels.

I heard this at work on the Take Away. It stopped me in my tracks because it is such an apt description of the pervasive insecurity and fantasy that has beget love in the digital age...

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What Adam Sandler Could Have Done to Avoid Offending Native Americans in “The Ridiculous Six”

Native American actors walked off the set of the latest Adam Sandler movie, offended by racist jokes. How could Sandler have handled the situation differently?

Revisit the definition of “appropriation”

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VSW Week 4! WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell joined us today for more on scripting/editing.

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Mr. Spock's Advice To A Biracial Girl In 1968

When a young girl with a black mother and white father wrote to a teen magazine in 1968 about not fitting in, the Star Trek actor responded at length about how Spock navigated two cultures.

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A bunch of 12 year olds in Kentucky playing Zeppelin on xylophones!

NPR Music's Robin Hilton has the story behind the music... and will have an interview with Jimmy Page tomorrow on All Songs Considered in honor of the 40th anniversary of the band's double album "Physical Graffiti".

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The gear we haul.

In addition to having a sharp ear, producers need a strong back to haul all the gear for recording those folks you hear on the radio. This is most of what I’ll be taking with me on an overseas trip. For the next two weeks I’ll be in Israel and the West Bank, researching and producing stories that will end up on NPR.

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If you’ve ever wondered what a radio news producer’s job is like, this blog by Morning Edition’s Emily Ochsenschalger is a great place to start.

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DIY magazine, February 2015

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New song on this week’s Dinner Party Download. RAD-tastic!

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