An Advanced Multimedia Boot Camp will be run by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Jan. 6-10, 2010, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tenn.

By April Gregory

I’m generally a fan of sports but if there’s one I don’t like, it is baseball. I’ve tried to be open-minded about it. I’ve given it a fair chance. Still, I fail to understand why so many people love the game.

As you can imagine, I was not excited when I learned that [...]

By Emma Carew

“Oh, you’re interested in business reporting?”
This was the phrase I heard constantly from recruiters at the 2008 UNITY Convention in Chicago.

If I answered yes (I was a business news intern at the time, and it seemed to be going well, so I figured why not?), it generally bought me an extra five [...]

Telecommuters who do administrative tasks, usually on a contractual basis, bring specialized skills and don’t receive benefits — or even desks.

By Emma L. Carew
The Washington Post

Published: July 10, 2009

Washington — Michael Hanik used to have 12 employees, a warehouse and trucks to run his medical devices catalog company.

But four years ago, he turned to the [...]

Hearing loss once rendered Redmond’s Ashley Bruce nearly deaf. That’s never stopped her from performing, though; soon, she’ll be on stage singing Ashley, 11, stars in Redmond High’s production of ‘Annie’ this week

By Nicole Santa Cruz
The Bulletin
Published: May 3, 2009
REDMOND —

The first time Ashley Bruce stepped on stage, she stopped the world for [...]

By Jackie Coe
The Arizona Republic
Published: March 9, 2009
Registered sex offenders who live in the Valley can expect more frequent knocks on their doors.
The Buckeye Police Department is the latest local law-enforcement agency to start monitoring sex offenders more often than the state-mandated annual visit. Some will be watched as frequently as once a month.
Public-safety officials [...]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 2009 Chips Achievement Prizes (CAPs) were announced this week with six Chips Quinn Scholars from the 2009 Spring and Summer classes recognized for outstanding journalism enterprise.

“Again, our Scholars have shown the journalism world that age and experience have little, if anything, to do with excellence,” said Karen Catone, director of the [...]