Working on Dunwoody High School’s yearbook staff is what first sparked Justin Heo’s interest in journalism. Later, Heo, who lives outside of Atlanta with his parents and younger sister, began an internship during his junior year at VOX Atlanta , an online space for teen publishing and self-expression. “I got to work as if I were a professional journalist and...
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When Americans think of journalists attacked, arrested or imprisoned while doing their job, they think of it happening in distant lands — in places like...
The late Gil Scott-Heron once wrote that a song called “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” It was. Those of us old enough to remember saw the assassinations of Kennedy-King-Kennedy, the horrors of the Vietnam war, the massacre at Kent State and all of the peaceful and more “spirited” rebellions play out on our TV screens in an era when we had to wait on it.
Today, we see things as...
Cyntoia Brown walked out of prison in August 2019 after serving 15 years of a life sentence for a murder she committed when she was 16. Her story is the focus of “ Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story, ” a Netflix feature documentary.
Dan Birman...
In the fields of journalism, media and politics, Geoffrey Cowan is well-known for a number of accomplishments: author, USC University Professor, architect of the Democratic presidential primary system, USC Annenberg dean emeritus, onetime director of Voice of America. A new book highlights a perhaps less-...
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As Ahmaud Arbery fell to the ground, the sound of the...
Sitting at her 25-inch iMac computer in her home office in South Pasadena, Kamala Kirk enjoyed an iceberg wedge salad coupled with smoked sausage, BBQ brick chicken and a sweet tea. The meal came compliments of SeneGence, whose newest skincare launch Kirk was attending online that same day. Prior to the virtual event, the brand also sent ahead beauty products, allowing the 40 editors and...
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