SearchResearch Challenge (3/8/23): What do these everyday symbols mean? via @FIAumd

SearchResearch Challenge (3/8/23): What do these everyday symbols mean?
We think of ourselves as literate... P/C Dan.... and as we've discussed before, "literacy" means ...
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PSA: Read Clive Thompson’s article about how he does research via @FIAumd

PSA: Read Clive Thompson’s article about how he does research
As you know, P/C Christina Morillo (Pexels)... I don't often recommend articles about how to do research...
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New Jersey becomes first state to mandate K-12 students learn information literacy - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/new-jersey-is-the-first-state-to-mandate-k-12-students-learn-information-literacy-00076352
As states legalize sports betting, universities are weighing the risk to their students and the reward for their athletic department budgets. New, with @PovichCenter:

Gambling on Campus
As states legalize sports betting, universities weigh risks to students, rewards for athletic department budgets.
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Indeed. Looking through this perfect thread kicked off by the dictionary gurus, I am quite guilty of tsundoku, I delight in soubhiyé whenever I can, I could do with some apapachar, and the world would be a better place with more sisu, a Finnish word that the Ukrainians exemplify. https://twitter.com/dfallik/status/1631064947198181378
I don't know who is doing the social media for Merriam-Webster lately but they are killing it. This thread is 🔥🔥🔥 https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1630580710208688129
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SearchResearch Challenge (2/22/23): World’s largest waterfall? via @FIAumd

SearchResearch Challenge (2/22/23): World’s largest waterfall?
I'm fascinated by all things aquatic... An actual waterfall (not synthetic). P/C Pexels. ... so i...
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Oh! I completely forgot to profusely thank my teaching mentor @ichinoy for nominating me for this award. His incredible journalism history course I took as an undergrad put me on this academic path, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
As a new semester begins, I am grateful to @UMDGradSchool for recognizing my work as an instructor of record.
It’s been a privilege to teach two core courses @merrillcollege, and I now welcome the exciting challenge of teaching an upper level seminar called Women in the Media!
I am pleased to again serve as a print judge for the annual Robert F. Kennedy Book and Journalism Awards. In these turbulent times, the preservation of accurate journalism is essential to our democracy. The nomination process ends February 1st: https://bajawards.awardsplatform.com/
data journalism really is sometimes spending 24 hrs agonizing over a weird format error + discovering that the culprit was a few "E"s lodged between some numbers, then getting so excited about solving the problem that you want to tell every passerby but they're just like, "cool"
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