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31
A Star Is Born in Her Binary Form, from the Some People Pay Me Department
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This month’s column in Cleveland Family Magazine is all about social networking and making connections:
Mothers, MySpace and Facebook are not just for kids any more.
About two years ago, I joined an online community (read: a group that meets in virtual space on your computer) called BlogHer. More than seven million women, from all over the world, consider themselves members of the group. Editors write about, organize and offer news and opinion on topics that range from politics and parenting to journalism and technology.
It’s such a hot idea that in March, The New York Times profiled wowowow.com, a new online community for women over 40 that was launched with more than a million dollars of backing. The Times’ picture of four blondes in a row that accompanies the article did not thrill me, but who will quibble when the blondes are: columnist Liz Smith, journalist Leslie Stahl, advertising agency founder Mary Wells and Joni Evans, former president of publisher Simon & Schuster.
But enough about those has-beens. Back to my cyber-enabled success story.
The editor of the political section at BlogHer is a graduate student at Harvard. She has been on CNN and other stations’ news segments over the years. In February, a CNN booking agent contacted her for suggestions of people who could appear on “Blog Buzz.” The BlogHer editor gave the agent my name.
Why my name? Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:33 pm March 31st, 2008 in Writing, Women, Media, Blogging | 2 Comments
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31
Read Chancellor Fingerhut’s 10 year plan for Ohio education
Filed Under Government, Ohio, Announcements, Education, Politics | 5 Comments
When I realized that today is indeed March 31, 2008, and that no one had mentioned anything in all the places I’d been checking over the last few days to try and keep up, so I wouldn’t be too far behind, I emailed Michael Chaney at the Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut’s office and asked - is it out?
And sure enough, he received my message just as the Chancellor was presenting the plan to the governor. How fortuitous.
I just received the e-mail but the links don’t work so I put them in myself. There’s no permalink to the news item on this page but here it is - all the plan items are in pdfs including the press release:
Chancellor Delivers 10-Year Plan for Higher Education to Governor Strickland, General Assembly
Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut presented a 10-year strategic plan for higher education to Governor Ted Strickland and the Ohio General Assembly that details strategies to meet the governor’s goal of enrolling 230,000 more students while keeping more graduates in Ohio and attracting more talent to the state.
The plan promises to raise the overall educational attainment of the state of Ohio.
“This report builds upon the principles I put forth last year in creating the University System of Ohio,” Strickland said. “This 10-year plan for Ohio’s institutions of higher education will ensure not only that we dramatically expand educational opportunities for Ohioans but that we do so in a way that makes our state a world-class economic competitor.”
I’m eager to look it over.
Here’s more from the presser I received in my inbox, which included this link to the “dashboard” where progress toward the plan’s goals will be measured and posted - transparency? sunshine? We shall see. Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:33 am March 31st, 2008 in Government, Ohio, Announcements, Education, Politics | 5 Comments
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31
First-person account of terror in Tibet at hands of China last week, urges media to ask questions, pay attention
Filed Under Foreign Affairs, Social Issues, 'Roots News, Law, Civil Rights, Writing, Politics, Media, Women, Blogging | Leave a Comment
I’m working to get permission from family friends who circulated to some media and family the account their daughter has given of her time last week in Tibet. What was supposed to be an exploration by a well-traveled, multi-lingual, philanthropically and good-natured soul turned into something that goes beyond keeping parents up at night, but, as the author writes, caused her to feel like the hunted as she kept moving forward and eventually out of Tibet through Vietnam.
I located this German language article that includes the first-person account. I used Google translator and got this English version which is a bit better but still not great compared to this translated version from Babelfish but clearly the translation is far less than perfect. The letter I received through my mother from the writer’s father is in English, written by her to family and friends.
If anyone knows German or can recommend a better translating program for the German news article, let me know and I’ll feed it through there.
In the meantime, please read Jeff Hess’s blog, Have Coffee Will Write because he does pretty much the best job around at keeping up with atrocities in places such as Darfur and Myanmar.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:54 am March 31st, 2008 in Foreign Affairs, Social Issues, 'Roots News, Law, Civil Rights, Writing, Politics, Media, Women, Blogging | Please comment
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Mar
30
[podcast] Adam Wasserman, Cleveland Port Authority, does Meet the Bloggers
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Just read the tweet that the podcast for last week’s Meet the Blogger session with Adam Wasserman, President and CEO of the Cleveland Port Authority, is posted. You will find it here.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:33 pm March 30th, 2008 in 'Roots News, Meet the Bloggers, Economy, Ohio, Cleveland+, Announcements, Politics | 1 Comment
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30
Dith Pran, survivor of Khmer Rouge, photojournalist who saved lives of others, RIP
Filed Under RIP, Foreign Affairs, Announcements, Media | 4 Comments
I loved the movie, The Killing Fields. I also thought Sam Waterston was sexy. But that’s another story.
Do you know who Pol Pot was? Do you know what the Khmer Rouge was? Do you have any idea why you should know either one? If not, it’s unlikely you knew who Dith Pran or Sydney Schanberg was either.
Even though The Killing Fields is only a movie that grew from an NYT magazine article by Schanberg called “The Death and Life of Dith Pran” (and later turned into a book; the article is only available as a pdf to subscribers though I only received a small piece of it - no energy at the moment to look further for it) - you should start with either one, immediately, if you aren’t familiar with any of those names.
I have a few specific memories of political discussions and events from my growing up years, and hearing my father and the broadcast news talk about the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot in the 1970s was one of them. What I remember knowing? There was a lot of death, a lot of violation of human rights and an anger that we weren’t doing enough to stop it. I was in my tween and teens, and this kind of memory always makes me wonder what my kids will remember about what they hear re: Iraq and beyond.
Here’s the New York Times obit for Pran. RIP.
Hattip Shaun.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:16 pm March 30th, 2008 in RIP, Foreign Affairs, Announcements, Media | 4 Comments
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Mar
30
Live-blog: Analysis of Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton & Presidential Election, WAM!2008
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Here we go again! Should be fascinating. Here are the panelists: Cleavage, Cackles and Cookies: Analyzing News Coverage of Hillary Clinton and the 2008 Presidential Election
Allison Stevens, Betsy Reed, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Barbara Lee
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:00 am March 30th, 2008 in Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, 'Roots News, Writing, Announcements, Women, Media | 8 Comments
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30
Live-blog: Here We Go Again: Bad Stories About Women That Never Die, WAM!2008
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Author Caryl Rivers and Dr. Rosalind Barrett give this session at WAM!2008. Join me at 9:00-10:30am for a live-blog with links to helpful information.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:41 am March 30th, 2008 in Writing, Women, Announcements, Politics | Please comment
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30
[video] Former Iraqi Abu Gharib prisoner under Saddam, Haifa Zangana, on reality of Iraqi women’s lives
Filed Under Foreign Affairs, 'Roots News, Military, Writing, Women, Announcements | 3 Comments
The full speech which I live-blogged here was incredibly powerful. I also did a one-on-one interview which I hope to post later today or tonight.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:34 am March 30th, 2008 in Foreign Affairs, 'Roots News, Military, Writing, Women, Announcements | 3 Comments
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Mar
28
Live-blogging Creating Sustainable Media, WAM!2008
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I’ll be live-blogging this session starting at 11:00am Saturday, 3/29/08.
Grab some coffee and join me.
You Gotta Have a Plan: Three Women Founders Talk About the Nuts and Bolts of Creating Sustainable Media
Nancy Gruver, Rita Henley Jenson, Theresa Moore
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:27 pm March 28th, 2008 in Business, 'Roots News, Announcements, Media, Tech, Blogging | 2 Comments
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28
Live-blogging Haifa Zangana, former prisoner of Iraqi regime, WAM!2008
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You can read more about Haifa Zangana here. Join me Saturday morning at 9:00am for a live-blog of her keynote speech to WAM!2008 attendees.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:19 pm March 28th, 2008 in Military, Foreign Affairs, 'Roots News, Writing, Women, Media, Announcements, Blogging | Please comment
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28
Live-blogging Helen Thomas keynote, WAM!2008
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Please join me this Friday evening at 8pm as I live-blog the grand dame of the White House press corps, Helen Thomas, as she present the keynote address to WAM!2008, Women, Action and the Media.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:52 pm March 28th, 2008 in Women, Writing, Announcements, Media, Politics, Blogging | 5 Comments
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