At a Poynter Institute seminar kickoff today, about a dozen faculty members from Statesboro to San Luis Obispo and from Miami Beach to Toronto gathered to discuss “Teaching Diversity Across the Curriculum.” In Poynter’s words, “If tomorrow’s journalists are to report and write about a dynamic, increasingly diverse society, they’ll need guidance in the classroom. [...]

Weight of a Family’s Hopes
Weight of a Family’s Hopes
Parents’ Dream Leaves Little Room for Being an Average American Teen
(tags: poynter diversity)

Why Twitter Matters
Can the fledgling microblogging service become a social media powerhouse to rival giants like Facebook—or will it be gobbled up?
(tags: twitter microblogging web2.0)

List of ethnic slurs
A slur can be anything from an insinuation [...]