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Getting All Children Reading: Establishing A Village Library In Kenya, Florence Mugambi May 2013

Getting All Children Reading: Establishing A Village Library In Kenya, Florence Mugambi

Florence N. Mugambi

A report on analysis of data collected on reading habits of students and library use.


The Place-Based Approach: Public Policy In Context, Neil Bradford Apr 2013

The Place-Based Approach: Public Policy In Context, Neil Bradford

Neil Bradford

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Journalism In A Pr World, Michael I. Niman Ph.D. Apr 2013

Journalism In A Pr World, Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

Mike Niman discusses the future of journalism in a PR-dominated communication environment. In particular, he examines the migration of talent from journalism to the PR industry, the collapse of mainstream journalism and the role of an emergent alternative media as American journalism goes through metamorphosis from what it was to what it could become. Journalism is a social good that should equip people to understand and resist spin. Niman argues that mainstream American journalism, rather than rising to this challenge, has transparently succumbed to serving as an arm of the corporate PR industry, thus laying the groundwork for its own …