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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from literacy

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about literacy, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 21 stories have been published about literacy which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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CoinGape

CoinGape

Bitcoin founder Changpeng Zhao highlights education in low literacy countries

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Guardian

Guardian

Digital tech can offer rich opportunities for child development, study says

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Guardian

Guardian

Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure

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theprovince

A few simple steps can get teenagers interested in financial literacy

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financialpost

financialpost

Celebrate Financial Literacy Month with a money buddy

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vancouversun

vancouversun

Conversations That Matter: The importance of reading

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ABC News

ABC News

Black male teachers are a rarity in preschools. This pioneering program wants to change that

ABC News

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Yle News

Yle News

CBS lauds Finnish school classes on fake news, disinformation

Yle News

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Global News

Global News

New Brunswick election: Conservatives promise financial literacy curriculum - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca

Global News

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vancouversun

vancouversun

Raise-A-Reader: Langley literacy program introduces parents, kids to typewriting cows

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vancouversun

vancouversun

Raise-a-Reader: A super cool Mission teen comes to the reading rescue

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VOA

VOA

US students read fewer books in English class as focus turns to shorter works

VOA

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PBS

PBS

St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students

PBS

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CNBC

CNBC

It's not always 'a sexy thing' to be a millionaire, former NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland says. Here's why

CNBC

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Home | U.S. Department of Education

Home | U.S. Department of Education

Biden-Harris Administration announces $179 million in grants for academic acceleration efforts

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Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner

Michigan Republicans slam Whitmer after damning report on state’s reading scores: ‘Immeasurable harm’ - Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner

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Uncredited

Uncredited

Judge rules Evers properly used partial veto authority

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CNN

CNN

Fake celebrity endorsements become latest weapon in misinformation wars, sowing confusion ahead of 2024 election | CNN Business

CNN

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ABC News

ABC News

Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107

ABC News

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Annenberg Media

Annenberg Media

Nearly half of Americans don't read any books in 2023, according to YouGov

Annenberg Media

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