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This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Washington Post Journalists Appeal to Jeff Bezos Amid Looming Layoffs A wave of concern has hit The Washington Post newsroom as staffContinue Reading

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Craig Ferguson Hydrosphere and Enabling Capabilities Program Manager Dr. Craig R. Ferguson serves as program manager for NASA’s Earth Science Division Research Element Hydrosphere program, project scientist for the Integrated Modeling Virtual Institute Scientific Computing program, and Earth Science Division co-lead for High-End Computing. He serves as program scientist forContinue Reading

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James Bailey Acting Director of NASA Shared Services Center and Stennis Space Center Office of Procurement James Bailey is the Acting Procurement Officer of NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) and Stennis Space Center (SSC) located in Hancock County, Mississippi. In this role, Mr. Bailey’s primary duties include managing a workforceContinue Reading

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Nipa Shah Director of Goddard Flight Center Office of Procurement Nipa Shah is the Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Procurement.  In this role, she is responsible for planning and execution of all Goddard procurements with accountability for a range of multi-program and institutional activities, such asContinue Reading

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Xiaozhen Xiong Research Scientist, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Xiaozhen (Shawn) Xiong is a research scientist within the Science Directorate of NASA Langley Research Center, and his major research interest is radiative transfer modeling and remote sensing, with a focus on the developmentContinue Reading

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Plane vanished in jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather., Plane vanished in remote jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather. Bogota, Colombia – Search and rescue teams in Colombia are searching for a passenger planeContinue Reading

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Straight dating culture has never been short on rules. From who texts first to who pays for dinner, many expectations are shaped by tradition rather than intention, often rooted in rigid gender roles that leave little room for nuance or conversation. Queer people, excluded from that framework by default, hadContinue Reading

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Last year’s 50th anniversary summer of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” was accompanied by a feeding frenzy of hoopla. We were besieged with a slew of “making-of” documentaries, countless online articles and appreciations, Discovery Channel specials, features on the nightly news, museum exhibits and a nationwide theatrical rerelease. I suspect the breathlessContinue Reading