Wishing a blessed Good Friday to the #LMU community. In the stillness of this most solemn day, may we find peace in our prayer & contemplation.

With Gwyneth Paltrow's lawsuit on everyone's minds, let's take a look at some of the oddest celebrity lawsuits of the past. ow.ly/bmhG50NAB7A

“I still strongly believe that narratives are more powerful than other forms of journalism storytelling, and that they can make people care in a way that a straight investigation or news stories can’t,” Lane DeGregory told Poynter. poynter.org/reporting-edit…

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Yup

YOUNG LIONS ON THE PROWL AND CLIMB: MICHELLE P. NGUYEN, LMU ’20 asiamedia.lmu.edu/2023/04/11/lio…

Amen to that.

Americans Are Critical of China’s Global Role – as Well as Its Relationship With Russia pewrsr.ch/3KxWsBn

Yup

Reality. This must be one of the stages of grief: “We are on the right side of history...But it’s looking a bit lonely on the right side of history, as those who seem much less on the right side of history are increasingly banding together in a whole range of structures.”

Way to go, Coach Johnson!

MOVIE REVIEW: THE POWER OF SILENCE IN CALL ME CHIHIRO (2023) asiamedia.lmu.edu/2023/04/12/mov…

Suspicious echoes of US nagging at ally Japan in the '90s - remember that tirade? Never us as the problem, always it's 'Them'... I think a lot of people have figured out what this is all about....How about you?

Totally agree. He gave a lot, tried as best he knew, tried to keep The Faith, and stayed active after leaving office. Andrea and I loved his monthly book club.

Not a good symptom in several ways.

News from #Philippines | A Chinese coast guard ship cut off a Philippine patrol vessel carrying journalists in the disputed South China Sea, causing a near-collision: cs.is/3oK8i4a

highly informative

BOOK REVIEW: SHE IS A HAUNTING (2023) BY TRANG THANH TRAN – A BLEAK HOUSE WITH SPECTRAL VISION asiamedia.lmu.edu/2023/04/28/boo…

Yup

MUSIC REVIEW: RAHMANIA ASTRINI AND MAKING SPACE FOR MUSIC—NEW AND OLD asiamedia.lmu.edu/2023/05/01/mus…