The word 'doctor' comes from the Latin word for "teacher." merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…

I just heard a guy on NPR refer to "credibility bookshelves" in the background of Zoom calls and it is now my word for the year.

listening to Queens College pres Frank Wu on the sheriff who said of the perpetrator of the killings of Asian American women, "he was having a bad day," and keep thinking of franny choi poem "Whiteness Walks into a Bar" The City University of New York The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast youtu.be/3hA1_z_rqAg

Honored to have my work featured alongside that of my brilliant colleagues for Women’s History Month youtu.be/1MKTcRWCBFg via YouTube

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Elizabeth Toohey said it best when discussing how important it is to teach students journalism: "Journalism can cultivate curiosity, openness, respect and collaborative problem-solving." bit.ly/3ehEPtF

Nice piece that runs much deeper than the blurb: besides an assessment of journalism, it contains a resonant critique of modern writing education (which is synecdoche: it's also a critique of education broadly), and also discusses the salutary role of the community college.

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