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The New York Review of Books had the best take I’ve seen on social media’s intrusion into our lives and what we can do about it. Here’s Madeleine Bunting, formerly a journalist at The Guardian and the author of four books, including The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre(2009).
Today, as we grapple with a pervasive new digital culture, attention has become an issue of pressing social concern. Technology provides us with new tools to grab people’s attention.
Turns out that the news outlets Americans trust mostaren’t American. That’s according to a recent survey conducted by the University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute. Topping the list: The Economist(published in the U.K.) with public television in the U.S. in 2nd place — but the 3rd, 4th, and 7th spots respectively are British (Reuters, the BBC and The Guardian newspaper). NPR is in 5th place. Some questioned the reliability of the poll (namely BuzzFeed which ranked 2nd from the bottom),
Years ago, in preparation for spending 6 months on assignment in Bolivia, I read a magnificent book by
William Powers:Whispering in the Giant’s Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia’s War on Globalization (2006). Little did I know that, during my stay in Cochabamba, I would become friends with Melissa Draper and that Melissa and Bill would marry years later. It is a small world!
Today, I received an email from Bill — he’s working on a new book and shared the draft manuscript with me.
Our Italian NextGen Guia Baggi on the rapper that speaks to unemployed Italian youths, click here to read it in Wired.it
A un anno dall’uscita del singolo che lo ha reso famoso, O’Vient, la Campania continua a essere tra le prime regioni per emigrazione giovanile Guia Baggi
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aprile 30, 2014
È il primo nome nella lista degli artisti annunciati per l’immancabile concertone del primo maggio in piazza San Giovanni a Roma.
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This article was published by Zester Daily on July 17, 2014.
Travelers who spend more than a few weeks in Italy likely will find themselves around a local family’s dinner table, sipping homemade liqueur.
Initially invented for medicinal purposes by 13th-century Italian monks, liqueurs (liquore in Italian) have become a source of regional pride, with Italians still drinking and customizing those original recipes today.
This article was published by Zester Daily on July 2, 2014.
Knishes are packed with more than flaky, potatoey deliciousness. “The knish is really stuffed with stories,” said Laura Silver, author of the new book, “Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food.” Her many pilgrimages on behalf of the knish — “a pillow of filling tucked into a skin of dough” — took Silver from Poland to Israel. But the story really began with Mrs.
This article was published by Zester Daily on July 2, 2014.
Knishes are packed with more than flaky, potatoey deliciousness. “The knish is really stuffed with stories,” said Laura Silver, author of the new book, “Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food.” Her many pilgrimages on behalf of the knish — “a pillow of filling tucked into a skin of dough” — took Silver from Poland to Israel. But the story really began with Mrs.
By ZANNA MCKAY
This article was published by PRI’s The World on May 01, 2014.
It’s a staggering statistic. In Italy, more than 40 percent of those between the ages of 15 and 24 can’t find work.
In the southern region of Campania, the youth unemployment rate is a whopping 48 percent. It’s something that rapper/hip-hop artist Clemente Maccaro — known as Clementino — tackles head on. He grew up near Naples in the Campania region,
In Italy’s southern region of Campania, the youth unemployment rate is a whopping 48 percent. It’s something that rapper/hip-hop artist Clemente Maccaro — known as Clementino — tackles head on. He grew up near Naples in the Campania region, and that’s where his latest music video was filmed. His song “O’ Vient” is about the desperate situation faced by Italian youth, especially those living in the south.
Round Earth’s Zanna McKay and Guia Baggi teamed up to bring Clementino’s message to audiences in the United States via PRI’s The World and in Italy via WIRED Magazine in Italian.