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Producer Notes: Data center concerns, sustainable death, and making art out of decay
Since June, I’ve been a producer for the Monday Eight O’Clock Buzz with long-running host Brian Standing at WORT 89.9 FM. Recently, and with the graces of the news director, I tried something new. As an experiment, I wrote a text-based version of the radio with further context, news story links, and links to the — read more
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Being unemployed makes you hungry for answers.
I feel like I spend a lot of time on the internet looking for an answer. Where is the next job? — read more
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Here are 96 Tips on creativity from an advertising veteran
Advertising legend David Fowler (of Motel 6 “Leave the light on” fame) offers 96 tips for surviving the advertising industry. But really, it will help any creative survive any creative industry. — read more
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Journalists should find that Pablo Torre energy
What I love about Pablo Torre is how he makes journalism engaging and interesting — read more
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$1.6B data center proposed in Menomonie draws strong response from concerned citizens
From WPR by Rich Kremer An unnamed tech company is proposing a $1.6 billion data center in the western Wisconsin city of Menomonie — and concerned citizens are raising the alarm. The city council has annexed and rezoned around 320 acres of farmland, but some of those who voted yes say they don’t necessarily support — read more
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The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.
Wikipedia is the largest compendium of human knowledge ever assembled, with more than 7 million articles in its English version, the largest and most developed of 343 language projects — read more
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The Last Untamed Writer in America
The writer William T. Vollmann is many things: a 2005 National Book winner, fiction writer, a journalist, a prolific producer of over 20 books; a war zone observer (he once almost died from a land mine). — read more