Mar 14th, 2010 · Many high school graduates have a stack of four yearbooks tucked away on a dusty shelf or in the attic. Forever capturing the years of our youth is a rite of passage for people, and some continue it when they get to college. Now a growing number of universities are no longer publishing the annual picture books. Are social media and the Internet to blame? Sandy Hausman of member station WVTF investigates.
Mar 6th, 2010 · Mark Horvath is a former drug addict and con artist who briefly had no home. After getting his life together, Horvath started Invisiblepeople.tv to showcase homeless people around the country and bring awareness to their plight. Horvath has also capitalized on social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter to raise money for the cause.
Mar 4th, 2010 · Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in film and television. In the early years of her success, some critics said she evoked the plantation stereotype of the black mammy. But her media mogul status has silenced those critics. Over the last 20 years, her televised counseling, and willingness to be counseled made her the first billionaire-everywoman.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Novelist Tash Aw takes us to Indonesia on the eve of violent civil war; a history of Austen appreciation, Jane's Fame, traces the author's rise from obscurity to ubiquity; Sam Lipsyte brings the funny to academia in his latest satire; and Enlightened Sexism aims a Buffy-style stake at the media's warped portrayals of "girl power."
Feb 26th, 2010 · A restaurant on New York's Coney Island was going to be demolished. A local group announced a historic find: a 140-year-old hot dog preserved in ice beneath the restaurant. After the story was picked up in the media, turns out it was a hoax.
Feb 24th, 2010 · ABC News President David Westin announced Tuesday that he'll be seeking hundreds of staff cuts through buyouts being offered to most news staff. The cuts are made necessary by a bad economy and increased media competition. Westin says this is a call for transformational change in the way TV news is produced in the digital age.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · First Lady Michelle Obama has begun nationally promoting her campaign to combat childhood obesity. And she says the media plays a major role in the problem. Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Dr. Darcy Thompson, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discuss the link between advertising and childhood obesity.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · This week, Tell Me More's senior producer, Alicia Montgomery asks how much of the Tiger Woods take-down is a revenge fantasy for journalists. Montgomery says Woods is no longer being punished for disgracing his family, but defying media expectations.