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podcasts stories: 5 news summaries

 NYC Church Twitters 
 Good Friday Ritual 

Trinity Wall Street brings Good Friday online

Apr 10, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York church is using Twitter to bring observance of Good Friday into the social-networking age, CNET reports. Trinity Wall Street is posting the Passion, 140-character piece by 140-character piece, from a set of accounts representing the characters in the story. The church already encourages the use of video... More »

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social networking • Christ • podcast • podcasts • Jesus Christ • Good Friday • Twitter • microblogging • Trinity Wall Street

(Newser) - Though podcasts can’t replace actually going to class, research suggests that students who download recorded versions of lectures get better grades, Ars Technica reports. Being able to repeat tricky parts of the lecture seems key; a group that attended a lecture and downloaded it later scored 9% higher than... More »

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education • podcasts • virtual teacher

NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns 

Board turned off
by his new-media
expansion plans

Mar 7, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - National Public Radio chief executive Ken Stern stepped down yesterday amid increasing static from the board about his ambitious plans for the network, reports the Washington Post. Stern oversaw rapid expansion that boosted revenue from $65 million to $200 million since joining NPR in 1999, and made the organization into... More »

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radio • radio stations • broadcasting • podcasts • new media • NPR

All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

From a Wisconsin dorm to a NYC highrise, satirical newspaper's key lies in lies

Mar 2, 08 4:51 PM CST
(Newser) - When a wisecracking newspaper was born in a Wisconsin dorm room in 1988, no one predicted it would one day be installed in sleek Manhattan offices, producing fake print and television news, and rolling in dough. But the Onion's president isn’t surprised, CBS reports. The paper “attracts... More »

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newspaper • New York City • satire • online newspapers • The Onion • podcasts • video podcasts • University of Wisconsin Madison • Sean Mills • Scott Dikkers

Colleges Turn to New Media to Recruit Students

Recruiters using blogs, social networking, even text messages

Jan 7, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - If MySpace and Facebook are where the high school kids are, then that’s where college recruiters are headed. Schools competing for today’s tech-savvy teens are reaching out to them through podcasts, online videos, virtual campus tours, live chats, blogs, and social networking profiles, reports the Boston Globe—... More »

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social networking • college admissions • blogging • colleges and universities • texting • prospective student • admissions officers • IMs • virtual campus tours • podcasts

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