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Using Google Street View in Germany
UPIU’s Krista Kapralos writes on the underwhelming response to Google Street View in Germany and Google’s promise to omit personal images and information Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged German, Germany, Global Post, google, journalist, Krista Kapralos, privacy, Street View, United States, UPIU
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Meet UPIU’s International Coordinator, Harumi Gondo
ShareThis week UPIU intern Anna Young spoke with Harumi Gondo, UPIU’s International Coordinator. Harumi is in charge of making sure UPIU.com runs smoothly and has quality content from j-schools and j-students around the world. Listen to the short Q&A session … Continue reading
Posted in UPIU users
Tagged Anna Young, citizen journalism, Harumi Gondo, j-school, j-student, journalist, UPIU
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Lessons learned from a community engagement intern
ShareWaitressing tables by day at a Greek restaurant in Virginia, I submitted my application for the UPIU internship posted on journalismjobs.com (a hot job/internship search site). Several days later, Harumi Gondo e-mailed me back with one line: “Please check the … Continue reading
Posted in UPIU users
Tagged Anna Young, community, engagement, Harumi Gondo, internship, James Madison University, jobs, journalism, lessons, mistakes, Social Media, undergraduate, UPIU, Virginia
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Finding Stories in a Strange Land
ShareHi, UPIUers! It’s Krista, your senior mentor, and I’m writing from Frankfurt, Germany, where I’ll be reporting until early October through a fellowship from the International Center for Journalists. I landed a week ago and was immediately shuffled into full-time … Continue reading
One-day J-training with YHC
Share Amy Dalton, a junior at Young Harris College, found it extremely hard to wake up before noon on Thursday. Even still, she woke from her summer slumber for a one-day training session with UPIU staff in preparation for her … Continue reading
Posted in UPIU users
Tagged armchair, Georgia, journalism, shoeleather, training, Young Harris
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Some help from a Chinese j-student
Share[Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI] When a photo gallery from China of a biodegradable urn burial ceremony came in it had one vague cutline for all 16 photos. We knew our viewers would want an explanation as vivid as the gallery … Continue reading
Posted in UPIU users
Tagged Beijing, biodegradable, ceremony, China, journalism, Peking, Tianjin, UPI, UPIU, urn
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