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		<title>Six tips for journalists on using Facebook for reporting</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2011/06/six-tips-for-journalists-on-using-facebook-for-reporting.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Natasha Tynes How can journalists tap into the power of Facebook to crowdsource reporting and interact with readers? The average users spend an estimated “25 minutes daily on Facebook,” according to Vadim Lavrusik, Journalist Program Manager at Facebook. How can news organizations and journalists raise user engagement? IJNet attended a recent Facebook Journalism Meetup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking East: Media outlets offering tweets, services in Arabic</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2011/02/looking-east-more-media-outlets-offering-tweets-services-in-arabic.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2011/02/looking-east-more-media-outlets-offering-tweets-services-in-arabic.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the world watches the unprecedented developments in Egypt, which was dubbed &#8220;Revolution 2.0,&#8221; a number of media outlets and social media sites have also taken their own unprecedented steps by offering their services in Arabic for the first time. From Tweeting in Arabic to translating content, it looks like the Web is looking East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assimilation: The journey of a thousand miles starts with &#8216;Snooki&#8217;</title>
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		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2011/01/assimilation-the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-starts-with-snooki.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from an eight-day trip to California where I embarked on a journey of discovery. As an East Coaster, I wanted to understand that foreign part of the country, home to the “chilled”, the “pot-smokers,” the outdoor enthusiasts, and the technology-savvy. My husband and I along with friends we stayed with and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Wikileaks for a bit and ponder this: Social media journalism</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/12/forget-wikileaks-for-a-bit-and-let%e2%80%99s-ponder-this-social-media-journalism.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2010/12/forget-wikileaks-for-a-bit-and-let%e2%80%99s-ponder-this-social-media-journalism.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While many are arguing nowadays whether Wikileaks is a new kind of journalism, and whether journalists should learn from its founder Julian Assange or just stay away from him as much as possible, I want to discuss a new kind of journalism that has knocked my socks off: Social Media journalism. This is a term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalism is not dead, long live journalism</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/11/journalism-is-not-dead-long-live-journalism.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been driving my husband crazy. I’m always distracted. My mind is simply elsewhere. I&#8217;m presently living “on planet Natasha,” to quote his description of my current state of mind. The reason is simple. There is so much innovation going on in the realm of digital journalism and its integration with social media that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordanian Christians are in a fine shape but still a ‘minority’</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/11/jordanian-christians-are-in-a-fine-shape-but-remain-a-%e2%80%98minority%e2%80%99.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent horrific attack on Christians in Iraq struck a personal cord with me. Of all the attacks happening daily in Iraq, this one somehow hit home. It might have been the way the worshippers were ambushed during Sunday mass and then slaughtered that’s causing me to lose sleep. It is horrifying to realize that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While young Muslims deliver flowers, the US media fails twice</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/while-young-muslims-deliver-flowers-the-us-media-fails-twice.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/while-young-muslims-deliver-flowers-the-us-media-fails-twice.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the US media was having a field day with a non-story about a fringe pastor who wanted to burn the Quran, and while Islamophobia and anti-Muslim incidents were skyrocketing including urinating in a mosque and attacking a Muslim cab driver, young Muslims in a small city in the Middle East delivered flowers to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘I voted’</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/%e2%80%98i-voted%e2%80%99.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/%e2%80%98i-voted%e2%80%99.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political mayhem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mideast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For many, September 14 was your regular Tuesday with its heavy work load. For others it was the day when minor elections were taking place in several US states. But for me it was a milestone. It was the day I got out of my car, all dressed-up (in a grey suit and red- stripped shirt), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quran Burning and the US media: It’s a question of ethics</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/quran-burning-and-the-us-media-it%e2%80%99s-a-question-of-ethics.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/quran-burning-and-the-us-media-it%e2%80%99s-a-question-of-ethics.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first amendment is a genius piece of work. It gives American journalists the freedom to express and air information, it gives ordinary citizens the power to vocally criticize authority, and it also gives the priest of a small church in Florida the right to publically burn Qurans on the ninth anniversary of September 11.  Although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“So, how was your summer?”</title>
		<link>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/%e2%80%9cso-how-was-your-summer%e2%80%9d.html</link>
		<comments>http://natashatynes.com/2010/09/%e2%80%9cso-how-was-your-summer%e2%80%9d.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Everyday me!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since I moved to the US, I have gradually become one of those who dread Mondays. I don’t dread Mondays for the obvious reasons:  The start of a new hectic week, the end of a weekend, etc. I dread it because it’s the day that I have to submit my social life report first thing [...]]]></description>
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