You’ve seen the comments section under an article or a video on the Web. And you know that while they’re meant to create meaningful dialogue, they’re more often filled with hate and verbal attacks. Some cyber bullying has been so vicious that suicide has been the result. WBEZ blogger Leah Pickett and Illinois Safe Schools Alliance’s Shannon Sullivan talks about this growing problem. And we ask you-how can we make the internet a better place?
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Our on-air discussion about viral videos in Russia and the ubiquity of Russian dash cams.
I’m experimenting with storytelling forms. I’ve been carrying a GoPro camera around with me to try to document my day. There is way more potential here than what is represented. In fact, I think I need to spice up my day a little more after watching and voicing this. But I think that there is a way to tell someone’s story here in a way that would bring more understanding about what they do and how they do it.
Tim
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Tom Brokaw stopped by WBEZ on Tuesday to talk guns and whether or not the world is a better place. The veteran newsman is in Chicago to moderating a panel on guns.
(Source: http://www.ustream.tv/)
Crowded conditions at our weekly Data J meeting here at #WBEZ. We heart data. (at WBEZ)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone paid a visit to #WBEZ today. #southpark #bookofmormon (at WBEZ)
I’m easily entertained, but we pulled data all day from Chicagoland to see how people were Tweeting about the races. Then we built animated GIFs showing the progression of the races Tweeted throughout the day. I love this stuff. Check out all the race GIFs here. http://www.wbez.org/news/chicagoland-tweets-election-day-103693
Film director Robert Zemeckis stopped by the #WBEZ studios today to talk about his new film #Flight. (at WBEZ)
Sending off the venerable Steve Edwards in style. #wbez #chicago (Taken with Instagram at WBEZ)
GoPro lost, GoPro Found – A Mystery Solved –
Here’s a little tale you might be interested in. A film maker lost his GoPro somewhere in the stratosphere. A farmer in Northwest Indiana found it. We helped, a little bit. Here’s what happened –