Mallory Carra

Baking soda is a great solution for cleaning burnt pots and pans.
The easiest way to use baking soda to clean burnt pans is to combine it with water to form a paste.
You can also use lemon juice, vinegar, dish soap, or even dryer sheets with baking soda to clean burnt pots.
Many people keep baking soda around the house to eliminate odors in their fridge, rid plants of pests and use it in baking as a leavening agent.
But the cleaning magic happens when baking soda is combined with a liquid and...

Key Points
Never scrub a matcha stain on clothing; blot it gently with a microfiber cloth.
Use baking soda with vinegar, lemon juice, or water to treat the stain.
After washing the garment, check the stain before putting it in the dryer to avoid setting the stain.
When you're sipping on a nice iced matcha latte on a sunny day, potentially spilling it on your clothes isn't top of mind, but it's a distinct possibility. Tea mishaps from accidentally bumping into someone or a cup malfunction occu...

Unleash the fun: These 10 US cities have the most dog parks per resident
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Unleash the fun: These 10 US cities have the most dog parks per resident
Dog owners know leashing up to walk their canine companion is an essential part of being a dog parent, but those routine treks can become boring for owners and pups alike.
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How one US organization reunites military personnel with the animals they rescued overseas
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How one US organization reunites military personnel with the animals they rescued overseas
While deployed in Kosovo in May 2024, U.S. Army Reserve physical therapy assistant Elvia Azuara saw many stray cats running around one of the bases—including ...

Born and bred in New York City, I was excited when I was offered a change of pace — my first reporting job at a newspaper in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As I packed to leave for Appalachia, my friends teased me with questions like “Will there be dirt roads?” “Will you have electricity?” and “Will everyone there be white?”
Chattanooga not only had paved roads but also several major interstates and international airports, enough electricity to power high-speed internet and many people of color.
My ...

From the moment Angela Chen appeared as an on-air reporter in Houston, viewers sent her messages on social media. Most had nothing to do with journalism. They were about her appearance.
One viewer obsessed about how she parted her hair. Another nitpicked over her black eyeliner. For most of her career, Chen, the only Asian American on-air reporter where she’s worked, was told she didn’t “fit in” at the anchor desk.
“Each one still hurts when you receive them, but you get over it quickly,” sai...

Before Will Schick became a journalist, he served in the United States Marine Corps. He was one of only a few Asian Americans in his 2007 training class. After ranking his top choices for his officer assignment, he was shocked to be placed on an obscure tech project — something he wasn’t aware of or even interested in.
“I asked my platoon commander and he said it was because I was really good at computers,” said Schick, who is part Korean and now director of programs and partnerships at the A...

When reporter Shelby Bremer moved from Chicago to San Diego to cover housing last year, she faced a challenge: How would she localize national stories in a brand-new city?
“It’s been really essential for me to lean on people with more experience in the newsroom and say, ‘OK, what’s the context here? Tell me the players, tell me the dynamics,’” said the NBC 7 San Diego reporter. “Because it’s important to have that so I can walk into a situation feeling like I understand what’s going on.”
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Last summer, Erika Driscoll had just come off a string of unsuccessful dance auditions. Her family kept bugging her about other options: What else could she do with her life? Feeling the pressure, the then-27-year-old dancer and fitness instructor made a list of grad schools for careers she was interested in: physical therapy and broadcast journalism. When she got into the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, she thought, “Well, this is a sign” and hasn’t looked back.
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When Taylor Jung started attending Columbia Graduate School of Journalism part-time, she was prepared to be challenged. But she had no idea that one rigorous class would forge a bond with her classmates that lasted after graduation.
“We all came together, and it became a safe space for each other to talk about what we were going through in the class,” said Jung, who graduated in 2021. “But then it also became about our greater challenges in the industry, like finding a job and trying to navig...

At a recent get-together with friends, I mentioned to an acquaintance that I teach journalism at the University of Southern California.
“Maybe you should talk your students out of pursuing that career,” they said.
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I winced. Even with all the turmoil in the industry — 500 journalists were laid off in January alone, according to Politico — I still believe journalism education remains more vital than ever. And I’m not the only educator or journalist who feels that way...

Journalist Jeffrey Lee fell in love with podcasting as a student at Arcadia High School in Southern California, making two audio shows, “History/Herstory” and “Keepin’ It Arcadia.” In college, he took his love of audio to the next level, joining a student-run radio show at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Lee was ready to make audio his career when he applied for a podcasting internship at the Los Angeles Times during his final year. When he didn’t get it, he was dis...

Back in 2019, I had a glamorous job as an entertainment editor, attending movie premieres and regularly interviewing celebrities on the red carpet. But at home, I had trouble sleeping, felt exhausted all the time and was experiencing high levels of inflammation.
My doctor tried to find the medical cause but eventually said, “I think you need to change jobs. This one is burning you out.”
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Unfortunately, I’m one of many journalists to come to that realization — the Ce...