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How young journalists are standing out in the job market
Like many Gen Zers stuck at home during the pandemic, then-17-year-old Matthew Tsai was bored. He loved listening to comedy podcasts, so he recruited his older sister to make their own, called “Tsai Five.” They recorded the first few episodes on Matthew’s phone while sitting on the floor at home. Eventually, their cousin composed the theme music for free.
Two years and a staggering 88 episodes later, Tsai is a sophomore at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism...
Serial Killers: “The Vampire in the Window” Florencio Fernández
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Born in 1935, Florencio Fernández grew up in a region of Argentina nicknamed the “fortress of folklore.” As a teenager, destitute and alone, he watched a film at a local theater that would change his life — and inspire his crimes. That film’s name? Dracula. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Is Tupac Still Alive?
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Disappearances: Vladimir Alexandrov
Vladimir Alexandrov
A leading climate scientist, once renowned internationally for his work on nuclear winter theory, vanished in Madrid in the mid-1980s. Vladimir Alexandrov made friends everywhere he went; his name was, at the very least, known by some of the most powerful figures in the American and Soviet governments. Yet his disappearance wasn
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Disappearances: Damien Nettles
Damien Nettles
The Isle of Wight has a dual identity. It’s a tourist destination with a pristine reputation. And it’s a small island where everybody knows everyone. So when a 16-year-old local vanishes one night in 1996, his parents are sure that whatever happened to him, it didn’t go unnoticed. Only, information proves to be scarce. And it se
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Disappearances: Emanuela Orlandi
When a teenage girl goes missing in Italy, her disappearance is linked to a Turkish assassin, a mobster, a bank scandal, and the Vatican itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Cold Cases: The Murders of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore
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In 1964, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore’s bodies are found in the Mississippi River while authorities are looking for victims of another crime: the Mississippi Burning case. For much of history, Henry and Charles’s story was a footnote to the Mississippi Burning. Forty years later, Charles’s brother Thomas and a Cana
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Princess Diana: The Royal Special Pt. 2
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As the world mourns, speculation runs wild. How could this have happened? Who was to blame? British paparazzi, who hounded the vehicle into its passengers’ final moments, are an easy target. But rumors arise that lay the fault at the feet of the royal family — a possibility that Diana herself had predicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Naomi Osaka, Tennis Icon, Will Be the Subject of a New Netflix Series
Tennis ace Naomi Osaka will be the newest subject of a sure-to-be iconic Netflix documentary series.
Netflix announced on Wednesday, February 12 that the 22-year-old groundbreaking tennis player will be the subject of a currently untitled series. The Netflix docuseries will chronicle Naomi’s attempt to defend her U.S. Open title in 2019 and will follow her throughout each of her Grand Slam tournaments this year, as well as her life outside of sports. According to Variety, the series will also...
"Little Women" Stars Emma Watson, Florence Pugh Take Old-Fashioned Photos in 1880s Style
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women just gave us all the ultimate throwback – all the way back to the 1880s.
The critically-acclaimed, Oscar-nominated movie based on Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel provided us more of faves Jo, Beth, Meg, and Amy in the form of very cool old-fashioned photos taken in the look and style of the mid-1800s, when the novel is set.
The Little Women Twitter account shared the photos by photographer Wilson Webb on Wednesday, Feb. 5, noting that the images use the collodion...
All the Bright Places Trailer Released by Netflix
Netflix has dropped the trailer for All the Bright Places, aka your next favorite drama, and it’s filled with all the wonders of a coming-of-age tale.
On Thursday, February 6, the first trailer for the movie All the Bright Places was released and, trust me, it’ll get you right in the feels. The movie is based on the international best-selling Y.A. novel of the same name by Jennifer Niven and stars Elle Fanning as Violet Markey, a popular teen who has survivor’s guilt after her sister’s death,...
Ranking the Top 2019 Christmas Movies by How Christmassy They Are
It’s that time of year again—to get cozy, curl up, and marathon all the Hallmark, Netflix, and Lifetime Christmas movies. While indulging in every single magical small-town holiday romance, you’ll notice the Christmas quotient in those movies is not entirely equal.
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The Ultimate Cheesy Holiday Movie Trope Checklist
Heading into the home stretch of Peak Holiday Movie Season, you’ve come to expect certain things in your viewings of Netflix, Hallmark, and Lifetime Christmas movies. No, I don’t just mean all your fave staple holiday movie actors (paging Candace Cameron Bure and Lacey Chabert) taking on new characters. There are certain scenes and tropes you want—nay, need—to see in each TV movie in order for it to be a fulfilling Christmas movie viewing experience.
You know what I’m talking about: the small...