Q&A: Maria Armoudian, Author of ‘Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World’

September 1, 2011

Maria Armoudian is a journalist, educator, and a consultant for Mayor Villaraigosa and other civic commissions. She hosts The Insighters and Scholars’ Circle Sundays at noon on KPFK. Her new book, Kill the Messenger examines the recent history of the media’s role and influence on cultural and political conflicts from the Holocaust, to the Rwandan [...]

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Keeping an Eye on Hurricane Irene via Social Media and Open Data

August 26, 2011
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A massive hurricane is swirling toward the eastern seaboard of the U.S. leaving 29 million people under a Hurricane warning on Friday night. Currently a category 2 storm, Hurricane Irene is forecast to straddle the coast before making landfall near New York City. Here in Southern California we don’t have many hurricane threats but then [...]

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PHOTOS: Iowa City in the Rocky Mountains

August 23, 2011
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Spent a long weekend in the Rockies with many of my best friends, most of whom I lived with in a big house in Iowa City during college and had immeasurable fun: great hiking, awesome weather, and good times catching up with old friends as if a day hadn’t passed…

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The LG Revolution Takes Hollywood

August 19, 2011
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I was a VIP guest of LG at a red carpet Hollywood bash celebrating the Revolution this week. In spite of promo posters featuring raised fists on the walls, this revolution is not a movement — it’s an Android smartphone and a speedy one at that.

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Interview: Elevator Labs’ Zack Zalon on New Funding, LA’s Innovative Tech Scene

August 15, 2011
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The state of the economy may be a big question mark but one thing’s for sure: L.A. tech is hot. Westwood-based Elevator Labs received $20 million in funding this week in another example of investors putting money into innovative Los Angeles-based startups. Managing partner Zack Zalon discussed how his years at Virgin Digital influenced his approach and why he’s excited about L.A.’s tech community.

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Think LinkedIn is Free? You Got Sold!

August 11, 2011
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It seems every social network overextends its privileges with users once a year if not more. In the past the culprit has most often been Facebook, changing its Terms of Service and upgrading its platform to create just a bit more vulnerability for its users. It’s become an almost humorous pattern of overreaching only to retreat slightly in reaction to inevitable user outrage.

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