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Michelle Dryden has come full-circle back to the exciting world of Journalism, news, and media. Dryden is an Independent Multimedia Journalist. She graduated with honors from Full Sail University. Dryden received the Advanced Achievement Award from Full Sail University's New Media Journalism Master's degree program, in June 2013. With journalism experiences in both digital and traditional journalism since 1996, she is a news veteran. The Media Pub News blog publishes core news and community features. What's your story? Email me at mdryden@themediapub.com. Cheers!!!
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Judge delays execution of only woman on U.S. death row

December 26, 2020

FILE – This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up

Business, Cultural Corner, News Now!, Travel & Venues

Brazil is famous for its meat. But vegetarianism is soaring.

December 26, 2020

The number of vegetarians in Brazil doubled over a six-year period, which has given rise to a booming plant-based industry that is seeking to turn meatpacking plants obsolete. — NYT: Top Stories

Business, Cultural Corner, Entertainment News, News Now!

A ‘great cultural depression’ looms for legions of unemployed performers

December 26, 2020

With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries. — NYT: Top Stories

Business, News Now!, Travel & Venues

Sailors stranded for months as China refuses to let coal ships unload

December 26, 2020

China is vague about why vessels that carried Australian coal to its ports can’t unload their cargo. “We’re all depressed; our mental health is deteriorating,” one sailor said. — NYT: Top Stories

Cultural Corner, Health Care, News Now!, Travel & Venues

A pandemic Christmas: Churches shut, borders complicated

December 25, 2020

Christians on the screen attend an online Christmas service for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ROME (AP) — Curfews, quarantines and even

Cultural Corner, News Now!, Travel & Venues

Stateless, she became the face of a largely invisible plight

December 25, 2020

Maha Mamo had no citizenship. Born in Lebanon of Syrian parents, she was ineligible for either nationality. It took her years of perseverance and some lucky breaks to find a homeland — in Brazil. — NYT: Top Stories

Cultural Corner, Entertainment News, News Now!

Meghan Markle wants Prince Harry’s Christmas away from the royal family to be ‘special’

December 25, 2020

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are celebrating their first Christmas in the United States since leaving their official royal duties behind.   — FOX News

Business, News Now!, Politics

The ‘Trump bump’ for books has been significant. Can it continue?

December 25, 2020

As a new administration looms, publishers have snapped up another crop of forthcoming Trump books by prominent journalists and pundits. — NYT: Top Stories

Education, News Now!, Politics

Remote-learning issues multiply for disadvantaged American students

December 25, 2020

An analysis of school attendance shows the inequities. New England governors appealed for caution over the holidays. — NYT: Top Stories

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