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Yes, we're lucky to live next to so many beautiful travel destinations in Asia, but if you're looking to go further afield, Europe might be the perfect place to spend your well-deserved summer holiday. Travellers are time and again drawn to European cities – no matter how many times you visit, there's always something new to discover. London, Paris and Madrid are no different and Mr & Mrs Smith have some exclusive offers that will get you museum-hopping, baguette-buying and tapas-tasting in no time!
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Best for: Sightseeing and stellar shopping
Style: Musing on museums
Setting: Cultured Kensington
The Ampersand Hotel is in the thick of all that's happening in London, with museums a short stroll away and high-end shopping a little too close for your wallet's comfort. Nibble on mini sandwiches and petit fours at the hotel's classic afternoon tea, or experiment with the science-themed afternoon tea that features a chocolate dinosaur and pipettes filled with cherry sauce poking out of macarons. The hallways leading to the modern rooms reference the museums that surround the hotel: each level is influenced by a different theme, from botany to ornithology.
Suites will afford you views of the London skyline from their balcony in the eaves. The bathrooms even have in-built televisions so you can catch up on your soaps while being a tad sudsy yourself! Make sure you book a street-facing room, as break-time at the primary school next door can get a little noisy. You'll get three nights for the price of two if you book Mr & Mrs Smith's current offer with the Ampersand Hotel. Steal!
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Romantic strolls along the river Seine, crossaints and coffee in a café… ooh la la, the thought of Paris is enough to fill anyone with wanderlust. And if you can't get enough of this chic city, you'll be pleased to hear that if you book a stay of two nights or more with Mr & Mrs Smith's offer, you'll also get an extra night free at Hôtel de Nell! Perfect, one more decadently frivolous day to spend in Paris. Smith members are also treated to a free bottle of wine and some just-baked cookies (could it get any better?).
The hotel's restaurant, La Régalade Conservatoire, is a favourite among the locals; with a prix fixe menu for €37, you may find yourself gravitating there for a lesson in bistronomy.
This hotel takes chic minimalism to a whole new level in its rooms, which sport crisp white linens, curvy bathroom mirrors and enticing Japanese baths made from solid marble. Retreat to the library at the back of the hotel's restaurant, where a glass-enclosed wine cellar separates you from diners and you can explore classic tomes hand-picked by the owners. Alternatively, take a stroll around the 9th arrondissement, pick up some patisserie and invest in some pretty fripperies from Passage Jouffroy, which is packed with authentic cafés, fabric shops and boutiques (Boulevard Montmartre to Rue de la Grange-Batelière; +33 (0)1 48 24 03 83; passagejouffroy.com).
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Best for: Tapas, tempranillo and trips to the Prado
Style: Imposing Iberian icon
Setting: City-centre squares
Stay in style at ME Madrid, a hotel that has attracted aristocrats, bullfighters and rock stars since its opening in 1919. An urban hotspot, the hotel has maintained its majestic historical architecture and added to it with laidback contemporary decor. The moody and intimate lobby leads to cheerful hotel rooms highlighted with wooden accents and splashes of purple from the retro in-room fridges. Book one of the suites for the added luxury of a Nespresso machine and Nintendo Wii: you'll even be able to have your favourite music to be loaded onto the room's audio system in time for your arrival! All guests get free access to the nearby Club Metropolitan Palacio, where you can be pampered with hydrotherapy or spend a day in the Turkish baths.
Don't miss the traditional tapas at the hotel's restaurant, Ana la Santa, which has distinctly Scandinavian furnishings and a courtyard decorated with pot plants. Summertime sees the rooftop bar in full swing: the cocktails flow and guests can take in sweeping views of Madrid's skyline. Take advantage of 25% off stays of two nights or more when you book with Mr & Mrs Smith before 31 December 2014.
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It sounds like "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips' surgery to remove the kidney stones that plagued him all season on "Idol" went a little rougher than was expected. TMZ is reporting that the surgery lasted over six hours and involved a complication with a stent previously placed in his body.
The stent was placed in Phillips' kidney to help with the stones until he could have surgery to remove them, but it was in there so long it embedded itself in his body and had to be cut out with a laser. But the doctors do say the surgery was a success.
Currently, Phillips is recovering in the Malibu home of an unknown "American Idol" bigwig. He hopes to be ready for the "Idol" tour that kicks off July 6.
""If I can sing with all those kidney stones in me, I can make the first date," says Phillips.


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Science - August 23, 2012
Weather station readings too high
The temperature measured by the Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) in De Bilt is too high. The cause: influence from city heat in Utrecht.
This is reported by Wageningen researchers (Meteorology and Air Quality) in an article in the Dutch journal Meteorologica. The recorded temperature trend in the past century is 0.3 C too high. This is caused by increased urbanization. The KNMI has maintained a correction for the proximity of the city which is three times smaller than this. It is becoming clearer that urbanization has a strong effect on the local climate. One good example is the heat island effect. The temperature difference between the city and its environs can easily be five degrees or even more during peak moments, both in summer and in winter.
The influence of the city also causes problems when determining climatic warming. Earlier estimates show that the effect on De Bilt is one-tenth of a degree. This figure was based on comparisons with other weather stations. The Wageningen researchers have calculated the deviation with an advanced atmospheric model. 'Inspired by what Belgium scientists have done for the weather station in Brussel (Ukkel),' researcher Gert-Jan Steeneveld points out. 'That reported an effect of 0.77-1.33 degrees. That is a lot.' Steeneveld will investigate this with MSc student Sytse Koopmans.
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The model used calculates the expected temperature for four different 7-day weather situations, based on land-use in 1900 and 2000. The differences between then and now are big. Utrecht is five times larger than a century ago when the size of its population was less than half. In particular, land-use plays a big role, explains Steeneveld. The contribution from mankind to the heat balance has hardly changed. It is true that we are now producing more heat due to electricity, heating and transportation, but the effect is cancelled out (for every square metre) because people in the past lived much closer to one another.
The recorded climate series, according to the Wageningen study, has a trend which is 0.3 C per century too high. This is not considered high in a house-garden-kitchen context, but is considerably high in climate research. The IPCC has estimated global warming in the past century to be 0.74 degrees. But this global average does not suddenly have to be viewed in a new light. 'Research has shown that the average is not influenced by urbanization.' The Bilt, on the other hand, cannot avoid having to make a new correction, he says. 'If the model is correct and the results are solid, KNMI would have to correct the temperature series.'
The former weather station of Meteorology at the Haarweg was also affected by the increase in built-up areas. That can be seen by comparing the measurements of the Haarweg with those from the new de Veenkampen station in the Binnenveld. The new station has been monitored for three years by taking double measurements. Whenever an east wind sweeps through Wageningen, Haarweg appears to be 0.6 to 0.8 degrees warmer than at de Veenkampen. According to Steenveld, the average difference for all the wind directions is 0.45 degrees.
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The killing of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city council member and civil society activist who protested police violence, is being met by a huge wave of anger and indignation.
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Three days of mourning have begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the murder of a black human rights campaigner who spoke out against the lethal methods routinely used by security forces within the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Many residents of Rio are hardened to daily incidents of deadly violence yet the killing of Marielle Franco, a city council member and civil
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HARTFORD HOMES TEAMS WITH BUCHAN SCHOOL AND KING WILLIAMS COLLEGE IN BUILDING COMPETITION TO HELP EDUCATE LOCAL STUDENTS CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN
Local students from the Buchan School and King Williams College learned valuable and practical lessons as part of a Lego-building competition and Enterprise event, sponsored by Hartford Homes and organised by the Friends at Buchan committee.
The competition '" Today's Builders/Tomorrow's Leaders '" called for children aged 6'"11, to build a Lego creation that they thought was original. The children were allowed 40 minutes to use their box of Lego to complete their masterpiece before being judged by the Hartford Homes representatives. Event organiser and Friend's at Buchan committee member, Mrs Jenni Cole commented, 'Watching the sense of community, spirit and support amongst all of the children was very humbling. We can all learn so much from them'.
The competition was held in conjunction with Year 5 & 6 Buchan and Lower 6th Form King William's College Enterprise students. Stress balls, strawberries dipped into a chocolate fountain, pet bedding and mini piggy lights were amongst some of the goods on offer. The proceeds from the Enterprise students will be donated to various charities and some re-invested into their own Enterprise Company. The students from King William's College are taking part in the Isle of Man JA Company Programme to gain experience in running a company and to raise funds for '˜The Children's Centre' and '˜Save the Children'; all of their profits are being donated to these charities.
'It was important to build a creative outlet for the children that would be both fun and educational,' said Mrs Nicole Ellis, Friends at Buchan Chair. 'The Enterprise Students experienced a real taste of the business world', she added.
The Lego entries were judged by Hartford Homes' Architect, Mr George Li along with Mr James Greenhalgh and Mr Norman Greenhalgh, Directors of Hartford Homes. They said, 'All the children have done so well, especially given the time constraints. However, we were particularly impressed with the thought, efforts, creativity and indeed, research and planning that had gone in to the competition winners'.
Mr Hock Chan, of Chan Law, spoke with students and provided practical advice and constructive feedback on their business ideas.
Head Teacher for the Buchan, Mrs Alison Hope-Hedley, said 'This was such a wonderful learning experience for the pupils; covering a broad range of skills linked to the production of the final design. I was so impressed with the preparation that the children had done and importantly the commitment shown during the event. My thanks to Hartford Homes and the Friends at Buchan team for giving our pupils this opportunity and adding a business perspective to the event'.


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College Football Standings: Maryland Remains Half A Game Back In ACC Atlantic Division Race
By Mike Prada Nov 14, 2010, 12:28pm EST
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Maryland's 42-23 victory over Virginia was a must in their quest to win the ACC Atlantic Division, but it didn't put them in first place just yet. Thanks to a miracle game-winning field goal by Dustin Keller, the Florida State Seminoles remain in first place in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 5-2 record. Maryland's win pushes them to 4-2, while North Carolina State also moved to 4-2 with a 38-3 win over Wake Forest. Clemson, meanwhile, is out of the race after losing to Florida State.
So that lessens the many possible ways the Atlantic Division could shake out. With two weeks left in the season, Patrick Stevens of D1Scourse broke down all the possibilities here. Here's how it will work:
If Maryland beats both Florida State and N.C. State, they will win the division with a 6-2 record. Florida State and N.C. State would be 5-3, or 4-4 if N.C. State loses to North Carolina next weekend.
If Maryland beats Florida State, but loses to N.C. State, the Wolfpack will win the division. If N.C. State also beats North Carolina next weekend, the Wolfpack will be 6-2, with Maryland and Florida State at 5-3. If N.C. State loses to North Carolina, but beats Maryland, they will still win the division because they will have head-to-head wins over both Florida State and Maryland.
If Florida State beats Maryland, they will win the division UNLESS N.C. State beats both North Carolina and Maryland. If that happens, N.C. State and Florida State will both be 6-2, but N.C. State owns the tiebreaker with its head-to-head win. If N.C. State only wins one of its final two games, they will be 5-3 and a game behind Florida State.
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Released on 27/02/12. Esoteric recordings are pleased to announce the release of a newly remastered and expanded edition of Tangerine Dream's classic 1988 live album "Live Miles". The album comprised two performances of a line-up that featured Edgar Froese, Chris Franke and Paul Haslinger, recorded Albuquerque, USA in the summer of 1986 and at a special open air concert to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin in August 1987. Released in April 1988, the album was an incredible ambient experience and heralded the end of a stage of Tangerine Dream's career, being the final appearance of Chris Franke with the group. This Esoteric reactive edition is newly remastered and fully restores the original album artwork and includes a lavishly illustrated booklet with new essay.


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JEZIGN: I WOULD HAVE TO SAY PROBABLY SOME TIME EARLY ON IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT'S WHEN I REALLY BECAME AWARE OF HOW INFLUENTIAL FASHION CAN BE. WHOEVER YOU HUNG AROUND IS WHO YOU WANTED TO FIT IN WITH SO WHATEVER EVERYONE ELSE WAS WEARING IS WHAT YOU EMULATED. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THIS.
JEZIGN: WHEN I FIRST CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE ILLUMINATED SHOE, WE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT WELL KNOWN FOOTWEAR BRANDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LICENSE THE TECHNOLOGY. WE GOT CAUGHT UP IN ALOT OF RED TAPE DEALING WITH THEM. I DECIDED AFTER THAT THAT THE IDEA WAS TOO GOOD TO WAIT AROUND ON THEM SO I STARTED MY OWN BRAND.
VALIDATED: WHAT MAKES THE BRAND AND IT'S DESIGN UNIQUE?
JEZIGN: WELL, IT'S BEEN IMITATED BY SO MANY AT THIS POINT BUT WHAT MADE IT UNIQUE WAS THE WAY IN WHICH WE INCORPORATED THE LIGHTS IN THE SOLE OF THE SHOE. UP UNTIL THAT POINT, SHOES WITH LIGHTS PRIMARILY HAD THE LIGHTS IN THE HEEL AND THE LIGHTS WOULD ONLY BLINK OR FLASH WHEN YOU TOOK A STEP. WITH OUR SHOES, THE LIGHTS WERE IN THE THE MAJORITY OF THE SOLE OF THE SHOE AND STAYED ON CONTINUOUSLY AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON. THERE IS NO BLINKING OR FLASHING OF THE LIGHTS IN OUR FOOTWEAR. YOU CAN TURN THE LIGHTS ON OR OFF AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION. THIS WAS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED AND SHOWCASED IN THE PATENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE IDEA. ALSO, WE TRIED TO COUPLE THE ILLUMINATION WITH NICE FASHIONABLE SILHOUETTES THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO WEAR EVEN WITH THE LIGHTS OFF.
JEZIGN: I MET MY FIRST ANGEL INVESTOR WHILE ATTENDING CLASSES AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. THAT INVESTMENT GAVE ME THE SEED CAPITAL I NEEDED TO REALLY GET THINGS GOING ON A FASTER COURSE.
VALIDATED: DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS. IS IT FROM THE SNEAKER DESIGNER APPROACH OR FROM THE TECHNICAL ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE?
JEZIGN: EVERY IDEA STARTS IN SOMEONE'S HEAD. FIRST, WHEN I COME UP WITH AN IDEA, I FINE-TUNE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN MY HEAD BEFORE EXECUTION. THAT WAY YOU HAVE A CLEAR GOAL OF WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE BEFORE EXECUTION. IT MAKES THE ENTIRE PROCESS SMOOTHER.
VALIDATED: WHERE DID YOU STUDY ENGINEERING?
JEZIGN: I STUDIED IN THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
VALIDATED: WE HEAR THERE WAS A LONG JOURNEY TO THIS DAY INVOLVING PATENT INFRINGEMENT AND VARIOUS PRODUCTION DEALS. HOW HAS THIS JOURNEY SHAPED THE BRAND AND THE MAN BEHIND IT?
JEZIGN: YES, GREAT IDEAS ARE ALWAYS IMITATED. THEY SAY IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY. WE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LITIGATION AGAINST SOME OF THESE INFRINGERS. A PATENT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE OTHERS FROM MAKING, SELLING, AND IMPORTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE COPIES OF THE INVENTION YOUR PATENT PROTECTS. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, COMPANIES DO NOT RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SUE NUMEROUS BRANDS. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE BELIEVE THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR GREATER GOOD. WE KNOW THERE IS A PURPOSE TO EVERYTHING AND THAT IT WILL HELP US IN THE LONG RUN SOMEHOW.
VALIDATED: WHAT'S YOUR EARLIEST MEMORY INVOLVING ENGINEERING? WHAT MADE YOU APPLY IT TO SNEAKERS?
VALIDATED: WHAT IS THE LONG TERM GOAL YOU HAVE FOR YOUR COMPANY?
JEZIGN: WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INNOVATE. WE HAVE OTHER NEW IDEAS THAT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE AND BRING TO MARKET THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE JUST AS REVOLUTIONARY.
VALIDATED: WE HAVE HEARD THAT YOU ARE A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON, DOES THAT PLAY A ROLE IN HOW YOU CONDUCT BUSINESS OR HANDLE YOUR TEAM?
JEZIGN: DEFINITELY! IN BUSINESS, PROBLEMS AND UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS WILL ALWAYS COME. AS MENTIONED, I BELIEVE THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT PROBLEMS WILL COME BUT THAT ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING IS FOR YOUR GREATER GOOD. I DEFINITELY SEEK GOD'S GUIDANCE ALWAYS. IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIM, I WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS IN CREATING MY IDEA AND THE BRAND.
JEZIGN: I WOULD TELL THEM FIRST AND FOREMOST TO NOT LISTEN TO NAYSAYERS AND BELIEVE IN WHAT IT IS YOU'RE DOING IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. HATERS WILL TURN INTO IMITATORS AND I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND. YOU CAN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM. PRETEND THEY DON'T EXIST. ALSO, TO REALLY GET NOTICED, TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE OR DO SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DONE AND DO IT BETTER.
JEZIGN: INITIALLY, IT WAS CAPITAL. I HAD THE IDEA FOR YEARS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REALLY GET THINGS INTO MOTION. THAT MOVEMENT DID NOT HAPPEN UNTIL WE MET OUR FIRST ANGEL INVESTOR. JUST LIKE A BABY NEEDS FOOD AND NURTURE TO GROW, A COMPANY NEEDS SEED CAPITAL TO GROW. JUST LIKE A SEED IN THE SOIL NEEDS WATER TO SPROUT, A COMPANY NEEDS SEED CAPITAL TO SPROUT.
JEZIGN: I WOULD SAY TO INVEST IN GOOD PEOPLE TO JOIN YOUR COMPANY WHO SEE AND BELIEVE IN THE VISION. I WOULD ALSO SAY TO INVEST VARIOUS WAYS TO MARKET AND GET YOUR BRAND RECOGNIZED. BRANDS NEED TO GROW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND THESE TWO INVESTMENTS ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT GROWTH.
VALIDATED: WHICH CELEBRITIES, IF ANY HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN YOUR SHOES?
JEZIGN: CHRIS BROWN, PAUL WALL, LLOYD, ZAB JUDAH, AARON CARTER, ADAM LEVINE, LIL SCRAPPY AND WU TANG CLAN TO NAME A FEW.
VALIDATED: WHEN IS THE OFFICIAL RELAUNCH OF THE BRAND?
JEZIGN: WE HAVE ALREADY RE-LAUNCHED AND PEOPLE CAN NOW PURCHASE THE SHOES ON THE WEBSITE WWW.JEZIGN.NET AND IN SELECT RETAILERS.
JEZIGN: THEY CAN GO TOWWW.JEZIGN.NET FOR LINKS TO ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE ARE SOME FAKE JEZIGN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS OUT THERE BUT THE REAL ONES ARE ALL LINKED FROM OUR WEBSITEWWW.JEZIGN.NET.


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Q: LocalStorage , cookies does NOT work. neither a 500 status or undefined i tried everything to store the token. nothing works.
things i tried: Cookies, headers, localStorage.
basically nothing is defined in authenticate.js so i get a 401.
what am i doing wrong ?
in app.js
{authenticate} = require('./public/middleware/authenticate');

// POST /users/login {email, password}
function userLogin(req, res){
  var body = _.pick(req.body, ["email", "password"]);

  User.findByCredentials(body.email, body.password).then(function(user){
     return user.generateAuthToken().then(function(token){
       // res.cookie('authorization', token).send(user);
       res.setHeader('set-cookie',token).send(user);
       // localStorage.setItem('token',token');
       // res.header('x-auth',token).send(user);
        console.log('APP.JS', token);
    });
  }).catch(function(e){
    res.status(400).send();
  });
}
app.post('/users/login', userLogin);

in Authenticate.js
const {User} = require('.././models/users-Model');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
const express = require('express');
const requestCookies = require('request-cookies');

var app = express();

app.use(cookieParser());

var authenticate = function(req, res, next){
  // var token = req.cookie.authorization;
  // var token = req.header('x-auth');
  var token = req.header('set-cookie');
  // var token = Cookie('auth');
  // var token = localStorage.getItem("token");
  console.log('authenticate.js',token);
  User.findByToken(token).then(function(user){
    if(!user){
      return Promise.reject();
    }
    req.user = user;
    req.token = token;
    next();
  }).catch(function(e){
    res.status(401).send();
  });
}

module.exports = {authenticate};

in app.js
function listPost(req, res){
  var Data = new budgetCalculator({
    _creator:req.user._id,
    _id: req.body._id,
    firstItem: req.body.firstItem,
    firstPrice: req.body.firstPrice,
    secondItem: req.body.secondItem,
    secondPrice: req.body.secondPrice,
    thirdItem: req.body.thirdItem,
    thirdPrice: req.body.thirdPrice,
    tBudget: req.body.tBudget
  });
  Data.save().then(function(Data){
    return user.generateAuthToken().then(function(token){
      res.header('x-auth',token).send({Data});
    });
    console.log('token', token);
  }).catch(function(e){
    res.send(e)
  });
}
app.post('/', authenticate, listPost);

in users schema file
// generating the token
// which i use to pass the token

  UserSchema.methods.generateAuthToken = function () {
    var user = this;
    var access = 'auth';
    var token = jwt.sign({_id: user._id.toHexString(), access}, 'abc123').toString();

    user.tokens.push({access, token});

    return user.save().then(function(){
       return token;
    });
  };

its exposed and wired  to other files. i think all i need is to pass the token again when the listPost function is fired. so when authenticate.js make a req.header('x-auth) it receives the same token from generateAuthToken().
but i tried it returns undefined.

A: Problem solved.
turns out i was trying to make a req.cookies.authorization from authenticate.js
var authenticate = function(req, res, next){
  var token = req.cookies.authorization;
  console.log('authenticate.js',token);
  User.findByToken(token).then(function(user){
    if(!user){
      return Promise.reject();
    }
    req.user = user;
    req.token = token;
    next();
  }).catch(function(e){
    res.status(401).send();
  });
}

when i login using userLogin function but when i try to do anything related to the app after logging in i didn't send the same token via res.cookies.authorization
resulting in authenticate.js to recieve nothing. from the cookies. when i wired every function in the app to send the user token everytime it fires, that fixed the problem.
function listPost(req, res){
  var Data = new budgetCalculator({
    _creator:req.user._id,
    _id: req.body._id,
    firstItem: req.body.firstItem,
    firstPrice: req.body.firstPrice,
    secondItem: req.body.secondItem,
    secondPrice: req.body.secondPrice,
    thirdItem: req.body.thirdItem,
    thirdPrice: req.body.thirdPrice,
    tBudget: req.body.tBudget
  });
  Data.save().then(function(Data){
     return Data.generateAuthToken();
  }).then(function(token){
      res.cookie('authorization', token).send({Data}); // this part was missing
      console.log('token', token);
    }).catch(function(e){
    res.send(e)
  });
}
app.post('/', authenticate, listPost);

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Shop Subjects German Language and Literature Middle Ages Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft
Herausgegeben von Ingrid Bennewitz und Horst Brunner unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Maria Wüstenhagen
Band 19 (2012/2013): Oswald von Wolkenstein im Kontext der Liedkunst seiner Zeit
14.8 x 21.0 cm, 496 p., 2 illustrations b/w, 8 tables b/w, 8 illustrations color, hardback
The South Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) is the most notable German lyricist of the late Middle Ages. The present volume contains 25 articles in total, which have been compiled from the presentations at a great conference held by the Oswald von Wolkenstein society in Brixen in 2012. The authors are a mixture of renouned and younger Germanists and musicologists. The papers reveal diverse perspectives from which researchers are investigating the songs of Oswald today. The volume represents the current state of Oswald von Wolkenstein research.
The South Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) is the most notable German lyricist of the late Middle Ages. His challenging oeuvre, which is preserved in two manuscripts that were written under his eyes and are kept today in Innsbruck and Vienna, comprises two rhymed couplets and 130 monophonic and polyphonic songs of different kinds, recorded with their tunes, ranging from spiritual songs and various types of love songs to songs in which the author reports his own experiences.This astonishing corpus remained almost unknown in the late Middle Ages, it was only rediscovered in the 19th century, but even then it received little regard. Only since the early 1960s has it increasingly caught the interest of researchers and the literary public, well beyond the German-speaking world. Since then, researchers in the fields of German studies and musicology have been studying Oswald's lyrics and tunes intensively and under various aspects, for exampl, since 1973, in several conferences dedicated to the poet. The present volume contains 25 articles in total, which have been compiled from the presentations at a great conference held by the Oswald von Wolkenstein society in Brixen in 2012. It represents the current state of Oswald von Wolkenstein research. The papers reveal diverse perspectives from which researchers are investigating the songs of Oswald today. Among other things, the spritiual songs and the love songs are paid tribute to, also the relations between metrical-musical forms, the sytactic structures, the questions of humour and laughter, of the adoption of tunes, and of Oswald's relation to the literary tradition; moreover, the possibility of translating Oswald's lyrics into Italian is considered. The authors are the Germanists and musicologists Ricarda Bauschke-Hartung, Michael Braun, Michael Dallapiazza, Frank Fürbeth, Kathrin Gollwitzer-Oh, Franz-Josef Holznagel/ Hartmut Möller, Susanne Homeyer/ Inta Knor, Gert Hübner, Beate Kellner, Johannes Kipf, Fritz Peter Knapp, Freimut Löser, Valerie Lukassen, Patrizia Mazzadi, Hans Moser, Ulrich Müller, Stefan Rosmer, Andrea Schindler, André Schnyder, Ursula Schulze, Reinhard Strohm, Regina Toepfer, Tomas Tomasek, Burghart Wachinger, René Wetzel/ Robert Schulz.
Horst Brunner:
Born 1940, studied German, Musicology and Latin Philology in Erlangen and Zurich, doctorate 1966, habilitation 1971, associate professor in Erlangen, 1981-2006 chairholder for German Philology in Würzburg; research projects and publications on the history of medieval and Early Modern German literature and music.
Ingrid Bennewitz:
1. Academic career:
Born 14/12/2956, 1975 Abitur (A-levels) in Zell am See; 1975-1981 studied German studies, musicology, philosophy and music at the university of Salzburg and the Mozarteum as well as the university of Münster/Westfalen; 1985 Ph.D.; 1993 habilitation, summer semester 1994 substitute chairholder for German medieval literature at the university of Chemnitz-Zwickau; 1995 offer of a professorship for German medieval philology at the university of Bamberg.
2. University self-administration, memberships, awards
since 1996 liaison lecturer of the German National Academic Foundation at the university of Bamberg
1999-2000 university gender equality officer (with Marianne Heimbach-Steins)
2000-2004 prorector for research and junior academic staff
2005-2012 assistant chairwoman of Hochschulgermanistik in Bayern e.V.
since 2000 executive board member of the Oswald von Wolkenstein society
since 2007 member of the Academic Advisory Board for the Monumenta Germaniae Historica at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
since 2012 member of the advisory body for the Bavarian law for the advancement of elites (Beirat BayEFG)
since 2012 chairwoman of Hochschulgermanistik in Bayern e.V.
2004-2006, 2008-2010, and since the summer semester of 2009 executive director of the ZEMAS
since summer semester 2013 head of the Institute for German Studies at the universtiy of Bamberg
3. Research interests
- German literature of the 12th to 16th centuries
- transmission and edition of texts
- gender studies
- reception of the medieval thought and culture
4. Extensive work as evaluator
Including work for the fund for the support of academic research in Austria, the Alexander von Humboldt fund, the DAAD, committee member or reviewer in numerous hablitation and appointment procedures as well as evaluations of departments, institutes etc. in Germany and abroad.
Series: Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft	Volume: 19
14th century, c 1300 to c 1399 (93) || 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499 (131) || German (70) || Germanic & Scandinavian languages (63) || Germanistik (51) || History (784) || History of music (31) || Indo-European languages (416) || Linguistics (685) || Literaturwissenschaft (66) || Mittelalter (260) || Music (90) || Musical scores, lyrics & libretti (26) || Theory of music & musicology (13) || c 1000 CE to c 1500 (358)


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SPJ REGION 4 CONFERENCE
What is the Society of Professional Journalists?
The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation's most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry through the daily work of its nearly 7,500 members; works to inspire and educate current and future journalists through professional development; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press through its advocacy efforts.
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Where the most
of our time come
to talk.
Reserve your seat today!
Panels/Workshops
Friday, March 9:
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Opening Night Reception & Networking
NETWORKING & THE NEWS
What's the hottest topic in journalism right now? It might be FOIA. It might be the political climate in Washington. It might be fake news. No matter what, join Region 4 professional and student journalists in Pittsburgh for informal discussions on your favorite topic. Want to lead a session? Just let us know your topic. Then, bring your passion.
8:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. --Super Session
Countering Assault in the Newsroom: Sexual Harassment Hits Home
Lawrence Hall Ballroom
As the #MeToo movement continues rolling across the country, women journalists talk about their own experiences with how news organizations handle - or should handle - misconduct in their ranks.
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. -- Breakout I
Room A: Running the student newsroom: Editors vs. Administrators
AH 301
Universities across the region like to showcase their smart journalism students. But when those smart students push for information that does reflect well on their institutions they push back. In this session, students offer tales from their battles with their university administrators.
Room B: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette vs. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In January, the 150 members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, newsroom journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, held a several-day byline strike in protest of 12 years of pay cuts and other concessions demanded by family-owned Block Communications. The publisher says an historical nationwide downturn in the newspaper industry has forced a reconsideration of a century-old employment model, and difficult changes must be made to return the paper to profitability. Panel includes guild president Mike Fuoco and Post-Gazette vice president and general manager Lisa Hurm.
Room C: Crisis Reporting: Staying safe and getting the story
To get the real truth of an explosive story, a good journalist must be "boots on the ground." Whether it is a war correspondent reporting from the battlefield, a police reporter at the scene of a crime or a journalist in the midst of violent demonstrations, correspondents must be conscious of their surroundings at all times. No story can be told if the news writer is incapacitated. This panel consists of individuals who have braved crisis and to tell their stories.
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. -- Breakout II
Room A: Job talk: Landing internships and early career jobs
Fancy Resume? Elevator pitch? Personal web site? Self-branding? What really matters in landing that first job, and the next and the next.
Room B: Truth matters. Facts matter. Resisting the assault.
Fake news? Enemy of the people? Dishonest press? How should journalists counter the current anti-press rhetoric coming from Washington? SPJ leaders talk about SPJ's role - and how every journalist can join the conversation.
Room C: Google this
Google trainer Benet Wilson will take you on a deep dive into Google, with tricks and tips to increase the quality and reduce the time of your searches. In an hour's time, you'll learn eight Google tools to take back home and put to use: Google Image Search, Google Trends, Google Alerts, Google Street View, Google Scholar, Google Maps and Google Earth Pro.
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. -- Lunch and Mark of Excellence Awards
Keynote speaker: Dan Heyman, West Virginia Public News Service
Dany Heyman, West Virginia Public News Service, presents: "I was arrested for Asking Tom Price a Questions." That was the headline on a Washington Post guest column that Heyman published las May, after he was arrested for pressing Tom Price (then the secretary of Health and Human Services) to answer a question about the over press rights. In his keynote, Heyman explains what happened before, during and after his arrest - and whether he ever got an answer to his question about the AHCA and victims of domestic violence.
Mark of Excellece Student Awards
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. -- Breakout III
Room A: You Don't Have To Sell Your Soul: PR For Non-Profits
Join young professionals who are leading the charge in nonprofit communications and public relations. From three Point Park alumni with backgrounds in journalism and one fellow student, you will learn the ins and outs of public relations and communications in the nonprofit sector and how storytelling is not just for journalists. It's true, you don't have to sell your soul to work in communications - we'll tell you how.
Room B: Future Focus: Paying for Journalism
Nearly two decades into the Digital Age, media organizations continue to grapple with how to pay for journalism. While everyone agrees that the traditional business model - reliant on advertising and subscriptions - remains under great pressure, few agree on the path forward. In this session, learn what four Pittsburgh media groups are doing to pay the bills and produce good journalism.
Room C: Perfecting the Podcast
Podcasting has taken its place in the toolbox of today's successful journalism organization. Learn from the pros what it takes to produce the kind of podcast that serve audiences and keep them coming back.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. -- Breakout IV
Room A: Mock Trial - Role Play Through Libel & Slander Laws
This role-play workshop will be an immersive experience into the world of media law. Participants will take part in enacting a real-world court case on libel in order to learn first-hand how to react if threatened with a lawsuit.
Room B: Multi-media journalism today
In today's news environment - where one staffer might be the reporter, the producer, the editor and the videographer all in some shift - what does it take to be a successful multimedia journalist? How can you serve the story, when you're wearing so many hats?
Room C: Covering Trauma: The Human Cost of Journalism
AH 302
News gathering affects those who cover the news and those who make the news. Join this discussion to hear how journalists apply best practices in caring for their sources and themselves and to hear how story framing affects the long-term recovery and resilience of communities affected by trauma.
Speakers.
Abigail Mathiue
Abigail Mathiue is a skilled writer and media relations wiz, Abby works to develop, execute and track public relations campaigns as the senior public relations manager at Blender, Inc. She strives to make meaningful connections with media and help them create powerful stories for Blender's diverse portfolio of clients, many of which are nonprofit, cultural or educational organizations. She works on various writing projects to support external and internal communications, including email campaigns, blog posts, compelling stories, newsletter content and more.
Prior to her current position, Abby worked as the account manager at Weirick Communications in Columbus, OH – a firm that focuses on travel and tourism public relations and storytelling. She held communications internships at Pittsburgh International Airport, The Warhol Museum, Elias/Savion Public Relations and more.
She's a Wheeling, WV native with a love for Pittsburgh after earning a dual Bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Journalism from Point Park University in 2014. She now lives in Dormont with her fiancé, Michael Swalga (also a Point Park alum!), and their dog, Sassy.
Akemi Harrison
Akemi Harrison is an Emmy-nominated Executive Producer with WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; a Cox Media Group station.
Akemi started her broadcast career in radio as an on-air personality for WOAD; a gospel station based in Jackson, Mississippi. She spent 5 years with the station and was nominated for "Jackson Gospel Radio Announcer of the Year" at the Jackson Music Awards in 2007. Akemi transitioned to TV in 2008 and became a producer with Hearst-owned 16 WAPT News in Jackson, Mississippi. Her career took her Sacramento, California where she worked as a producer for KTXL then KXTV. In Sacramento, she produced newscasts and special project shows before being promoted to Executive Producer during her tenure at KXTV. Under her leadership, the KXTV morning show won its first May ratings period, successfully launched the station's first day-long telethon benefiting the UC Davis Children's Hospital and was recognized twice as "Employee of the Quarter".
After her time at KXTV, Akemi moved to KTVU, the number one rated station in the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose market. She produced the 8 a.m. hour of "Mornings on 2" and launched the segment "Money Business" which is still a recurring segment. Akemi decided to get back on her management track by accepting an Executive Producer position at WPXI-TV, which she's held since August of 2016. She currently oversees the late newscasts, digital and logistical operations of the night.
Akemi attended Tougaloo College, historically black college, and graduated with a degree in English with an emphasis in Journalism in 2005. She is a member of the National Associates of Black Journalism, Pittsburgh Black Media Federation, Press Club of Western Pennsylvania and Women's Press Club of Pittsburgh.
Amie Downes
Amie is the Communications Director for Allegheny County, a position she's had since 2012 when County Executive Rich Fitzgerald took office. In that role, she is coordinates all media responses, press outreach and communications. Prior to her current role, Amie served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Wayne D. Fontana for nearly seven years. Previous roles included positions with Allegheny County Council as the Director of Legislative Services. Amie also worked for six years at the Allegheny League of Municipalities. Amie is a licensed PA attorney having earned her Juris Doctorate from Duquesne University School of Law. She graduated with honors from Carlow College with degrees in Communications and English and a minor in Sociology. Last May, she was selected as a Carlow Laureate, an award given to distinguished alumni with a minimum of 10 years' professional experience with documented professional successes/achievements.
Andrew Goldstein
Andrew Goldstein is a 2014 graduate of Point Park University's School of Communication with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication. He's worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since the fall of 2014, starting as an intern on the breaking news desk. In his time at the Post-Gazette, he has have continued to cover breaking news as well as a variety of other topics. For the past two years, he has been the newspaper's night cops reporter, covering crime and emergency situations that happen in and around the city after dark.
Allison Roup
Allison Roup is Editor-in-Chief of The Voice student newspaper at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) North Campus where she is finishing her Associate's degree in Business Management as well as attending classes at Point Park University. Allison is an aspiring journalist and business professional having worked her way from sports writer to sports editor, and finally Editor-in-Chief. Allison has been awarded first place and honorable mention in Sports Photo and Second Place Sports Story by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association for their Keystone Press Student Awards 2017.
Mila Sanina
Mila Sanina serves as the executive director and editor of PublicSource, a nonprofit media organization delivering public-service journalism in the Pittsburgh region. She was previously the deputy managing editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she led innovation in storytelling and integration of print and online operations. Before joining the Post-Gazette, Mila worked at The PBS Newshour and CNN International.
Ashley Johnson began her career with the New Pittsburgh Courier in October 2007, as the Editorial Assistant, and, in 2010, was promoted to Associate Editor. As the Associate Editor, and a Staff Writer, additionally, Ashley's responsibilities included editing and coordinating key operations of the newspaper's content as well as compiling information for and the writing of "Under Attack By Us," a monthly series reporting Allegheny County's homicides and how they impact the community. While under her direction, the series received local and national coverage.
In March of 2016, Ashley decided to make a change and joined United Healthcare as a Clinical Administrative Coordinator for its Community and State division. While she enjoyed her time there, her heart was always with the Courier and working closer with the community. In August of 2016, she rejoined the Courier staff as the Advertising Coordinator, the position she remains in today. In her position, she not only deals with the publication's print and digital display advertising sales, but she also plays an intricate role in the planning of special publication sections and events as well as representing the Courier in various capacities.
Prior to joining the Courier staff, Ashley worked as a Program Support for the Small Seeds Development Inc.'s Mother to Son program, which works with single mothers and their sons, ages 9 to 13. While there, she assisted with program operations, and designed and published their monthly newsletter.
While with the Courier, Ashley has contributed to the Courier's winning of multiple local and national newspaper association awards, including the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Foundation's Newspaper of the Year for Weeklies in 2014. Along with the Courier's multiple staff awards, Ashley has received two Pittsburgh Black Media Federation awards; was a 2010 recipient of the Young, Gifted and Black award and 2015 recipient of the Stop the Violence-Pittsburgh's Celebration of Life award; and several other honors.
In addition to her tasks at the Courier, Ashley enjoys serving the community. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School and the Spirit of King Awards Ceremony planning committee; is the Membership Chair for the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation; and has hosted several community events. She is also a longtime member of the historic Bethel AME Church, in the Hill District.
Ashley Murray
Ashley Murray is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the graduate assistant at Point Park University's Center for Media Innovation. In the fall of 2017, she produced the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's first serialized podcast, "Three Rivers, Two Mysteries." Prior to that, she worked as a summer intern on the Post-Gazette's local news desk. Ashley's print, audio and video work has been published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Salon.com, Pittsburgh City Paper, Allegheny Front, Pine Creek Journal and South Pittsburgh Reporter.
Brentin Mock
Brentin Mock is a staff writer for Citylab who writes about the role of justice and civil rights in the laws and policies that govern our lives, particularly in the urban environment. He has a long history of reporting on environmental justice and voting rights. He previous served as justice editor for the environmental news site Grist, and as a national correspondent for Colorlines.com. He has also served as a staff writer or fellow for The Nation, The American Prospect magazine, Intelligence Report magazine, Pittsburgh City Paper, and The Lens, an investigative online news nonprofit in New Orleans, Louisiana. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Root, Outside Magazine, Essence, The Grio, and Next City.
Benet J. Wilson
Benét J. Wilson is a veteran freelance aviation journalist and blogger based in Baltimore. She serves on the boards of the Online News Association and Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism. She is a strong advocate for media diversity, mentoring and career navigation and has moderated panels on topics including digital journalism, branding and social media. She graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a B.A. in broadcast journalism. She resides in Baltimore, Md.
Brian Conway is a freelance investigative reporter based in Pittsburgh. His December 2016 feature for the Pittsburgh City Paper revealed that the city water authority's instructions for flushing water to minimize lead exposure actually increased the danger to residents with lead service lines, prompting the authority to modify their safe drinking water instructions for the city. Subsequent features for PublicSource revealed the percentage of children with elevated blood lead increased in Pittsburgh during the lead in water crisis, contrary to the public narrative given by local politicians and health officials at the time.
A former City Design editor at NEXTpittsburgh, Brian spends his free time listening to heavy psychedelic rock and relaunching his Pittsburgh music and culture site, Tripsburgh. He also chairs the membership committee at Work Hard Pittsburgh cooperative in Pittsburgh's Allentown neighborhood.
Brian Cook
Brian Cook is an international award-winning journalist and filmmaker. He is the owner of Golden Sky Media Company, L.L.C., a multi-media company specializing in video production and serves as president of the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation. Cook is a freelance multi-media journalist with NBCNews.com, The New Pittsburgh Courier, Huffington Post and PublicSource. He is the former web content manager and national journalist for Sheridan Broadcasting Networks and the American Urban Radio Networks. Brian's responsibilities include reporting on breaking news, sports and entertainment stories of national interest in addition to shooting editing and producing video for the web and television.
The media veteran has interviewed a "Who's Who" list of newsmakers including President Barack Obama, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, legendary Motown singers Smokey Robinson and Otis Williams, hip hop artist Common and more. Cook has also reported from a number of national conventions and major events including: The Democratic and Republican National Conventions, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony and Super Bowls XL through XLVII. He is a television sports analyst and photo and video contributor for NBCNews.com and covers the Pittsburgh Steelers in addition to the National Football League.
Cook grew up watching long time CBS 60 Minutes anchor Ed Bradley, who became the catalyst for his broadcast career. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.
Cindy Gerber
Cindy Gerber is the head of the Cindy & Murry Gerber Foundation and a partner with Murry in the commercial real estate firm of Gerber & Gerber, LLC. She is also a licensed labor and employment attorney who maintained a private practice from 1991 through 2008. In her early career Cindy was an attorney at the Pittsburgh law firm of Thorp, Reed and Armstrong. Cindy then became a partner in the boutique labor law firm of Healey and Hornack, P.C. Her practice was in the areas of union/management relations, executive employment agreements, pension and benefit matters and employment litigation. In 2008, Cindy became the Chief Deputy Public Defender of Allegheny County, where she managed labor relations and employment matters. Cindy retired from the position to engage in commercial real estate ventures and to establish the family foundation. A native of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Cindy was raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is an honors graduate of the Florida State University, with a degree in International Economics. Cindy also graduated with honors from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She holds a professional certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and has been a noted speaker in the areas of labor and employment law for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the National Employment Lawyers Association. She is the author of "Your Rights as an Injured Worker: A guidebook for employees and their representatives." Cindy is currently a Trustee of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Winchester Thurston School, Lutheran Social Services of the VI and the Women's Coalition of the VI.
Charlie Deitch
Charlie Deitch is the Editor-in-Chief at the Pittsburgh City Paper and a 25-year veteran of print journalism. He has a strong background in investigative reporting and was named co-investigative Reporter of the year in 1999 by the Louisiana Press Association for his coverage of the indefinite incarceration of nondeportable immigrants. In 2001, he wrote a story for the former In Pittsburgh News Weekly that resulted in freedom for one INS detainee. He has covered myriad topics since joining the City Paper in 2005 and has written several stories about local media companies including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Collin Deppen
Pittsburgh journalist Colin Deppen joined The Incline as a reporter/curator — rounding out a civically minded editorial team that loves the city. Colin comes to The Incline from PennLive.com, where he led its westward expansion into Pittsburgh as a trending and enterprise reporter covering everything from the river transport industry to Mayor Bill Peduto's relationship with Uber executives. He nabbed three Keystone Press Awards this year from the Pennsylvania News Association for best feature writing, best personality profile and best series.
He previously worked with PennLive.com in Lancaster and at The Bradford (Pa.) Era and The St. Marys (Pa.) Daily Press.Colin, a New York City native and Hunter College alumnus, he lives in Squirrel Hill. He is father to a 3-year-old daughter, Rory, and fiancé to Courier Express reporter/editor and supermom Katie Weidenboerner.
Dan Shakal
Dan Shakal worked as a freelance combat photojournalist embeded with U.S. Forces for several deployments. He has worked alongside many national/international journalists. His photos and video have appeared in national and international publications and broadcasts.
Iraq-
2003, (Invasion) special forces in northern Iraq and Mosul
2004- Pennsylvania National Guard and 82nd Airborne in Mosul
2009- Pennsylvania National Guard, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Taji, Iraq
Afghanistan-
2010-2011- Pa. National Guard RC East and RC South, 101st Airborne in Zhari district Kandahar
His travels took him through Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, England, Germany, France, Turkey, Ireland and Kyrgyzstan. And as well as the kurdish regions of Syria, Turkey and Iraq with the PPK fighters.
Daniel Heyman
Dan Heyman has been a working reporter for the last thirty years, contributing numerous freelance pieces to NPR and The New York Times, among others. For the last twenty years he has been based in West Virginia, and for the last nine has covered the state for the Public News Service. In that time he has often written about changes in the energy markets and in healthcare finance.
Last May, Dan was arrested while asking then U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question as Price walked down a hallway in the West Virginia state capitol. As surprised as Dan was to be arrested, he was astounded by the public reaction to his arrest. As he put it, "by the time I was out of jail, I had become a hashtag." The charges were eventually dropped, but his case became one of several symbolic of a tug of war over the roll of the press in the current political climate.
Dr. Ervin Dyer
Dr. Ervin Dyer is a writer, editor and sociologist. His work focuses on the African diaspora and African-American life and culture. He is co-founder of Feel Like Going On, a collective of local photographers who capture the positive, everyday life in Western Pennsylvania's Black communities. The photographers share their work on the Feel Like Going On community blog, done in partnership with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and in other public projects and community forums.
Danielle M. Smith
Danielle M. Smith is an award winning veteran journalist with over a decade of experience working in national news and gospel entertainment. Smith worked for Sheridan Broadcasting Networks as an Audio Journalist, producing national news and sports broadcasts on a daily basis. She also conducted interviews with national news-makers and edited the audio from the interviews for newscasts. In addition to that, Danielle wrote, produced and voiced stories for newscasts that broadcast hourly Monday through Friday.
Smith has recently captured the first place honor in the Radio/Public Affairs category of the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation 2017 Robert L. Vann Media award for her feature interview "SisterFriend Provides Feminine Care Products to Homeless Women."
Smith was also honored by the New Pittsburgh Courier as one of the 50 Women of Excellence for 2016. In 2013, Danielle received the Community Spirit Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism from North Side Institutional Church. In 2012, Smith teamed with other members of the AURN newsroom to win a Robert L. Vann Award for excellence from the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation (PBMF).
Danielle is also a part-time on-air talent at WGBN Rejoice 1360 AM (Gospel Excellence) where she hosts a weekly show ("Hot or Not") spotlighting local and national up and coming Gospel/Christian artists. Smith is also an account executive for WGBN, selling air-time spots to businesses and churches. She's also a contributing writer for The Soul Pitt Quarterly Magazine.
Danielle's also a member of PBMF, and participated in their Frank Bolden Urban Journalism workshop as a high school student. She's recently became a board member for the Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti a Christian nonprofit organization which provides health, financial, educational guidance and evangelism to Haitians.
She's also on the Multicultural Task-force for the Pittsburgh chapter of CORE; the Center for Organ Recovery and Education. She helped organize events such as the Gospel Idol that educates and promotes organ and tissue donation in the multicultural community.
In 2017 Smith created and launched her own show on PCTV 21/47 entitled "Good News". The show spotlights individuals, groups and organizations that are making a positive impact in Pittsburgh.
Danielle earned a Bachelor's of Arts in Broadcasting from Point Park University (Pittsburgh, PA).
Julie Ciotola
Julie Ciotola is a sophomore from Akron, Ohio, studying journalism in the Ohio University Honors Tutorial College, with a minor in sociology and history. She is the web editor for Backdrop magazine, an award-winning, student-run campus publication. Ciotola's research in journalism and trauma focuses on story framing and how that affects resilience and recovery. She enjoys long-form feature writing and one day hopes to write for a print magazine or large newspaper. Ciotola is an avid reader and runner
Kevin Z. Smith is the director of the Kiplinger Program for Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University where he trains professional journalists worldwide in digital media. Smith is the former national president of SPJ, a seven-year board member and served on the SPJ Ethics Committee for 22 years, chairing the committee six times. He was awarded SPJ's Wells Key for distinguished service in 2014. He is a graduate of West Virginia University and Miami University (Ohio). After a 13-year career at West Virginia newspapers, he taught journalism for 14 years at a variety of universities.
Francesca Dabecco
Granting hope, strength and joy to children diagnosed with critical illnesses – That is the mission Francesca serves as Marketing/Communications Clerk at Make-A-Wish® Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Her work includes multimedia storytelling, participation in outreach campaigns, frequent interaction with media and public speaking.
On any given day in the office, Francesca is writing fulfilled wish stories, press releases, blog posts, newsletter information or social media copy. In addition to her written work, she strives to tell powerful stories through different mediums such as photography and video.
Francesca has served as part of the Marketing/Communications team at Make-A-Wish for the past three years, while also pursuing a BA in journalism at Point Park University. She hopes to continue working with the organization after graduating in the fall, while also expanding her love for storytelling as a freelance journalist.
Emily Bennett
Emily Bennett is a senior at Point Park University where she is majoring in journalism with a minor in photography. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Globe at Point Park University. Emily has worked for AmeriCorps and BroadwayWorld.com in the past and was a live-in nanny in France during the summer of 2017. She is currently a music intern for the Pittsburgh City Paper. She is pursuing a career in music journalism and international media.
Jon Andreassi
Jon Andreassi is a reporter for the Leader Times, a semi-daily newspaper servicing Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He landed the position just weeks after graduating from Point Park University in 2016 with a degree in journalism. Jon entered Point Park in 2012 and almost immediately got involved with the school's student run newspaper, The Globe. Beginning as a copy editor, Jon moved on to become the assistant sports editor, and eventually became The Globe's editor-in-chief for the Fall 2014 semester. Jon was also a member of Point Park's Honors Programs, and worked for the Point Park News Service his senior year. Jon was also president of the Point Park SPJ chapter.
The summer before his senior year in 2015, Jon began an internship at the Observer-Reporter, a daily newspaper in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Jon mainly focused on feature writing during his internship, writing profiles and providing event coverage for the newspaper. Jon took his experience from The Globe and Observer-Reporter and used that to land his position with the Leader Times.
At the Leader Times, Jon has been responsible not just for covering government at the municipal and county levels, but crime, political matters at the state level, high school sports, and many community feature stories. Beyond writing, Jon is also responsible for taking photographs and often designing the paper's front page.
Kim Lyons is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh City Paper and numerous other local and national publications.
She's the Managing Editor at San Francisco media startup Inside.com, but is based in Pittsburgh, where she writes and consults for various local media outlets and organizations, and is a regular guest on WESA's weekly news roundup show, The Confluence.
Her passion project is acting as producer and co-host of The Broadcast Podcast, committed to amplifying women's voices in Pittsburgh and beyond. She's also a staunch advocate for digital journalism and local media initiatives. Kim was a 2015 Kiplinger Fellow in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State University, and is a founding member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Online News Association. Find her on Twitter:@socialkimly
Josh Croup
Josh Croup is a senior broadcast reporting student at Point Park University. The winner of the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for College/University Talent, Croup has worked in television, sports, and higher education while in school. He started after his freshman year as a video production intern with the West Virginia Power, a minor-league affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He went on to work with the Pirates in 2016 as a media relations intern and transitioned to the Penguins media relations staff as an intern for the 2016-17 Stanley Cup championship season.
Croup spent last summer as a marketing communications intern with the Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business. He currently works as a broadcast intern at Pittsburgh's PBS affiliate, WQED, and is a social media coordinator for AT&T SportsNet. He has freelanced for the NHL Network, ESPN3, Fox Sports regional affiliates, and multiple visiting TV networks broadcasting NFL preseason games at Heinz Field.
Kristin Snapp
Kristin Snapp is a multimedia professional based in the greater Pittsburgh area. After graduating from Point Park University with a B.A. in journalism in 2017, Kristin started working full time at a local private high school as Alumni Relations and Multimedia Coordinator. Her job entails producing alumni newsletters, managing all school social media platforms and its website, along with creating and writing content for promotional marketing materials.
During her time at Point Park, Kristin was greatly involved with many on-campus clubs and organizations, most notably the student newspaper, The Globe. Kristin joined The Globe her freshman year as Assistant Sports Editor, and quickly decided she wanted to pursue higher leadership within the staff. By the second semester of her sophomore year, Kristin was Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper. At the conclusion of her semester-long term, the Dean of Students offered Kristin the position for another semester, instating a year-long term. After taking a semester off from working on the staff, Kristin returned to The Globe as Sports Editor for a semester before offering general advisement during her last semester.
Additionally, Kristin served as both Vice President and President of Point Park's SPJ chapter. She also served as the Public Relations and Marketing Apprentice for the Point Park Honors Program, and served on the Executive Board of the Honors Student Organization. Through the Honors Program, Kristin traveled to Denver for an honors conference, where she presented research on the underrepresentation of women in sports journalism.
Kristin interned at United Steelworkers—a union representing 1.2 million industrial workers in North America—in the New Media Department during the summer after her sophomore year, creating content and graphics for social media, interviewing members and writing web stories.
Maj. Corey Angell
National Guard's 28th Infantry Division. He has served as a public information officer for Pennsylvania Emergency Management for seven years as a civilian. He has a total of 27 years (enlisted and officer) in the Pennsylvania National Guard. He previously served as the deputy PAO for the Pa. National Guard for 10 years. He has deployed three times as a PAO on combat deployments. He served as a section leader for a Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in support of combat operations for the 82ndAirborne Division in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2002-2003. He later acted as the PAO for the 56thStryker Brigade Combat Team and its deployment with Multi-National Division Baghdad in 2009.
Most recently he was the lead PAO for Special Operations Command-Afghanistan in 2016. He has a Mass Communications Degree from the University of Pittsburg and is a graduate of the Defense Information School. He also holds a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law and has graduated the U.S. Army's Infantry Officers Basic Course, Armor Captain's Career Course and the Command and General Staff School.
Lisa Hurm
Lisa Hurm is the Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A passionate supporter of journalism and the newspaper industry, Lisa began her newspaper career with the Gannett Media Company while attending college. During her time with Gannett, she traveled to several newspaper sites to introduce and implement new technologies to those publications. In 1998, after nine years with Gannett, Lisa joined the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and worked her way up through the operations side of the business.
As Director of Operations for the Post-Gazette, Lisa led a two year project to build a new production facility and relocate the editorial department to a new building, better suited for a modern newsroom. Shortly after successfully implementing these plans, she was promoted to Vice President and General Manager. Lisa is currently the vice chairman of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and chairman of the PNA government affairs committee. She also serves on several community boards. A proud, lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, she lives in the suburb of Mt. Lebanon with her husband and three daughters.
Tom McKee
Tom McKee has more than 35 years of broadcast journalism experience with WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. He is currently a Multi-Media Journalist, but has held positions of producer and assignment manger with the station. During that tenure, he's won a Walter Cronkite Award for Civic Engagement, a regional Emmy and numerous regional first place awards in contests sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati SPJ Pro Chapter and Ohio SPJ. From 1974 to 1979 he joined a startup Cincinnati video production company and rose to become Vice-President of Operations.
He's been involved with SPJ since 2011 -- first serving as Vice-President of the Greater Cincinnati SPJ Pro Chapter, then President from 2014 through 2017. During that time, the chapter won three SPJ Small Chapter of the Year awards and was twice recognized as having the best small chapter campus relations program.
McKee currently is the SPJ Region 4 Director. He's also a graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
Michele Newell
Michele Newell is currently a general assignment reporter at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. She is a former reporter at WSYX ABC 6 in Columbus, OH and WTOV-TV 9 in Steubenville, OH. She previously produced and wrote for KDKA radio and TV. Before that she was a producer and feature reporter for Cornerstone Television. Michele spent a week in Haiti not long after the devastating earthquake. She documented the living conditions on the back of a pickup truck with her camera.
Michele started her news reporting career in Steubenville, but then went on to Columbus, Ohio, where she has spent the past several years. Newell studied Communications Media at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
In her spare time, she loves mentoring young women and spending time with her family.
MJ Slaby
MJ Slaby is a reporter/curator for The Incline, Pittsburgh's mobile-first news website. There, she's dove into news about Pittsburgh's tech scene including the relationship between the city and Uber. She's also covered gender gaps in local politics and launched The Incline's first Ultimate Pittsburgh Fish Fry bracket. MJ is a board member of the Society of Professional Journalists' Pittsburgh Pro chapter.
Prior to working at The Incline, MJ covered education at the Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel, extensively reporting on a sexual assault lawsuit against the University of Tennessee. She also worked at The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind.; and the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal & Courier and served as editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student while a student at Indiana University.
Nerissa Young
Nerissa Young is a lecturer at Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and a writer and editor from Forest Hill, West Virginia, with 25 years' experience in radio, magazines, newspapers and journalism education. She has taught or practiced journalism in Ohio, Oklahoma, Mississippi and West Virginia. Young is the author of "Mass Communication Law in West Virginia, Second Edition" and a book chapter on media law in "Still Captive? History, Law and the Teaching of High School Journalism." In 2017, she worked with Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to develop best practices and resources for journalists who cover suicide.
Nicole Chynoweth
Nicole Chynoweth graduated summa cum laude from Point Park University in 2013 with a degree in journalism and multimedia. She worked as a reporter covering the Ligonier Valley for two years at the Tribune-Review and its former sister paper, The Ligonier Echo. She covered breaking news, features, and managed social media at The Evening Sun in Hanover, Pa., part of the USA Today Network, and served as the web and social media editor at the Central Penn Business Journal in Harrisburg, Pa.
She received several awards during her journalism career, including a Society of Professional Journalists award in environmental reporting for a story about Powdermill Nature Reserve studying a tornado's impact on biodiversity in Rector, Pa. Last August she returned to Pittsburgh to serve as the Manager of Marketing, Public Relations, and Social Media at Carnegie Science Center, where she applies her writing and social media skills to promote the museum's exhibits, Buhl Planetarium, Rangos Giant Cinema and other programs.
Nikki Costulas
Nikki Costulas was born and raised in Maryland, and after graduating high school she decided to move to Pittsburgh and attend Point Park University. While there, she studied multimedia communications, interned at numerous organizations including the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Fourth Economy Consulting. Post-graduation, she got a job as the Web Content Coordinator at American University in Washington, D.C. She now resides in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and two dogs. She currently works at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) as the Online Communications Coordinator. Her passions include graphic design, website development, social media, and more.
Patricia Gallagher Newberry
Patricia Gallagher Newberry is area director of journalism at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A former newspaper journalist, who covered mostly corporate America at 10 papers over 15 years, Newberry teaches a range of beginning and upper-level courses; and coordinates special events and student media for the Miami Department of Media, Journalism & Film. She also serves as secretary-treasurer of the national board of the Society of Professional Journalists, takes occasional freelance assignments, and is active in church and other community initiatives. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, Doug, and their three young-adult children.
Patrick Doyle
Patrick is the news director of 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR News Station. He previously served as WESA''s director of digital/feature content. Before joining public radio, he worked as a columnist at Pittsburgh Magazine, the executive editor of Boston Magazine, and the senior editor of Denver's 5280 Magazine.
Ryan Loew
Ryan Loew is a visual storyteller/producer for PublicSource. He joined PublicSource after being a freelance producer of news features and documentary stories in the Pittsburgh region and beyond. His work appeared on PBS NewsHour, WQED and Keystone Crossroads, among other news organizations.
Prior to that, Ryan served as multimedia editor at 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR member station. Before moving to Pittsburgh, he worked as a multimedia producer for The Roanoke Times in Virginia. His journalism career started in Michigan, where he was covering breaking news as a mobile journalist at the Lansing State Journal. Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, Ryan studied journalism at Kent State University.
Ryan's primary interest is in how individuals' stories can shed light on complex news stories, social issues and communities. He believes visual journalism is a powerful way to tell such stories.
Rebecca Baker
Rebecca Baker is the national president of the Society of Professional Journalists. She is currently a contributing editor for NewsMavens, a European news site produced by women, and was previously a deputy editor at the New York Daily News and the New York Law Journal. She also worked as a reporter for The (Bergen) Record, The Journal News and the New Haven Register.
Michael A. Fuoco
Michael A. Fuoco has been a reporter for 40 years, 34 of them at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where he currently is an enterprise reporter. His last major project, partnering with Point Park University graduate student Ashley Murray, was the five-chapter serialized podcast "Three Rivers, Two Mysteries," a first for the PG. Other major projects have focused on the Pittsburgh transgender community; a man who wrongfully served 34 years in prison; traumatic brain injury and PTSD among returning service personnel; and the trauma of suicide survivors. He holds a master's degree from Penn State University and a bachelor's from John Carroll University. He has won national, state and regional awards for his writing.
Rob Longo
A self-proclaimed jack of all trades, master of none, Rob's recent journey has taken him to Saint Francis University, where he is a graduate assistant in the athletics video department while pursuing a Master's in Education. Rob is responsible for a variety of tasks, ranging from running live streams to piecing together video packages that display on the school's athletics website, in addition to being sent out to several newspapers and television stations in the area.
Prior to his arrival at Saint Francis, Rob worked for nearly two years at The Beaver County Times as a multimedia journalist, producing several web shows each week, in addition to regularly appearing in front of the camera and writing when needed.
In addition to his duties at Saint Francis, Rob also freelances for several newspapers in the area, including the Altoona Mirror and the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, as well as their sister papers. He also provides play-by-play for high school and college events from WWGE based out of Williamsport.
A 2015 graduate of Waynesburg University, Rob earned a B.A. in communication with an emphasis in sports broadcasting/information. When not residing in Loretto, Rob stays busy working for several Pittsburgh media outlets, including The Beaver County Times, TribLive High School Sports Network and 93.7 The Fan, in addition to working for Major League Baseball's Advanced Media department during the summer.
Rossilynne Culgan
Rossilynne Culgan works in her hometown of Pittsburgh as Food and Culture writer at The Incline. She strives to tell new and untold stories about Pittsburgh at a time when the city's dining scene is in the national spotlight. Her coverage ranges from guides to the intersection of food and news (and even food history).
Rossilynne's food and culture commentary has also appeared in Thrillist and About.com (where she served as Pittsburgh expert). Previously, Rossilynne was a reporter for the Tribune-Review, covering everything from crime to education and local government, and editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian while she was a student at Penn State University.
She also has experience in marketing and public relations from her time as an Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications at Carnegie Science Center. Incidentally, her work in non-profit communications earned her a spot on The Incline's inaugural Who's Next class.
She's a member of the Collegian's Alumni Interest Group and the Women's Press Club of Pittsburgh.
Sarah Plummer
Sarah Plummer has six years of experience covering state, regional, county and municipal government and education for The Register-Herald in Beckley. She has also worked for the Associated Press as a relief journalist covering the West Virginia Legislature and the aftermath of the 2014 Elk River chemical spill that contaminated water for 300,000 citizens.
Sarah is currently a first year doctoral student in Virginia Tech's multidisciplinary program ASPECT (Alliance of Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought), and her research focuses are citizen journalism and digital democracy.
Sarah has a M.A. in English Literature from Virginia Tech and undergraduate degrees in English and Theatre from Berea College.
Stacey Federoff
Stacey Federoff is digital producer at the Pittsburgh Business Times and president of the Women's Press Club of Pittsburgh, serving her second two-year term.
During her tenure, participation for the 127-year-old organization has tripled, the club has hosted or co-hosted twice as many events, and she helped found its digital and social media presence. Federoff worked as a production desk editor at the Beaver County Times and as a reporter with Trib Total Media prior to her current role.
She grew up in Sutersville, Pa., and lives in the Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Tom Bourke
Prior to attending college, Tom Bourke served for six years as a Marine Corps infantryman from 1987 to 1993. Upon completion of his six-year Marine Corps enlistment, Bourke earned an Associate's degree in Journalism from the Community College of Allegheny County. Bourke was then awarded the Golden Key Society Scholarship in Journalism in 1997 and began his junior year at Point Park University.
While at Point Park, he was elevated to the position of editor-in-chief of the Point Park Globe newspaper. He graduated magna cum laude in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in journalism.
From 1999 to 2005, Bourke served as the marketing director of a start-up commercial bank. He also worked as the marketing coordinator for Parkvale Bank.
Bourke re-enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard as an infantryman so he could participate in a combat deployment to Iraq in 2008. He served in the 56th Stryker Brigade, primarily based at Camp Victory near Baghdad.
Returning to the United States as an Army Sergeant, Bourke volunteered two months later to deploy to Afghanistan with the 110th Infantry Regiment. While deployed to Afghanistan's Paktya Province, Bourke's unit came under frequent attack and encountered numerous improvised explosive devices while on patrol throughout the region.
Using his journalism experience and training, Bourke interviewed soldiers immediately after helping to fend off enemy attacks or after surviving I.E.D. explosions. He wrote articles about the soldiers that appeared in several hometown newspapers and magazines. Upon returning to the U.S., he reclassified his military occupation specialty from infantry to Army public affairs, completing the Defense Information School as an honor graduate in 2011.
As the public affairs specialist of 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Bourke covered sate-wide and international military exercises, interviewed ambassadors, movie stars and sports legends and helped the Pennsylvania National Guard's quarterly magazine take second place in a national competition of guard publications from the entire country. He exited the Pennsylvania National Guard in 2103.
Now, Bourke is the marketing manager of a distribution company. He specializes in outbound and inbound digital marketing and is especially proud of his abilities to use search engine optimization techniques to promote his company's page rankings. He credits his time at Point Park as the foundation upon which his entire journalistic and marketing career was built.
Wendy Holdren
Wendy Holdren has been a reporter at The Register-Herald, a daily newspaper located in Beckley, WV, for the past six years. Wendy is a lifelong West Virginian with a passion for highlighting important issues in her state. She covers health care, circuit courts and other southern West Virginia happenings.
Wendy has been recognized by the West Virginia Press Association for her in-depth and investigative reporting, as well as her coverage of the courts. She was awarded a fellowship from the National Press Foundation in 2016 to learn more about the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic.
In her pursuit of her master's degree from the University of Missouri, Wendy has grown especially interested in how social media impacts journalism — the sharing of misinformation, selective exposure and the financial implications.
In her free time, Wendy enjoys running, yoga, reading fiction novels and spending time with her husband, Justin, and their adopted dog, Rosie.
Zach Landau
Zach Landau is a senior digital media arts major at Duquesne University with history, philosophy and English minors. He has been participating in The Duke, Duquesne's newspaper for three years, starting as an A&E writer and progressing to A&E editor before being hired as editor-in-chief for the Spring 2018 semester. In his time with The Duke, Landau has covered a variety of topics, many with a focus on social justice in the entertainment industry, along with occasionally covering protests and other related topics. He has also been the assistant layout editor for Duquesne University's student yearbook. Landau's free time is consumed by following game industry issues.
Emily Williams a senior at Miami University with majors in journalism and marketing. She has been reporting on and interacting with Miami's administration since her first semester in her roles as staff writer, news editor, managing editor and, now, editor-in-chief of the university's newspaper, The Miami Student. Last summer, Emily worked on The Columbus Dispatch's metro desk and, after graduation, will be interning with The Boston Globe.
Mike Wereschagin
Mike Wereschagin is an investigative journalist and author. He writes primarily for The Caucus, a Harrisburg-based, print-only weekly that began publishing in January 2017 and focuses on state politics and policy. Before that, he worked for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for more than 13 years, covering politics, national breaking news and technology. In 2014, he joined the paper's investigative team, where he wrote about the country's natural gas infrastructure, domestic radicalization in the age of ISIS, and a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the VA Pittsburgh. In 2012, he co-authored a book about the deadliest school disaster in United States history. He lives on the North Side.
Natalie Bencivenga
Natalie Bencivenga is the SEEN editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Her weekly Monday column documents Pittsburgh social life in all its diversity. Beyond the galas, the glitterati, and the glamour, it chronicles the way we live today and the people who are engaged in making this community a vibrant place to live. She has broadened the reach of SEEN by expanding the kinds of events the Post-Gazette.
In addition to reporting on the city's social scene, Natalie co-hosts, co-produces and co-edits her mid-Atlantic Emmy nominated weekly lifestyle Web show "Setting the SEEN" with Sara Bauknecht and regularly contributes segments to KDKA Radio and KDKA-TV's morning television program "Pittsburgh Today Live."
Natalie also pens the nationally digitally syndicated "Ask Natalie": The Post-Gazette's weekly advice column. Her newest project includes a podcast amplifying women's voices: The BROADcast Podcast, as well as providing digital media consultation to many organizations regionally as well as nationally. She is available for speaking engagements on topics including women in leadership, leveraging social and digital media, how to create a brand, and how to network effectively.
Natalie is a Pittsburgh native and holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her tenure at the Post-Gazette, she ran her own online lifestyle magazine for five years and worked as a licensed mobile therapist. She was also accepted to medical school in 2007 but instead followed her creative passions.
Aimee-Marie Dorsten
Aimee-Marie Dorsten has been an associate professor of law and ethics at Point Park University since 2012. She has served as the adviser to newspapers at several colleges and universities, including the Point Park University Globe. Dr. Dorsten's first career was in magazine and news journalism for over a decade.
Jeremy Steele
Jeremy Steele is a faculty specialist in the Michigan State University School of Journalism, where he teaches and coordinates scholastic journalism outreach activities. He is executive director of the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association and an adviser to Crain-MSU Detroit High School Journalism, a partnership between Crain Communications and MSU to support journalism in high schools in the city of Detroit. He is a member of the board of directors of the nonprofit organization that oversees The State News, MSU's student newspaper, and also a founding board member of the Michigan Coalition for Open Government, a statewide nonprofit that educates the public and elected officials about the importance of public access to government information.
Ginny Frizzi
Ginny Frizzi is a freelance writer and president of the Pittsburgh Professional SPJ chapter. She has been an active in SPJ since joining as a chapter member in college at Point Park University. Her journalism career began with the Coraopolis Record before a public relations career with Point Park University and the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. As Region 4 Director she served two terms on the SPJ national board of directors and was twice honored as Regional Director of the Year. Frizzi has been a faculty member of SPJ's Ted Scripps Leadership Workshop and for SPJ writing workshops.
Ginny Frizzi is a board member of the Press Club of Western Pa, where she serves on the selection committee for the annual Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship. She is currently a board member and past president of the Women's Press club of Pittsburgh and past president of the former Pittsburgh chapter of Women in Communications, Inc. She is a member of the New York Financial Writers Association.
Her work has been recognized with a Matrix Award from Pittsburgh WICI and awards from the National Federation of Press Women. Frizzi received the Press Club of Western Pa's, Service of Journalism Service Award in 2015.