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American University (AU or American) is a Methodist private liberal arts and research university in Washington, D.C. Roughly 6,000 undergraduate students and 3,912 graduate students are currently enrolled. AU is a member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area. A member of the Division I Patriot League, its sports teams compete as the American University Eagles.American's main campus is located at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues at Ward Circle in Northwest Washington. The area is served by the Tenleytown-AU station on the Washington Metro subway line in the neighborhood of Tenleytown.An inspiration for the founding of American University was a letter written by George Washington, in which he expressed a desire for a "national university" to be located in the nation's capital.

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Washington Post hires fourth Ford-funded investigative reporter

The Washington Post John Sullivan, who helped lead a Philadelphia Inquirer team to a Pulitzer Prize with an examination of violence in Philadelphia schools, will join both The Washington Post and American University in May.

Andrew Beaujon @ Poynter - TV / Radio - on 1/3/13
Newtown victim’s sister: Anguished photo of her ‘kills’

Carlee Soto told CBS the now-iconic photo of her waiting for news … Read more.

Andrew Beaujon @ Poynter - TV / Radio - on 19/12/12
Journalism schools as startup accelerators

Disruptive-innovation guru Clay Christensen exhorts news organizations to focus on the “jobs to be done” in their communities. Help people do them and revenue opportunities will follow. (Especially when consumers didn’t realize they needed those jobs to be done. ).

Jan Schaffer @ Neiman Journalism Lab - on 19/12/12
Faced With Privacy Complaint, Mobbles Pulls App

Mobbles preemptively took its mobile app for kids temporarily offline this morning, after learning that a privacy group would be filing a complaint against it with the Federal Trade Commission.

Adweek.com - on 11/12/12
6 lessons student journalists learned covering a professor who publicly criticized them

In early September, American University anthropology professor Adrienne Pine published a 4,000-word essay online alleging The Eagle student newspaper was out to get … Read more.

Daniel Reimold @ Poynter - TV / Radio - on 10/12/12
Kids Mobile Apps Under FTC Probe for Privacy Violations

Mobile apps for kids are still flunking in terms of privacy. Most don't even have a privacy policy and far too many kids' apps are sharing information about kids with ad networks and other third parties, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission.

Adweek.com - on 10/12/12
What I've Learned 3 Years After Ditching Radio Recording Gear for an iPhone

It's now three years since I began #iphonereporting -- doing all my field audio and video recording, editing, and transmission, as well as photos, web writing, and social networking solely on my iPhone and iPad.

Mediashift - on 9/11/12
How News Orgs Break Down the Editorial-Business Wall, Ethically

The ironclad, "Romeo and Juliet"-style firewall that's long existed between media companies' news and business divisions has become outdated. It's no longer a question of whether to break down the wall but how.

Mediashift - on 8/11/12
Digital First? Print First? Both Should Work Together

Let's learn a lesson from the past. When the news first started going digital, that is when it started appearing on the World Wide Web and print saw it as a competitor that would give the product away for free. The digital prophets saw a future in which free wouldn't matter, and said things along the lines of, "If we don't eat our young, someone else will.

Mediashift - on 17/10/12
Why It's Time to Really, Truly, Improve Online Advertising

Coming down off the rosy glow of several days in San Francisco, the beautiful city by the bay, the attendees of the Online News Association meeting are returning home with heads spinning full of inspiration and enthusiasm. There were many great sessions in a really stimulating conference.

Mediashift - on 26/9/12

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