If you or someone you know is a US-based student interested in attending conferences such as Investigative Reporters and Editors, The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, or National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists, then you should consider applying for Propublica's Diversity Scholarship program, which offers $750 bursaries "to students who would otherwise be unable to attend," especially "people of color, women, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities."
Propublica offering diversity scholarships for students to attend 2020 journalism conferences
High school student listed as "Black Guy" in yearbook photo
The 2020 yearbook for Brown County High School in Nashville, Indiana included a photo of a school basketball team with all the students' names in the caption except for one who was listed as "Black Guy." From WRTV: Superintendent Dr. Laura Hammack and high school Principal Matthew Stark issued a letter dated Monday that called… READ THE REST
Acting student Lisa Gilroy performed Doctor Evil's monologue in class, and nobody noticed
I hope HBO courts Lisa Gilroy for a comedy special so she can name her own price. Original scene below from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). READ THE REST
Man with full body tattoos and inked eyeballs banned from teaching kindergarten
French Kindergarten teacher Sylvain Helaine, 35, has full body tattoos and recently had the whites of his eyes inked black. He says that last year, the parents of a three-year-old complained that Helaine's appearance triggered nightmares for their child and he's since been banned from teaching children under six at Docteur Morere Elementary School in… READ THE REST
Time to clean up with these 11 vacuums and other cleaners now on sale
The Jetsons are right around the corner. Well, some stuff like flying cars are probably still a little out of our range, but it's pretty amazing how much that cartoon from the 60's got right about future tech. Video calling? Check. Robot assistants? Check. And automatic robot vacuums cleaning up our homes? Oh, absolutely check.… READ THE REST
Need a Chromebook? Here are 25 models from HP, Dell, Samsung, and more at up to 40% off
At first, they were seen as little more than cute, slimmed-down laptops. But the Chromebook has grown up over the years, stepping up to the point now where a solid Chromebook is often on par with some of the better laptops on the market. A prime portable device making major inroads in areas like education,… READ THE REST
Recreate classic video games yourself with this Unity 2D Game Developer training
3D gaming seems to grab all the headlines these days, but don't think that 2D games are down for the count. In fact, Unity, the world's most popular game engine, still has a dedicated arena for helping game creators fashion more 2D games than any other game technology around. Even though 3D commands a lion's… READ THE REST
