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New Style Guide Helps Journalists Cover Diversity Topics More Accurately

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The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) at San Francisco State University, with help from The Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, released an updated Diversity Style Guide to help journalists writing about diverse subjects and issues. .”

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: There Really Is a Simpler Way

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San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). There is as much, if not more, power in our core purpose and principles as there is in any of our policies or plans. a simpler way.

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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

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The beginner farmers work the land as independents and sell their produce to a cooperative the association created called ALBA Organics; it distributes the food to grocery stores such as Whole Foods in the nearby San Francisco Bay area. Since 2002, 90 ALBA graduates have begun their own independent farms off-site and are doing well.

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Don’t Close the Book on Indie Bookstores Just Yet

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1,632 The number of members the American Booksellers Association has—down from 2,400 in 2002, but up after a period of recent declines, according to The New York Times. As the giant chains have stumbled in the past few years, independent bookstores are staying strong—and the American Booksellers Association has the stats to prove it.

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Conference Circuit: Tractors Steeped in History

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August 16-19: The leaders of the sociology world will be gathering in San Francisco for the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting. By the way, we hear Facebook will be around.).

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Cargo Plane Crash Revives Pilot Fatigue Questions

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Pilot fatigue is grabbing headlines again, just a month after the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco. Civil Aviation Authority showed that the rate of fatal cargo plane accidents around the world was eight times higher than that for passenger airlines from 2002 to 2011. However, a study published by the U.K.