Online Journalism

With the advent of Twitter, Facebook and similar sites, it seems that “social media”  is the new buzzword for today’s media professionals. That being said, social media is not some magic wand that casts a spell over unassuming audiences (then it would be called propaganda). Likewise, many new to the field think that if they […]

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Anita McBride, former chief of staff for first lady Laura Bush, participated in a C-SPAN distance learning video conference on April 14. McBride spoke about her extensive knowledge on many first ladies of American history and took questions from Steve Scully, the political editor for the C-SPAN networks, George Mason University, University of Denver and […]

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Summary: In an effort to fight erroneous search results resulting from black hate SEO tactics, Google’s new update utilizes user feedback to rate the quality of search results. Google released its new weapon to fight content-farmers in February which it applied on April11 to all its English language searches. According to Google’s Webmaster Central blog,  […]

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Summary: The former chief of staff to Laura Bush talks about First Ladies in U.S. history, her work with the women of Afghanistan, which First Lady in history she would like to meet, and why Planned Parenthood is not safe from cuts in the federal budget. Former Chief of Staff to Laura Bush, Anita McBride […]

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Copyright: rawstory.com “It was a misunderstood administration that had the undeniable courage to make tough decisions.” This was how Andrew Card answered the first question of , “What did you think about the Bush administration?” during the C-SPAN video conference. On April 7 Card joined Steve Scully, political editor for the C-SPAN networks, and participating students […]

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Anita McBride knows First Ladies. She knows their causes, roles, challenges, and duties. She knows the difference of  what they can do and what they should do. McBride is a veteran at the White House. She has worked for three first ladies — last one being Laura Bush — and has seen the presidential transitioning […]

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The video conference with Andrew Card, the former chief of staff for George W. Bush, was an experience that doesn’t come too often.  It isn’t common for people to be a part of a video conference with someone that used to be high up in The White House, so this should be treasured for a […]

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Our recent video conference with Anita McBride, chief of staff for former First Lady Laura Bush, had me wondering about previous First Ladies. Below I created a Google map of the states the First Ladies of the United States were born in. I plan to continue editing it and add pictures of the First Ladies. […]

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Anita McBride said that the American public has expected the First Lady of the United States to play certain roles, and those roles changed over time. “We expect them to use voice and comment on social issues,” McBride stated. When it comes to the role of the First Lady, nobody seems to understand better than […]

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