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Tagged: Speak Your Mind

Speak Your Mind

How can the news media regain public trust?

  • May 12, 2016
A study by the Media Insight Project recently found that perceptions of inaccuracy and bias are eroding Americans’ trust in the news media. Only 6 percent of study respondents indicated…

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Speak Your Mind

Where does Martin Luther King Jr. rank among great American orators?

  • January 15, 2016
As our nation reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the NIU Newsroom thought it would be appropriate to talk with some of our campus experts in public…

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Speak Your Mind

Is this a new golden age of television?

  • January 14, 2016
The recent Golden Globe Awards ceremony got us thinking about how television programming has evolved over the last decade. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video we ask: “Are we in…

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What will be the big stories of 2016?

  • January 12, 2016
After all of the media reflection on 2015, the NIU Newsroom decided to turn its attention to the future. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video, we ask three NIU…

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Talking turkey about early American Thanksgivings

  • November 19, 2015
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s a celebration that always brings to mind family gatherings, friendly games of touch football and roasted turkey with all the fixings. There’s also that fuzzy history involving…

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Speak Your Mind: On the clock, or on your own?

Why is Uber worried that its drivers might become actual employees?

  • July 17, 2015
Commercials for ride-hailing service Uber seem to focus mostly on the company’s drivers. The ads tell us that Uber drivers are just like us: working adults and college students who…

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Speak Your Mind: Keeping Up with the Contenders

Who’s leading the current field of presidential candidates?

  • July 10, 2015
November 2016 is a long way away. You wouldn’t know it, though, by the number of eager White House hopefuls who are lining up for the 17-month slog to Election…

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Speak Your Mind: What’s the big deal about eating local?

  • June 18, 2015
Purchasing food at a grocery store is a bit of a mystery. Shoppers rarely, if ever, know where and how the food was grown, the farmer who grew it or…

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Speak Your Mind: Who’s the unsung hero of the Blackhawks?

  • June 4, 2015
Warm summer days beckon, and the thoughts of many NIU faculty, students and staff have turned to, well, cold steel on ice. What would you expect with the Chicago Blackhawks…

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Speak Your Mind: NIU experts weigh in on Asia trade deal

  • May 21, 2015
The hotly debated Trans-Pacific Partnership, if finalized, would be the largest free trade agreement in history. While high on President Obama’s priority list, members of his own party have opposed…

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