George Pelecanos: Writing From Home
The D.C. crime writer talks about his latest projects and other local authors you may want to discover.
Across the region, old social media posts have resurfaced as a reminder to Washingtonians that what happens on the internet stays on the internet. In D.C., Nationals’ short stop Trea Turner’s 2011 tweets recently surfaced with racist and homophobic slurs. In Virginia, a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress had to defend an odd Instagram post that his Democratic candidate labeled “Bigfoot Erotica.”
Kojo explores what we know –and don’t know– about our digital footprints, and how to process them when they become public.
How To Spot Fake Photos On Twitter - The Kojo Nnamdi Show
How many fake looting photos did you see coming out of Baltimore last week? You may never be able to verify them all, but journalist Eoghan mac Suibhne has an easy tip for verifying images in your Twitter timeline: reverse Google image search. Instead of typing a description of the image you want to find, ...
Five Tips for Talking To Kids About Online Safety - The Kojo Nnamdi Show
This week, Montgomery County parents learned that an anonymous Snapchat user was soliciting and circulating nude photos of children who attend the county's public school system. Officials explained that the nude photos were taken on Snapchat by or with the permission of the children in the photos.
The D.C. crime writer talks about his latest projects and other local authors you may want to discover.
Gun homicides reached a 15-year peak in 2020. How are D.C.'s communities responding to the violence?
Jesse Washington, who co-authored "I Came as a Shadow" with John Thompson, joins us to discuss the life and legacy of the Hall of Fame Georgetown University basketball coach.
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