by Mari Fagel | May 13, 2010 | Politics, Topics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Women from the SpelBots — an all-girl, all-African-American robotics team — work with Howard University Middle School students on National Lab Day. The team from Spelman College in Atlanta came to raise awareness...
by Mari Fagel | May 12, 2010 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs often uses Twitter to make first-time news announcements and relies on other social media as well. Yet, is the administration’s use of social media an attempt to bypass the White...
by Mari Fagel | May 6, 2010 | Topics
WASHINGTON– I had the opportunity Thursday to watch the behind-the-scenes production of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” I shadowed producer Michelle Perry in the hours leading up to and during the show and realized how hectic and exhilarating the world of...
by Mari Fagel | Apr 28, 2010 | Politics
Mari Fagel/MNS Sens. Robert Menendez and Jack Reed urge Republicans to move financial reform bill to debate. WASHINGTON – For the third day in a row, Senate Republicans blocked the financial reform bill from being debated. Sixty votes are necessary to move the...
by Mari Fagel | Apr 21, 2010 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites could be the key to promoting social causes Mari Fagel/MNS WASHINGTON — It’s National Volunteer Week, a time to recognize those who are making a difference. Yet often...