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GardenComm
GardenComm's biggest event of the year, the 2019 Annual Conference & Expo, is heading to Salt Lake City, Utah, September 4-7, and you're invited. This year's conference features a line-up of unforgettable events and experiences, including beautiful gardens, dynamic education sessions, industry all-stars, essential networking and so much more. Early bird registration ends July 1.
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GardenComm
GardenComm is excited to announce the fourth annual #GardenComm2019 NextGen Scholarship to attend the 2019 GardenComm Annual Conference & Expo, September 4-7 in Salt Lake City, UT. This year, three scholarships will be offered, covering #GardenComm2019 conference registration as well as up to $1,000 in travel ($1,500 value).
Ideal scholarship recipients work as garden writers, bloggers, speakers or photographers under the age of 40, demonstrating a commitment to horticultural communications.
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Writer's Digest
I was always going to be a writer. Well, that or the next vampire slayer, but I was never called, so writing became my calling. In ninth grade, I was sure I would be the kind of writer who changed lives and made a positive impact on the world. I only read classic literature and books like The Alchemist and The Celestine Prophecy, and I wrote poetry. Really bad poetry. And I was weird.
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Nieman Lab
The modern digitally connected human (Homo smartphonicus, identifiable by its trademark slumped shoulders and bleary eyes) has access to more news and information than any other human in history, whenever they want it, most of it free, all of it in their pocket.
But it's not only news that they have more access to — it's everything, from Clash of Clans to Keanu memes to old friends' photos to Ariana Grande songs to TikTok.
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Journalism.co.uk
Jesper Doub, Facebook EMEA, director of news partnerships, was an outspoken critic of Facebook until he joined the company last year.
Speaking at GEN Summit, he said that Facebook is looking at new ways to help news organizations monetize content published on the platform.
"I believe the best way to make it happen is to allow news organizations to make business on Facebook," he said.
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Digiday
Publishers have been playing more with Twitch — and even, believe it or not, making money off it.
As the Amazon-owned live video platform grows its sales team, publishers like The Washington Post, Cheddar and BuzzFeed have invested in creating specific shows catered to the platform over the last year. Publishers said Twitch is useful not only as a way to grow audience numbers but also to learn from a community that's quite active in the comments.
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Publishers Weekly
In early May, the Trump administration proposed placing 25% tariffs on a range of products, including books, imported from China. We believe that the tariffs on books are not in the public interest of the United States. They will drive up the prices of all books and have unintended consequences adversely impacting millions of children, parents, public and school libraries, and the livelihoods of book retailers.
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Business 2 Community
As we move closer to 2020, it is obvious to almost everyone who uses the internet that social media is not going anywhere. In fact, it is taking the world by storm a little more each day, with new features popping up left and right. It can be hard to keep up with all of the changing social media trends, for the most diligent of marketers and especially for less internet-savvy business owners.
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Social Media Today
Facebook remains the most popular social app, even in terms of new downloads, while TikTok and Snapchat also continue to hold attention. These are the key trends of note in the latest app download rankings for May 2019, as provided by SensorTower.
Facebook sits atop the overall chart, showing that privacy concerns and misinformation issues are not slowing The Social Network's ongoing expansion, at least in terms of audience growth.
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Forbes
Whether you just opened a business, launched a new vertical or are working on expanding your current product line into new markets, there are many reasons to start a social media presence from scratch.
According to the Pew Research Center, a massive amount of Americans are on social media. In fact, "69% of the public uses some type of social media." So if a business isn't online, it may not be reaching as many potential customers as it could be.
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Simplemost
On a 7-acre-farm near Atlanta's city limits, there lies an unexpected urban oasis. Once an abandoned pecan farm, the land has now been transformed into a completely edible garden. In the Lakewood-Browns Mill community near where the garden is located, a third of the population lives below the poverty line. The area is considered a food desert, as residents have little access to fresh food.
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AgNet West
Roses are known for both their beauty and their thorns, or prickles, that have a tendency to draw blood if we aren't careful. Accidents and stumbles will always happen. Skip the prickly cultivars and grow child-friendly thornless roses instead.
Fortunately, there is quite a wide array of thornless and nearly-thornless roses available. So you can still cultivate a beautiful and unique flower garden that's safe if you have kids at home, or you're designing an ouch-free public garden space.
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The Washington Post via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The wealthy create their own worlds, realms apart from the rest of us but often close enough to let us see what we're missing.
At Oak Spring, the Upperville, Virginia, estate of banking heir Paul Mellon and his wife, Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, the environment is quite different. Their secluded, gambrel-roofed stone house is comfortable but far from grandiose. Inside, you might take it for a mid-century custom home in McLean or Bethesda, except for the painted blue interiors and stenciled flooring, which lend extra refinement.
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