First full day in Cape May, NJ ... Hiked to the lighthouse and state park/wildlife sanctuary, with dolphins and American oystercatchers along the way. Swans put on a show in the park.
Photo-shoot yesterday, a news conference with the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff gave opening remarks.
Panel members focused on youth fitness and mental health. Short answer: it ain't good.
We updated our essay on revitalizing classified ads in local publications with a software specification in development called flohmarkt that offers an open-source backbone for want ads, as well as a mechanism for running classifieds from neighboring publications.
Photo-shoot this morning: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at an Axios forum on youth mental health, interviewed by Caitlin Owens, Axios health reporter.
We begin a new essay series on Technology News and Literature, TechNewsLit Explores, which examines the state of today's news and media. Our first entry says conditions are right for classified advertising to make a comeback on local publications.
About a month ago, I photo'd a pileated woodpecker for the first time, in Banneker Park a few miles from our home. Today, I saw one of those critters in our backyard. This is the male of the species, noted by the red stripe near the beak.
New photo-shoot on World Press Freedom Day ... National Press Club president Emily Wilkins talks with advocates for journalists held hostage: Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva.
Here, Wilkins talks with Stephen Capus, president of RFE/RL, employer of Alsu Kurmasheva.
Photo-shoot today: Deesha Dyer discussing her new book "Undiplomatic" at National Press Club, about becoming the White House social secretary with a most improbable background. Dyer was interviewed by Jeff Ballou of ABC News, a former NPC president.