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...group open to speculation, as Slate media columnist Jack Shafer pointed out, that the Sandlers political views could influence coverage: the couple have donated heavily to the Democratic Party and the progressive activism group MoveOn.org. "The perennial problem of nonprofit journalism is the appearance of undue influence," says Christa Scharfenberg, associate director at the Center for Investigative Reporting. "The real danger of having just one or two major funders is that all of your reporting gets evaluated through their political leanings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nightly News, Not-For-Profit | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

Chosen as the backup to the original teacher-in-space, Christa McAuliffe, in 1985, Morgan was on site at Cape Canaveral the following year when McAuliffe and her six crewmates perished in the explosion of the shuttle Challenger. The fact that she's now in space is a tribute to her tenacity - to say nothing of her courage - as well as to NASA's often artful ability to include a compelling storyline in what would otherwise be a routine space flight. What it says less about - as is so often the case with the NASA of the last generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is This Teacher in Space? | 8/9/2007 | See Source »

...weekday before dining hours. “The dining staff was determined to prevent further contamination of the dining hall. With the exception of a few feet of foul smelling water, they succeeded,” said Badaracco. Director for Marketing and Communications for Harvard University Dining Services Christa Martin applauded the dining staff for their quick reaction. Martin went on to say that the dining hall staff went to great lengths to clean all cutlery and dishes after the incident to ensure that there was no contamination from the water. Main Hall was re-opened on Saturday morning, although...

Author: By Michael A. Peters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Currier House Braves Sewage ‘Lake’ | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...internal spy network--is in full fester, keeping watch on artists and political dissidents, forcing many into obeisance or jail, silence or suicide. Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich M�he), a mousy Stasi captain, plants bugs in the home of chic playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his actress girlfriend Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck). Wiesler and his coarser superiors have motives as complex as they are nasty: to please a party boss, to tease out scenarios of voyeuristic lust and, well, because they can. Wiesler has another reason to spy and pry: he's good at it. So when Dreyman decides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Spy Who Loved Spying | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...less musical, so it’s kind of inevitable.”12:43 p.m.—“I think they’re going to win. They’re amazing,” says Yale senior Kesi Chen about Cut-Rate Heroic. Christa M. Hartsock ’10 disagrees. “They’re from Yale,” she says. “No wonder they suck.” 1:27 p.m.—Up last are the Sinister Turns, who are using the occasion to promote their...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Real Gameday Battle | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

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