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See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Hue Cycling filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Posterize filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Journalists Revealing the World” (written on National Hug a Newsperson Day), “Just Read a Book” (written during the second full week of April, during National Library Week), and “Karma and Lollipops” (written on Tangible Karma Day, which falls on the first Saturday in April) live 4/20/19 at “Poetry Aloud” (Panasonic Lumix T56 camera; Sepia Tome filter).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her cc&d 4/20 v296 Amazon book “Aesthetic” poems “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Eat your vegetables, be a proper girl” during the “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix t56 camera, and was posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3rd , and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4th , April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Ask Me if I’m a Truck (2019 April Fool’s Edit)” for April Fool’s Day on April 1st, “Zynski’s Manifesto” for the day the Unabomber was arrested on April 3rd , and “Journalists Revealing the World” for Hug a Newsperson day on April 4th , April event poems read from her poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume one: January-June)” during her “Poetic License open mic 4/5/20 home edition” she hosted in Austin, but globally through a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and also posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See YouTube video from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr).

See Facebook streaming video live from 4/26/20 of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Hide from the World”, “Zynski’s Manifesto”, “Journalists Revealing the World”, “Opportunity to Share Globally”, “Burning Building (Day of Silence edit)”, “Earth was Alive and Dying”, and “Knowing Panic Becomes a Picnic” from the v296 “Aesthetic” section of the cc&d magazine February-April 2020 issue collection book “Aiming at Immortality” for “The 2020 #poetrybomb” (this video was filmed from a Samsung S9 camera).

Journalists   Revealing   the World Janet Kuypers 4/4/19, written on National Hug a Newsperson Day When researching and releasing the news, by breaking the story, say, of academia’s expropriation of funding from original desired locations might not sound like it’s groundbreaking material, but that is at the heart of what we journalists do. We find clues, and we piece together the whole truth about what’s going on behind closed doors that they do not want you to see. Back in the day, that is what they taught journalism majors at the 3rd best news/ed college in the United States. Because back in the day, before there were bloggers who snooped and called themselves “citizen journalists,” back in the day people took the concept of journalism seriously. Freedom of the press meant something, and it was something vital here to preserve our freedoms and our rights. And that was our oath as journalists, to tell you everything we could, so you could make truly informed decisions. And we’ll be locked up to protect our sources, because as I said, we made an oath that this is what is best for all of the world. Once people were tracking down a Nazi Jew killer when he was stationed in Rome, who escaped persecution, fleeing Germany and Italy. When ABC news reporter Sam Donaldson joined up with the Nazi hunters on the final leg of their quest, they cornered the Nazi Captain Erich Priebke on the street. The people who tracked and found this man were stunned when they heard this American television reporter fire one question after another at this man, not allowing him to rest on any of his responses. Because, you see, when it comes down to it, that is precisely what we do. We do everything in our power to get all the answers, and bring them to light for the world to see. Looking for a more modern story? okay, fine — while reading the Wall Street Journal one day (and yeah, I actually read the paper, I unfolded, flipped, and bent the cumbersome pages, because that’s what it’s all about when you want to get the full story), I read about how reporters kept perturbing app builders for Facebook until they uncovered that the apps were collecting and storing data from people using their apps to share with the world — which they had no right to do. So yeah, it’s nice to see that journalists still know what journalism means, and will do whatever it takes to get to the heart of a story. And sure, when you thumb through that paper (if you still get one, and don’t just rely on your phone) you may pass the reviews of concerts or recent television shows, because really, how newsworthy is that? But as frivolous as those things may seem, it’s still a part of trying to keep you as well informed as you could possibly be. It’s the least we can do. And sure, there may be a lot of talking heads out there on cable, or once cable has rejected them they turn to Internet podcasts, wait a minute, that’s how most nobodies start their “trek” to “fame”, by spouting all of their ramblings on a podcast, hoping enough people will listen — which is so different from radicals like the Unabomber, who hated technology, who had to use The New York Times and the Washington Post to get his Manifesto out there, and it’s only when his brother read his Manifesto did he realize who the Unabomber really was. Wait a minute, I just brought the Unabomber story up as an example of abusing the Internet as a form of “mass media”, but now I realize that this was another way the press can be helpful to uncover details and reveal truths. Maybe this was a reason that the Founding Fathers made a point to include the Freedom of the press in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Because somebody has to keep the government — and major corporations, and eccentric rich billionaires — under watch. And us journalists are more than up to the challenge. So if you see a news reporter, or a journalist, maybe you should thank them, or give them a hug. Because we need them to make sure everything stays in check for everyone. It makes me glad to know they exist, because our world wouldn’t be our world without them.

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