https://scalkatrina.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Katrina ScaliseenMon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bu.edu/cds-faculty/2025/01/26/co-lab-unlocks-the-power-of-data-science-in-journalism/Daniel Lung (CDS’26) had no reporting experience four months ago. Now he has a byline in a national publication and a new interest in journalism sparked by Boston University’s Justice MediaCo-Lab (JMCL), which teaches students to use computing and data science to advance justice and transparency.Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bu.edu/cds-faculty/2025/01/26/co-lab-unlocks-the-power-of-data-science-in-journalism/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-senate-control-at-stake-these-billionaires-and-groups-have-spent-over-160-million-on-this-one-montana-race-93fdc13a?mod=home-pageA story I produced via the Justice Media Computational Journalism co-Lab, a collaboration between Boston University’s College of Communication and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.marketwatch.com/story/with-senate-control-at-stake-these-billionaires-and-groups-have-spent-over-160-million-on-this-one-montana-race-93fdc13a?mod=home-pagehttps://dailyfreepress.com/2024/09/16/everything-to-know-about-voting-as-a-student-this-november/More than 8 million potential first-time voters will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election, many of them being out-of-state college students. Here are some voting options for in- and out-of-state Boston students.Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://dailyfreepress.com/2024/09/16/everything-to-know-about-voting-as-a-student-this-november/https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/young-people-buying-homes-globallyHomeownership for young people is becoming less attainable across the globe, in the face of record high home prices, cost of living crises and high debt. The economic shift is changing the very nature of society.Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/young-people-buying-homes-globallyhttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-donald-trump-trialWelcome to Tuesday, where the prospect of an IDF offensive on Rafah gets closer, UK’s parliament approves a controversial deportation bill for illegal migrants, and Milan tries to fight noisy streets one late ice cream at a time.Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-donald-trump-trialhttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-iran-warning-2667807523Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-iran-warning-2667807523https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/david-cameron-israelDubai is submerged in floods after the United Arab Emirates was soaked by over a year’s worth of rain in just a few hours. Although the had eased by late Tuesday, disruptions were continuing on Wednesday. The floods disrupted major highways and the Dubai International Airport (the world’s busiest for international travel), stranding passengers and leaving one person dead.Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/david-cameron-israelhttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-iran-warning-2667773661A man walks past a mural portrait of the former supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini while carrying shopping bags in Tehran, as daily life appeared to resume as normal following the unprecedented Iranian drone and missile strike on Israel.Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/worldcrunch-today-iran-warning-2667773661https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/biden-criticizes-netanyahuPeople in Gazipur climb on the roof of an overcrowded train as they head to their hometowns ahead of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/biden-criticizes-netanyahuhttps://worldcrunch.com/focus-israel-palestine-war/state-of-palestine-recognitionThe unlicensed workers use what they have to combat health fears in Uganda’s top salt-producing lake. A new law is supposed to offer protections. So far, little is on the way.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/focus-israel-palestine-war/state-of-palestine-recognitionhttps://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/3-body-problem-us-chinaAfter seven workers with the NGO World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli drone, we must ask what drives humans to give themselves to others, and risk everything. It should put any lingering cynicism to rest.Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/3-body-problem-us-chinahttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667624513Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667624513https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667624513Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667624513https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/un-resolution-israelWed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/un-resolution-israelhttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667602539Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacks-2667602539https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attacksMon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/moscow-crocus-terrorism-attackshttps://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/jack-ma-chinese-nationalistsChina's richest man, Zhong Shanshan, has been pursued for weeks by an online nationalist campaign claiming he is not patriotic enough.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/jack-ma-chinese-nationalistshttps://worldcrunch.com/focus/vatican-pope-francisThu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/focus/vatican-pope-francishttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/blinken-gaza-irish-pm-resignsWed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/blinken-gaza-irish-pm-resignshttps://worldcrunch.com/focus/peak-putin-mind-games-with-the-world-escalation-in-ukraineCelebrating his reelection and the 10th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea on Monday, Vladimir Putin showed that he is not backing down.Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/focus/peak-putin-mind-games-with-the-world-escalation-in-ukrainehttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/palestine-prime-minister-russia-elections-2667539022Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/palestine-prime-minister-russia-elections-2667539022https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/modi-social-mediaIn the run-up to India's general elections this spring, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been showcasing his adventures in social media posts, his preferred method of communication.Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/modi-social-mediahttps://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/humanitarian-aid-gaza-biden-trump-rematch-2667510523Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/in-the-news/humanitarian-aid-gaza-biden-trump-rematch-2667510523https://worldcrunch.com/biden-netanyahu-trustU.S. President Joe Biden said this weekend that "Netanyahu is doing Israel more harm than good": a phrase that speaks volumes about the lack of trust between the two men, especially still without a ceasefire, and humanitarian aid blocked from entering an increasingly desperate Gaza Strip.Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://worldcrunch.com/biden-netanyahu-trusthttps://www.bu.edu/cas/designing-a-curriculum-for-multilingual-writers/How does linguistic justice manifest? How do you write through an antiracist lens? What does “standard English” look like? The newly revamped introductory writing course for English-language learners (ELL) in the College of Arts & Sciences Writing Program brings these topics to the forefront of academic writing.Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bu.edu/cas/designing-a-curriculum-for-multilingual-writers/https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/12/07/looking-forward-new-editor-in-chief-takes-over-the-emancipator/Jamil Smith is the new Editor-in-Chief of the Emancipator, a publication through BU’s Center for Antiracist Research, first announced in a Nov. 13 press release by the publication.Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/12/07/looking-forward-new-editor-in-chief-takes-over-the-emancipator/https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/11/17/bu-students-campaign-to-replace-campus-starbucks/Boston University College Democrats and other organizations launched a national effort at BU in solidarity with union workers on Red Cup Day, one of the busiest days of the year for Starbucks, to remove the chain from college campuses.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/11/17/bu-students-campaign-to-replace-campus-starbucks/https://www.bu.edu/cas/a-bu-linguists-love-language/Why is it hard to learn sounds in a new language? What will English be like 100 years from now? When it comes to language, who decides what’s “correct”? Is irregardless a word? These are a few of the questions that Danielle Dionne (GRS ’23) has answered — in blog form — as a learning scientist at Duolingo, an educational technology company that creates learning apps and offers courses on over 40 languages.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bu.edu/cas/a-bu-linguists-love-language/https://www.bu.edu/cas/demonic-obsession-a-different-look-at-mental-health-in-the-medieval-period/In the new movie “The Exorcist: Believer,” a sequel to the 1973 horror classic, a father seeks to save two demonically-possessed girls through the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bu.edu/cas/demonic-obsession-a-different-look-at-mental-health-in-the-medieval-period/https://www.bu.edu/cas/meet-catalina-rodriguez-assistant-professor-of-spanish/Meet Catalina Rodríguez, assistant professor of Spanish, and recently promoted faculty member.Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bu.edu/cas/meet-catalina-rodriguez-assistant-professor-of-spanish/