Norah O Donnell Knows How to Ask the Tough Questions There s a way to be critical without being judgmental, the CBS anchor says. Dec 23, 2020
In ELLE.com s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. This month we spoke with CBS Evening News anchor
Norah
O Donnell, whose year-and-a-half long investigation into sexual assault within the U.S. military uncovered systemic failures and major missteps by leadership. Below,
O Donnell on a lesson she learned the hard way, her journalism hero, and what it means to be a reporter in 2020.
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17December 2020
Some years give you nothing, fly by maybe a little too smoothly. In a century’s time who will remember 2019? Absolutely no one. 2020, however, will live in infamy. The story of the year was coronavirus. White knuckling through the quar we rediscovered social media as a connector, not a promoter. YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter boomed. We tried out some new things with Zoom, with Houseparty, with Clubhouse. People declared Instagram dead after Zuckerberg replaced the notifications button with a shopping bag. People declared Twitter dead when they rolled out…fleets? And everyone rushed to try TikTok when Donald Trump woke up sweaty and cranky one night and tweeted out that he was going to ban it. Of all the apps TikTok was the clear winner.
Jerry Summers: Herman Brown Yap Killian (1921-2007) Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
If you asked anyone from South Pittsburg or Marion County in Tennessee if they or any of their relatives ever knew or heard of the above-named individual the answer would probably be “No!”
However, if you asked them if they were familiar with the name of “Yap” Killian the recognition signals would immediately bring into play many interesting, colorful and often humorous stories of how things were done in the rural area during the period of his life from 1921-2007.
The origin of his nickname “Yap” as provided by one of his sons is alleged to have been given to young Herman Brown at an early age due to his propensity to talk with a “gift of gab”.