Approximately 90 percent of students pass Expository Writing, the Rutgers required writing course, every year and more than half finish with at least a “B” average. Kurt Spellmeyer, director of the Rutgers Writing Program and a professor in the Department of English, said that the course requires new
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Facebook's way of monetizing video through mid-roll ad breaks has had mixed results in the U.S. The opportunity is even more fledgling in the U.K., where Watch, Facebook's video destination, has yet to have a firm launch date. Facebook's plan to prioritize users' posts over publishers' in the news feed
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Writing Away the Stigma for Young Adults. “I believe in stories—true stories. And I believe that true stories, told well—the genre known as creative nonfiction—can best precipitate action and change. Which is why writers write. We want our work to make a difference—despite the cost.” – LEE GUTKIND
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Social media, and above all Facebook, took a lot of heat for its perceived role in disseminating rumour and false news, most prominently during the US election campaign in 2016. Now, the firm has announced that it will give publishers less space for promoting their content (organically) on its platform.
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