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Mizzou researchers create a tool that makes Twitter more powerful

Mizzou assistant professor Sean Goggins (left) and doctoral student Ian Graves developed software that measures the context of words used in Twitter. (Photo courtesy of the MU News Bureau)

Twitter already is a powerful news aggregator and microblogging platform. Now, two University of Missouri researchers think they know how to improve it.

Their thinking stems from new software the pair developed…

Open Reporter requires you to have an open mind

Who can say that Honey Boo Boo inspired them to pursue journalism?

Misha Vinokur can.

Vinokur, a self-described innovator in Washington, D.C., says he was watching CNN when a scroll across the bottom of the screen announced in breaking-news fashion the half-pint reality TV star’s favorite energy drink.

“It really caught me by surprise and made me think, ‘Is this really news?’” he said. “So, I…

Dionne: Higher education, diversity will save America

The repair of America’s divided political heart rests in the hands of higher education, says…

Thanksgivukkah will return sooner than you think

Today, Americans can carve a turkey and light a Menorah at once.

That’s because Thanksgiving and…

Kennedy’s story belongs to me now

I was nowhere when President Kennedy was shot.

“Nowhere” being a relative term.

My mother was in…