Linton Weeks
Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.
Weeks is originally from Tennessee, and graduated from Rhodes College in 1976. He was the founding editor of Southern Magazine in 1986. The magazine was bought — and crushed — in 1989 by Time-Warner. In 1990, he was named managing editor of The Washington Post's Sunday magazine. Four years later, he became the first director of the newspaper's website, Washingtonpost.com. From 1995 until 2008, he was a staff writer in the Style section of The Washington Post.
He currently lives in a suburb of Washington with the artist Jan Taylor Weeks. In 2009, they created to honor their beloved sons.
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In the midst of increased connectivity, are we becoming more disconnected from one another — and ourselves?
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If you don't know the meaning of a word, says Mary Caton Lingold at Duke University, you can look it up in the dictionary, but if you don't know what a particular sound sounds like, where do you go?The Sonic Dictionary, of course. -
On the surface, certain academic pursuits may seem trivial, but sometimes odd courses can be instructive and illuminating.
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To avoid concussions, bypass drug problems and boost ticket sales, maybe the league should start drafting droids. -
Politicians of the world have caught on to the fact that Twitter can help get out the party line. -
Half a century after the surgeon general's report linking smoking and cancer, the debate rages on.
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From nursery tunes to wedding marches to funeral dirges — what does your soundtrack sound like? -
In these uncertain times, America turns to its superheroes — for truth, justice and free shipping for everyone. -
Christmastime — at least its visible trappings — seems to be getting tackier. There's a bounty of outre in the accoutrements of the season.
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For 100 years the pen has been mightier than the boredom for crossword puzzle aficionados.
