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Here’s a link to my Temple Review article on Sustainability. http://www.temple.edu/templemag/2012_winter/f3_GreenandGrowing.html

I had an article in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer on the public’s right to take photos of police officers in public places. Here’s a link to the article below. Please comment below or email me at larryLTatkins@aol.com . http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20120420_Under_arrest_for_journalism.html

     I wrote the cover story for the Fall 2011 Temple Review (Temple’s Alumni Magazine) on the Innocence Project, which works to free prison inmates who were wrongfully convicted for various reasons. Here’s a link to the article: http://www.temple.edu/temple_review/2011_fall/f1_TrialsandConviction.html

Philadelphia’s first Poet Laureate, Sonia Sanchez, and best selling author Jonathan Maberry will be the headline speakers at the Philadelphia Writers Conference, June 8th-10th at the Holiday Inn in downtown Philadelphia. The conference features many writing workshops and lectures in … Continue reading →

    I interviewed New York Times best selling author Rachel Simon for the How I Write column in the December 2011 issue of The Writer Magazine. Here is more information: http://bulletin.arcadia.edu/2011/11/the-writer-atkins-interviews-bestselling-author-rachel-simon/

Time to catch up on posting. Here is my latest Huffington Post article on older college students, which ran a few months ago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-atkins/adult-college-students_b_954199.html

Unlike the past few meetings between these teams, this game was no contest, as Temple clawed past Villanova 42-7. There were many positives in the game, most notably the strong play of Junior running back Bernard Pierce, who had been … Continue reading →

According to several news reports, Howard Eskin will no longer be hosting his daily sports talk show on 610 WIP. He will continue to work for WIP on Eagles broadcasts and pregame shows. I stopped listening to Eskin’s show several … Continue reading →

While Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Republican Straw Poll this weekend, it was Texas Governor Rick Perry’s Presidential announcement that stole the show. It appears as though Bachmann and Perry will now compete for Tea Party support in an attempt … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to my latest Huffington Post article: Media And Consumers Must Be Careful In Relying On Twitter For Breaking News.  Please comment below. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-atkins/twitter-reporting-pitfalls_b_914873.html