ProfNet Experts Available on Trump and Twitter, Food Waste, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Judge Rules Trump Can't Block People on Twitter
• Midterm Elections Could Result in Divided Government
• Food Waste in America
• Medicaid: State-Imposed Work Waivers Will Increase Costs and Decrease Positive Health Outcomes

MEDIA JOBS

• Financial Markets Journalist – Investing.com (Remote)
• Senior Reporter – Acuris (IL)
• Reporter, Management and Careers – Wall Street Journal (NY)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• 8 Steps to Run Your Blog Like a Magazine Editor and Boost Your Following
• Native Advertising: The Balancing Act Between Editorial Needs and Revenue Goals
• Blog Profiles: True Crime Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Judge Rules Trump Can't Block People on Twitter
Daniel Conkle
Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, Maurer School of Law
Indiana University
On the recent decision by a federal district judge ruling that President Trump can't block people on Twitter, Conkle explains: "The decision is a well-reasoned application of longstanding constitutional principles, extending those principles to social media in a careful and nuanced manner. Judge Buchwald properly confines herself to the interactive features of @realDonaldTrump, thus protecting the free speech rights of not only President Trump but also his critics. The ruling is well-grounded in Supreme Court precedent and is unlikely to be reversed on appeal."
A member of the faculty since 1983, Professor Conkle teaches Constitutional law, the First Amendment, and law and religion. He has received six faculty fellowships for outstanding scholarship, and in 1999 was named the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law. He retired from full-time teaching in December 2017 but continues to be involved in the Law School community.
Bio: https://www.law.indiana.edu/about/people/bio.php?name=conkle-daniel-o
Website: https://www.law.indiana.edu/
Contact: Stephanie M. Guzmán, [email protected]

Midterm Elections Could Result in Divided Government
Dr. Renee Van Vechten
Professor, Political Science
University of Redlands
"Looking toward the midterms -- if Democrats retake the House or the Senate, this sets up a fundamental conflict, a situation known as divided government. This could result in a stalemate of government, or a shift in the way President Trump responds to Congress."
Dr. Van Vechten is a nationally recognized expert on California politics, term limits, policy reform, and legislative practices. She teaches political science at the University of Redlands. She holds a master's and a doctorate degree in political science from the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of "California Politics: A Primer."
Video: https://youtu.be/Yr1PqAAc8kY
Website: www.redlands.edu
Contact: Jennifer Dobbs, [email protected]

Food Waste in America
Gary Oppenheimer
Founder and Executive Director
AmpleHarvest.org
"Since 70% of America's food pantries are located in houses of worship, faith leaders are critical partners in helping get that excess food to hungry families."
Oppenheimer, a CNN Hero, World Food Prize nominee, lecturer and speaker (including two TED presentations), is available for interviews on how to end food waste in America. He is the founder and executive director of AmpleHarvest.org, a nationwide nonprofit organization that works to diminish food waste and hunger in America by educating, encouraging and empowering growers to easily find a local food bank eager to receive the excess garden bounty. The organization is hosting the second annual Food Waste Weekend (Sept. 21-23, 2018) as an education and awareness program to help the faith community shift its focus from "feeding the hungry" to "ending hunger."
Website: www.ampleharvest.org
Contact: Jennifer Spindola, [email protected]

Medicaid: State-Imposed Work Waivers Will Increase Costs and Decrease Positive Health Outcomes
Thomas Duncan
Chief Executive Officer
Trusted Health Plans, Inc.
Duncan believes the new state-imposed work waivers as a condition to coverage will increase costs and decrease positive health outcomes. With no health insurance, Medicaid members will have no choice but to seek high-cost emergency room care and inpatient hospitalization for their care. They'll lose access to preventive care, community-based programs, and programs to help with chronic conditions. Any positive progress to encourage Medicaid members to foster see a doctor vs. expensive ER visits and hospitalization, attend community-based preventive care programs to fight chronic conditions, and rely on their Medicaid provider as their health advocate and partner, will dissipate. Providers' hard and impactful work to improve health care outcomes and to reduce costs will erode. Says Duncan: "By ending Medicaid coverage to those who cannot work due to chronic conditions, substance abuse, or physical limitations, we are not only increasing costs, but reversing any positive impact Medicaid has on its members, increasing health care costs, and shredding patient engagement."
With experience in transforming a new Medicaid health plan into one of today's most successful national health plans, Duncan is well-versed on how to fix America's broken Medicaid system. Creating an algorithmic approach, Trusted has successfully controlled wasteful over-utilization and spending on unnecessary ER and inpatient visits, while increasing healthy outcomes -- a data-supported approach. In the past four years, this consumer-centric approach has resulted in unprecedented results: member use of primary care visits increased by 24%, as emergency room visits decreased 12% and inpatient visits decreased 20%. As a leading expert in Medicaid, Duncan continues to improve the traditional model of Medicaid health delivery.
Website: http://www.trustedhp.com
Contact: Aileen Kantor, [email protected]

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line at [email protected]

• 8 STEPS TO RUN YOUR BLOG LIKE A MAGAZINE EDITOR AND BOOST YOUR FOLLOWING. Running a blog isn't easy, whether it's a solo hobby or full-time job with team members. If you want to stand out in the large crowd of bloggers and boost your following, you must stay ahead of the game and work to create a formidable brand. This means tons of planning, high-quality content, good design, reader engagement, attention-grabbing headlines, and consistent delivery. A great deal of work goes into running a major publication, but there are steps you can mimic to turn your blog into a repeat stop for your readers: https://prn.to/2KRWOlS
• NATIVE ADVERTISING: THE BALANCING ACT BETWEEN EDITORIAL NEEDS AND AD REVENUE GOALS. Earlier this month, The New York Times launched the redesign of its online presence. The idea behind the design was simple: de-clutter and strip away distractions, and draw readers to its journalism. In addition to this renewed focus, the Times needed to ensure its story pages were a livable and profitable space for advertising. This balancing act is not new. While we all may dream of a world without ads, the reality is that publications need the funding. One way is through native advertising: https://prn.to/2IQl1Zr
• BLOG PROFILES: TRUE CRIME BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and profiles a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at a few true crime blogs: https://prn.to/2IJ3B4W 

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