July was a bleak month for the U.S. military. In Afghanistan, July set a grim record as the most deadly month of 2012 for U.S. soldier casualties. Military higher ups are scrambling to make sense of this spike in violence.

July was a bleak month for the U.S. military. In Afghanistan, July set a grim record as the most deadly month of 2012 for U.S. soldier casualties. Military higher ups are scrambling to make sense of this spike in violence.

Fighting between the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Free Syrian Army raged in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the largest in the country, with rebels taking land near the airport.

As a follow-up to my previous post which profiled NPR's broadcast "On the Media" and its feature "Media Scrutiny Theater", I'm updating with their latest video posted yesterday. The video comments on an ad which was funded by President Obama's super PAC attacking Mitt Romney and his healthcare policy record. It exemplifies the media tactics used to manipulate public opinion.

Welcome to the blog "Reporting Live" on IVN. Here, we will host live blogs, videos, Google Hangouts, Tweet Chats, interviews, and other live reporting. Coming up soon we will be coming to you live from the Republican National Convention.  You can also look forward to live social media workshops, writing tutorials, and behind the scenes coverage from the office.

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Welcome to the blog "Reporting Live" on IVN. Here, we will host live blogs, videos, Google Hangouts, Tweet Chats, interviews, and other live reporting. Coming up soon we will be coming to you live from the Republican National Convention.  You can also look forward to live social media workshops, writing tutorials, and behind the scenes coverage from the office.

See you here soon!

Is it  a good idea to put floating and underground nuclear power plants in ocean water that is already heating up, when these plants need large amounts of water for cooling? Even non-nuclear inland power plants are affected by drought and lack of usable water.

Members of Russian punk band, Pussy Riot were given harsh two year sentences in prison for performing street theatre critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the steps of a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow.

Keeping up in the digital world has arguably been a struggle for the Republican Party, more often than not coming in second to the tech-savvy ways of Democratic leaders in social media.  But things might change this year, as they unveil their Republican National Convention App, "Tampa 2012", just one week after the Democrat's release of their own mobile app.