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A Summer Feast of Music Fests

May 23, 2012 01:51 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

I’m a voracious fan of music festivals. Fortunately there are two annual musical shindigs in South Jersey that always scratch my festival itch.

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Tags: Camden | Elmer



Politics? Thanks, But No Thanks

April 11, 2012 04:09 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

For the last five or six years my father has encouraged me to run for office. Any office. Just run. You’d be so good at it, he says. The opportunity presented itself recently…and I turned it down. I’m not particularly averse to the idea, but as a journalist it just wouldn’t be right.

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Tags: Medford



Beyoncé Brings It At Revel

March 20, 2012 06:24 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

Revel, the new Atlantic City casino and resort, is not gambling on its opening act. The giant entertainment complex on the Boardwalk will celebrate its debut with three shows (May 25-27) by 16-time Grammy winner Beyoncé.

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Tags: Atlantic City | Beyonce,



Tales From an Emotional Archeologist

February 16, 2012 01:57 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

As a journalist I’ve had the opportunity to meet and interview some fascinating individuals. Add to that list the filmmaker Ken Burns, who spoke this week at Rowan University.

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Tags: Rowan University



Addition by Contraction

January 27, 2012 02:20 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

For the past year I’d heard rumblings that it might happen, but earlier this week the state's plans were revealed—Rutgers-Camden is going to become part of Rowan University.

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Tags: education | Rutgers University Camden | Camden | Camden County | College | government | Rowan University | Glassboro



Facing the Music for Facebook Post

January 16, 2012 03:25 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

Should a person serving in an official public capacity be held accountable for posts on his or her personal Facebook page? That’s the question in a current controversy surrounding a member of the Camden school board.

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Tags: Camden | Facebook | Sean Brown, | Bessie LeFra Young, | Chris Cerf,



Journalism’s Brave New Blogging World

December 15, 2011 09:51 PM ET | Nick DiUlio | Permanent Link

It’s been several years since I started teaching magazine writing at Rowan University in Glassboro, but this fall was my first semester at the helm of a course called Online Journalism I. It’s been a great experience.

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Tags: Glassboro | blogs | Rowan University | journalism | Berkey-Gerard, Mark