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Sources for Story 2

Data Story 2:

Topic: Why are unhealthy food Choices the only option for minorities?

For this project, some of the sources that I chose were:

Source: Palo Alto Medical Foundation

What: This site talks about various healthy food options and supporting data on human consumption.

Link: http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/nutrition/fastfood.html

                                                                                                                                                                            

Source: Foodtrust.org

What: This site gave information as to how the “ Grocery gaps” work with in various impoverished communities.

Link: http://thefoodtrust.org/uploads/media_items/grocerygap.original.pdf

                                                                                                                                                                               

Source: Center on budget and policy priorities

What: This link gave insight on the number of people who are actually insured along with their demographic.

Link:https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/african-american-uninsured-rate-dropped-by-more-than-a-third-under-affordable-care

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

abstract-barbecue-barbeque-bbq-161519.jpegThe reason why I chose to use these sources for my story is because they give insight on each segment that I wanted to cover during this story. I was able to cover the the problem, the people it affects, and how this problem can and/or how is affecting people not socially and economically.

Myles Aggregation of Social Media

My name is Myles Barnes, and I am currently on just about all of the major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, and Instagram. I usually only post things about my daily life , or things that I am currently doing at the moment. These are some of the profiles of my social media:

Twitter @(Mylesbarnes618)

For my Twitter you will mostly find some of my wild thoughts, pictures of things that i had found comical on social media, or just others people tweets that I had found interesting.

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Facebook @(Myles Barnes)

Facebook is a platform where i usually give my all of my inner thoughts too; I stay in contact with many people in which I had a past with such as old teachers, students, and old friends. I have found Facebook to be a place where I am comfortable to vent and express some of my most deepest feelings and comments about things I may be thinking of at the time.

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Instagram: @( Duecey1914)

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SnapChat: ( Dr.Biggs)

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Instagram and Snapchat is where you will usually find the comical side of me. I usually post things that I am doing currently on snapchat with friends, frat, or family, while Instagram I use it best to post that memories that I would like to last. Although very similar, I have found that I am very particular as to what I post on each social media site.

Marcelo Claure, Sprint CEO takes to social media

Sprint CEO, Marcelo Claure takes center stage on mainstream social media !

Social media is at it’s all time high, with celebrities all around taking to the screen. Sprint CEO, Marcelo Claure gives us the insight to what is going on within the Sprint Corporation.  Along with his prestigious duties as the CEO of such a large corporation, he sits on the board of SoftBank, and also serves as a father of five children.

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Marcelo often uses twitter as a platform to display various changes that are going on with the Sprint Corporation, such as awards presented to the company, any new business that is dealing with the company that employees, or even customers to know. He even shows his passion for soccer , via twitter by allowing his followers to see the updates on his favorite team.

Marcelo Claure Twitter Feed

Credits: Marcelo Claure

(Marcelo’s Twitter can be found here:

Claure uses his social media platform on twitter to communicate with various groups of people. His twitter serves as an aide to all, enlightening communities all around the world. Originally being born in Bolivia, he never forgets to incorporate the hispanic community amongst his twitter feed.  Located Below:

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Has the border wall construction begin

I came across a news article titled Has the Border Wall Begun, and this article mentioned that president Donald Trump declared that the construction of the wall between the United States and Mexico has began. This article included a picture that was described as an image of the construction of the Border wall. Therefore, I wanted to verify and check both the article and the image that was included as well. I used politifact.com to verify both the article and the image that has been used. The used image on this article has been tweeted by Donald Trump, and he stated that the image as “great briefing this afternoon on the start of our southern border wall!”. Politifact.com mentioned that this article is mostly false, and it mentioned that there are undergoing projects to replace fencing but that doesn’t include any constructions for the border wall supported by the Donald Trump administration. “There are projects underway along parts of the border to improve or replace fencing, but none of that includes any of the eight border wall prototypes ordered by the Trump administration.” (Valverde, 2018). Also, the image that Donald Trump tweeted isn’t for the border wall construction as he mention; rather, the image was for the construction to improve the fencing.verification