@KnightFdn news for 10/05/2011

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  – More than 2,000 stories of black male leadership submitted as part of the @BMEchallenge campaign in  #Detroit and #Philadelphia

 – News21 #journalism students launch major food safety investigation in @washingtonpost and @msnbc, uncovering dangers of seafood and prominence of foodborne illness

– Philadelphia commuters surprised by singers belting Carmen, during a Random Act of Culture on board local trains #arts #video

-Students teach digital and media literacy to the greater #Charlotte community, part of James L. Knight School of Communication #journalism

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