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Will hiding likes on Instagram and Facebook improve users mental health? This is what experts are saying
By The Washington Post
By Allyson Chiu
Facebook is touting its latest feature, which will allow Facebook and Instagram users to hide like counts on posts, as a move that aims to depressurize people s experiences on its platforms. The change comes amid ongoing concern about the potentially harmful mental health effects of social media.
But while the action may be a positive step, many experts say, it isn t likely to have much impact on the lower levels of psychological well-being seen in some users.
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MAKING THEM DANCE: Republicans with high hopes that their party might be able to ride Donald Trump’s voter base to victory next year without all the chaos that accompanies the former president himself might be out of luck.
Former Vibe intern Vanessa Ochavillo now reports in California
By Vanessa Ochavillo
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Vanessa Ochavillo is a journalist whose work in recent years has appeared in numerous San Francisco Bay Area outlets. She joined Vibe in 2009, eventually assuming the roles of project editor, assistant editor and editor. She currently works as a staff writer at Half Moon Bay Review in California. Below is her first person account of her Vibe experience.
A desire to write seemed like a good enough reason to contact Vibe in 2008. The program was mid-cycle, meaning my chances were slim at snagging a spot on what was likely a full team of high school interns.
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In 1992, the Pacific Daily News launched Yo!, a youth internship program to train high school students as journalists. Almost three decades later, the program has trained hundreds of students and has been offered every year - with the exception of 2020, the cursed pandemic year.
But this year, Vibe is back and it s going to be an amazing year, starting with our monthlong training in July. In addition to sessions led by former Vibe advisor Therese Padua Howe and current PDN reporter Anne Wen, interns will get the opportunity to hear from Vibe alumnae currently working as journalists.
Here is what some of them had to say about the program: