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How Pinterest is forecasting 2024 trends for users and marketers

How Pinterest is forecasting 2024 trends for users and marketers

By: Sydney Brown The social media app Pinterest is doing more than displaying creative posts. With nearly 500 million active monthly users, Pinterest reaches an almost evenly split audience between Generation X, Gen Z and millenials. In comparison, X, formerly Twitter, taps in at 500 million active users and Instagram at 2 billion, yet a platform rarely captivates such an active and ranging demographic. The social platform is now using analytics to inform its users and advertisers. “Pinterest Predicts” uses…

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Kent State study addresses how negative thoughts over time can significantly impact your mental health

Kent State study addresses how negative thoughts over time can significantly impact your mental health

By Sydney Brown Humans have around 70,000 thoughts a day, according to the Cleveland Clinic. And with so many thoughts each day ongoing negativity could bring an onset of depression. Research from Kent State University suggests that indulging in negative thoughts can lead to depression if an individual has a low distress tolerance and consistent negative thinking. The topic of depression is not new as it impacts millions of people every year. “They really like to say in the profession…

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Rising postage rates and stamp accessibility ahead of March primary election

Rising postage rates and stamp accessibility ahead of March primary election

Sealed and delivered with ease was a gray area for Kent State University when the Kent Student Center Post Office closed this year. With the closing of the Contract Postal Unit, for financial reasons, according to Kent Mail Service’s Matt Staveski, Kent State temporarily did not have stamps available for purchase. These stamp accessibility issues and campus post office closure come as postage rates have continued to rise. At the end of January, The United States Postal Service increased stamps…

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Food security ahead of the holidays in Portage County

Food security ahead of the holidays in Portage County

[ANCHOR] CURRENTLY A DOLLAR CAN CREATE THREE MEALS FOR PEOPLE FIGHTING HUNGER. AND RIGHT IN PORTAGE COUNTY, LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES ARE SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH A LITTLE EXTRA HOPE.  [SYDNEY] THAT’S RIGHT. BOTH KENT SOCIAL SERVICES AND RAVENNA CENTER OF HOPE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 

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Kent Police’s cancer fund to honor and support local people fighting cancer

Kent Police’s cancer fund to honor and support local people fighting cancer

[ANCHOR] THE KENT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FUNDRAISING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER. OUR VERY OWN SYDNEY BROWN IS HERE WITH THE FULL STORY.  [SYDNEY] HI GUYS. I SPOKE WITH FOLKS FROM BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SEIDMAN CANCER CENTER ABOUT WHAT’s REALLY GOING ON WITH THEIR SCRUFFY BEARDS AND DENIM THIS TIME OF YEAR.

Political Advertising ahead of Election Day

Political Advertising ahead of Election Day

[ANCHOR]  ELECTION DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, AND IT IS HARD NOT TO NOTICE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL ADS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF YOUR DAY. TO TELL US MORE ABOUT POLITICAL ADVERTISING IS TV2’S SYDNEY BROWN [SYDNEY] WITH SO MUCH POLITICAL CONTENT BEING THROWN AT VOTERS – IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND ALL OF THE ADS.

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Security cameras help the Kent police maximize resources to limit crime

Security cameras help the Kent police maximize resources to limit crime

ANCHOR THE KENT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO CRACK DOWN ON CRIME IN THE CITY THROUGH A COMMUNITY CAMERA PROGRAM. TV2’S SYDNEY BROWN IS HERE TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE INITIATIVE.  [REPORTER- SYDNEY BROWN] THAT’S RIGHT. THROUGH A NETWORK OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, THE KENT POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO PROMOTE A SAFER CITY FOR THOSE WHO OPT INTO THE PROGRAM.