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Chris Smith

@cssmithwrites

Author of SALAMANDERS OF THE SILK ROAD, Editor-in-Chief of https://teapawt.org/t.co/Zajb2RS2HS, Digital Director for 5 Star Media Group, husband, dad, and lover of fine beers.

 Clarksville, Tenn.
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Joined April 2009
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Hey, come work for me! (There's free coffee.)
Clarksville Now (@clarksvillenow) profile pictureClarksville Now@clarksvillenow1 Jul 2022
We're hiring! Looking for a part-time reporter/videographer. #journalismjobs #videojobs #newsjobs Here are the details: clarksvillenow.com/about/car…
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"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog ..."
WKRN News 2 (@WKRN) profile pictureWKRN News 2
@WKRN31 Mar 2022
Woman bites pit bull to save her dog from violent attack trib.al/5I7E9pH
Woman bites pit bull to save her dog from violent attack

Woman bites pit bull to save her dog from violent attack

“It was live or die at that point. I was losing, I was losing and the dog was dying.”

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Thank you, Justin Rapp, for capturing the heart of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee perfectly!☑️ #montgomerycountytn #clarksvilletn
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HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON!
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Could be London, Paris or New York. It's not. This is Clarksville, TN! 📷 @draywimmer #architecture #Snowfall #historic #Church #reddoor #wintervacations #visitclarksvilletn #downtownclarksvilletn
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Nailed it.
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Tennessee lawmakers from both parties have questioned the lack of oversight on the health department's decision to pay a company millions to conduct the state's COVID-19 contact tracing efforts despite its lack of epidemiology experience. theleafchronicle.com/story/n…

Tennessee signed $75M contact tracing deal with firm lacking prior epidemiology experience

The emergency contract, signed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, did not go through the fiscal review process overseen by Tennessee legislators.

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E-911 workers say things are getting bad at the dispatch center, with some saying they're afraid to go to work. Clarksville Now spent five months digging into public records, leaked documents and employee interviews. Here's what they found.
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Investigation of E-911 Center reveals complaints of hostile workplace, medical privacy violations, missing public records clarksvillenow.sagacom.com/l…
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You know you've been multitasking too much when you read this tweet: "Biden’s mandates never apply to those crossing our southern border" ... and you misread it as: "Biden’s manatees never apply to cross our southern border."
Reminder of how long it took before newspapers used photos on 1A, and the difference it made.
Khai (@ThamKhaiMeng) profile pictureKhai
@ThamKhaiMeng25 Jul 2021
Every single New York Times front page since 1852. Note the explosion of pictures in news (h/t Josh Begley)
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WSMV 4 Nashville
@WSMV23 Jul 2021
Talk radio host with COVID regrets vaccine hesitancy wsmv.com/news/us_world_news/…
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So glad that my pals here can enjoy me living out my worst nightmare 🙃😅🕷 @neilorne @NikkiBurdine @WKRN
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All y'all calling the fire department to "rescue" cats from trees need to see this.
USA TODAY (@USATODAY) profile pictureUSA TODAY
@USATODAY14 May 2021
This cat survived a death-defying leap from a burning five story Chicago apartment building.

Cat jumps five stories from burning building

A cat made good use of one of its nine lives after leaping from a burning building in Chicago, falling multiple stories before landing on all four feet.

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I feel seen.
Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) profile pictureRabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine5 May 2021
Yep
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Odd people are gonna odd.
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Oh no! Not the Smokehouse! That place is awesome.
Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowTV) profile pictureJosh Breslow
@JoshBreslowTV27 Apr 2021
#BREAKING: Photo from Thunder Radio shows firefighters battling large fire at The Smokehouse restaurant in Monteagle.
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Great quote. Sad, but true.
Bill Haslam (@BillHaslam) profile pictureBill Haslam@BillHaslam13 Apr 2021
Faithful Presence will be available May 25th. Pre-order now at faithfulpresencebook.com.
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BOOTH@BoothAJournal23 Mar 2021
"Only ashtrays linger: on vintage dashboards, / chiseled into armrests of old jets, soldered / shut beneath elevator consoles." Read "Discarding the Ashtrays" by Jacob M. Appel on our website-- booth.butler.edu/2021/03/05/…
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