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Christina Capecchi

Christina Capecchi writes about culture and the social impact of technology. She earned a master's degree at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Capecchi is a former reporter at the Catholic Spirit in St. Paul, where she advised the youth supplement Speak Up! She has been published in such papers as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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Frank Warren brings his online phenomenon of postcard secrets and stories to Gustavus

By Christina Capecchi | 05/05/10
The secrets elicit more than 1 million visitors a week, making the site the largest ad-free blog in the world, Warren says.
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'McCain Blogette' shows family life with political Dad

By Christina Capecchi | 11/03/08
It chronicles a presidential campaign, yet the McCain Blogette covers everything but politics. Therein lies the charm.
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Palin's self-described feminism turns off some conservative women

By Christina Capecchi | 10/02/08
While some women wave "Palin Power" signs and applaud her ascent, a less vocal group would like to keep the glass ceiling in place.
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The Oxford Project: Time-lapse photos and confessional text reveal small-town lives

By Christina Capecchi | 09/16/08
Jim Hoyt never talked about his experience liberating Buchenwald concentration camp. The Oxford, Iowa, resident quietly went about his life, working as a rural mail carrier for three decades.
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My big, fat Washington resume

By Christina Capecchi | 09/12/08
Last night Gov. Sarah Palin put a pithy label on the conventional government experience that has been routinely dismissed and dissed in this presidential campaign: a "big, fat resume."
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Coney Island opens for delegates, but few show up

By Christina Capecchi | 09/05/08
"NOW OPEN," reads the white sheet taped to the door. It is a humble invitation to a big deal: the reopening of the Original Coney Island Tavern, a building as old as the city itself.
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Despite opponent's fervent young supporters, McCain can claim his own youth vote

By Christina Capecchi | 09/04/08
By Christina Capecchi | Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008 Sen. John McCain's young supporters may not rival Sen.
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Minnesota's female anglers and hunters embracing Palin

By Christina Capecchi | 09/03/08
When Sarah Kay, 23, got the CNN e-mail update, she screamed. Her colleagues rushed into her office, concerned. What had happened? Sen. McCain had chosen a moose-hunting dark horse as his VP.
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Book signings let McCain daughter mingle and tell personal story

By Christina Capecchi | 09/03/08
It made a stark contrast to the digital pictures of a pregnant teen: Meghan McCain's life by watercolor, soft and shaded.
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Media portrayals of Twin Cities leaving some St. Paulites 'deflated'

By Christina Capecchi | 09/03/08
By Christina Capecchi | Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 In its ongoing sibling rivalry with Minneapolis, the Capital City still seems stuck in the shadow of its bigger relative, some are saying.