Circa

Circa (from Latin, meaning "around, about"), usually abbreviated c., ca or ca. (also circ. or cca.), means "approximately" in several European languages including English, usually in reference to a date.Circa is widely used in genealogy and historical writing when the dates of events are not accurately known. When used in date ranges, circa is applied before each approximate date, while dates without circa immediately preceding them are generally assumed to be known with certainty. For example:

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External links

The dictionary definition of circa at Wiktionary

Media related to Circa at Wikimedia Commons

Circa News

Circa News or more simply, Circa, was a news service founded in 2012, by Matt Galligan, Ben Huh, and Arsenio Santos, that aimed "to pursue a more pure definition of news with truths divorced from conjecture, opinion or biases analysis.” Circa news stories consisted of individual bits of information from different sources and viewpoints that were stitched together into a story that could be shifted around and changed easily as stories developed. The service was accessible via a website and/or a mobile app. The service announced on June 24, 2015 that it would be shutting down due to financial reasons, though it is scheduled to relaunch in Spring 2016 under the ownership of media company Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Features

Circa's mobile app and website initially offered “atomization” of news rather than “summarization”. “Atomization”, according to Circa, means “to break down a story into its core elements: facts, stats, quotes and media”, as opposed to a summary where content is reduced for quicker reading or users are linked elsewhere for the full story.

Sara Carter

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Sara Dougherty Carter (July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American country music musician, singer, and songwriter. Remembered mostly for her deep, distinctive, mature singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. In her earliest recordings her voice was pitched very high.

Life and career

Born in Copper Creek, Virginia, the daughter of William Sevier Dougherty and Nancy Elizabeth Kilgore, she married A. P. Carter on June 18, 1915, but they were later divorced in 1939. They had three children: Gladys (Mrs. Millard), Janette, and Joe.

In 1927, she and A.P. began performing as the Carter Family, perhaps the first commercial rural country music group. They were joined by her cousin, Maybelle, who was married to A.P.'s brother, Ezra Carter. Later, Sara married Coy Bayes, A.P.'s first cousin, and moved to California in 1943, and the original group disbanded. In the late 1940s, Maybelle began performing with her daughters Helen, June, and Anita as The Carter Sisters (the act was renamed The Carter Family during the 1960s).

Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information. A journalist's work is called journalism. A journalist can work with general issues or specialize in certain issues, however, most journalists tend to specialize, and by cooperating with other journalists produce journals that span many topics. For example, a sports journalist covers news within the world of sports, but this journalist may be a part of a newspaper that covers many different topics.

Roles

A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, and reports on information to present in sources, conduct interviews, engage in research, and make reports. The information-gathering part of a journalist's job is sometimes called reporting, in contrast to the production part of the job such as writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom and going out to witness events or interview people. Reporters may be assigned a specific beat or area of coverage.