Eating, Sniping and Running to Remember: Look Who’s Talking on Social Media

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So, if you’re not reading Iowa Girl Eats, the question is: Why not?

West Des Moines resident Kristin Porter writes about healthy meal ideas, splurge-worthy dessert ideas, exercise tips and. well, an endless string of posts about eating well in Iowa. Her blog is read by about 2 million people, according to the Iowa Soybean Association, which is among the organizations partnering with Porter on Join My Journey to trace food from its origins to some of the great restaurants found around Iowa.

Follow West Des Moines resident @JoeShannahan on Twitter for some witty and sometimes snarky political commentary. He’s one of the principals in Larson Shannahan Slifka Group (LS2group) is a bipartisan public relations, public affairs, and marketing firm based in West Des Moines.

Here’s a recent conversation, in reference to this:

@JoeShannahan: Not a fan of @FoxNews or TV "journalism" but #Medill alum Lauren Green's interview is embarrassingly awful. #FAIL 

Mary Stanik ‏@mstanik0: ”@JoeShannahan She used to work here in Minneapolis. She wasn't very good here either.”

‏@JoeShannahan: “@mstanik0 - Remarkably unprepared and tone deaf for a "network" interviewer. Will likely use interview as a case study for media training.”

Finally, sign up for the Fourth Annual Remembrance Run to be held Sunday, Sept. 29, at Raccoon River Park. Proceeds from the race fund an annual retreat for families of Iowa fallen service members that provides the families with useful resources and support, and facilitates a peer network for the participants. The retreat is held the same weekend as the Remembrance Run.