Arun Kristian Das
Multimedia Journalist
I am a writer, editor, and producer in New York City. I help tell important, captivating, and entertaining stories.
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Facebook posts 'easier to read' data policy, service terms
A week after unveiling redesigned privacy control settings, Facebook announced posted revised terms of service and data policy to "show people in black and white how our products work."
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Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal is actually way worse
Facebook's privacy scandal is much worse than previously thought—by millions of more users. Data on as many as 87 million people, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, a data-mining company linked to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, according to a post by Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's chief technology officer.
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Take Time to Express Professional Gratitude
Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a big mush. I don’t shy away from telling close friends and family that I am grateful for them and care about them. But being “mushy” (in a professional way) with people who have had a positive impact on your education and career is also important. This is as easy as either emailing or calling those mentors, supervisors, colleagues, professors, teachers, and coaches to express gratitude.
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Don’t Make These 6 LinkedIn Mistakes
I know stupid things when I see them on social networks. I have compiled this list of six mistakes you should absolutely not make in your LinkedIn profile, activity, and communication. They are all based real observations.
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'Fearless Girl' creator reflects one year later
When the Fearless Girl statue appeared opposite the iconic Charging Bull near Wall Street one year ago, she became an instant hit with New Yorkers and tourists, especially with women and girls. The artist, Kristen Visbal, spoke to Fox 5 News.
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Obama tweets Biden birthday meme
That former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden have a special relationship is no secret. Over the course of two terms in office, the pair often raved about their close friendship—an apparent rarity among many other POTUS and VPOTUS duos throughout White House history.
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Bart Yasso: Why the New York City Marathon Is Awesome [MARATHON WEEK 2017] - YouTube
Bart Yasso, the chief running officer of Runner's World, has come to New York City every marathon weekend since 1982 to represent RW at the race and expo, where he meets and greets fans and signs books. Yasso, known affectionately as the "mayor of running," has run the New York City Marathon five times. Here he talks about his experience and why the race is so special.
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How the New York City Marathon Has Evolved [MARATHON WEEK 2017] - YouTube
TCS New York City Marathon Race Director Peter Ciaccia, NYRR president of events, spoke to Fox5NY.com about the technological evolution of the race, how it has changed over the years, and why waiting until the last runner crosses the finish line is so important to him.
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NYC Marathon Director: What Cheering for Final Finishers Means to Me [MARATHON WEEK 2017] - YouTube
Peter Ciaccia, the race director of the TCS New York City Marathon, cheers for the final runners to cross the finish line and often runs in with them for those final steps. He has been doing this for years. Here he explains why he does it and what it means to him.
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Why we run the New York City Marathon
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - Every year on the first Sunday in November, tens of thousands of athletes line up on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and then head to a faraway finish line in Central Park.
Runners and spectators alike cry, cheer, smile, squeal, gasp, and more on the day of the New York City Marathon. It is a day of triumph, achievement, and also heartbreak and disappointment.
Only a handful of athletes have a real shot at winning and just two runners and two whe...
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Slow runners are athletes—and merit a police escort
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - A few years ago, Jill Grunenwald, a librarian from Cleveland, attended a storytelling event in town where a friend posed the question: "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?" She took that as a direct challenge and set out to write and publish a memoir.
Grunenwald, who holds a BFA in creative writing, was already a writer and published author, so a memoir made sense. So what would she focus on?
Well, she had a blog called The Year of the Phoenix that chroni...
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The New York City Marathon in the digital era
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - The first New York City Marathon, in 1970, was somewhat of a fringe event. The course was contained entirely inside Central Park, where 127 runners, who had paid a buck each, lined up at the start. Just 55 athletes finished.
These days, what is now the world's biggest marathon isn't just about the race itself. New York Road Runners—the organization that puts on the TCS New York City Marathon (as it is officially known)—has shepherded the evolution of that first quaint ...
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On eve of retirement, Bart Yasso reflects on being 'mayor of running'
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - For thousands of runners both elite and not, Bart Yasso epitomizes the heart and soul of the global running community. In 40-plus years, he has run thousands of footraces on all seven continents, matched some great athletes stride-for-stride, celebrated with champions, and shared in the joy of a hard-fought finish with the runner at the very back of the pack.
For the past 30 years, Yasso, 61, has worked for Runner's World magazine. In his role as the chief running offi...
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Running to lose weight is easy to sabotage
America's distance running boom has many factors. But just Google "running and weight loss" and/or "weight loss running bloggers" and you get a sense that the popularity of running 5Ks, half-marathons, and marathons is at least partly related to America's obesity crisis and the resultant billion-dollar industry of trying—and often not succeeding—to shed the pounds.
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A robot sold us a Chris Cornell CD at Best Buy
NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - We went to Best Buy to buy a CD and never talked to a human being. Instead, a computer and robot named Chloe sold us a CD. And by "we" I mean me. Here is what happened. Best Buy is experimenting with full automation -- in the form of a robot -- to sell a decidedly old-fashioned medium: CDs and DVDs. I'm in my 40s, so yes I remember vinyl records, tapes and even 8-tracks.