Awesome new colleague alert! Tumblr, what should we do with Megan here on tumblr? Would you be interested in a Q&A? Or perhaps an AirTime! Or maybe we should make a Megan gif of her first day? Open to ideas…

Forced to take lower wages if they can find work at all and facing still-expensive housing in those markets where many of the jobs are, roughly one in five American adults 25 to 34 now live with their parents—almost double the percentage from 30 years ago.

Are we a “screwed generation”? Maybe.

Hey guys! 

Some fun news. nwk tumblr is getting a TV show! Kinda. Here’s the deal. There’s this really big and nice and shiny TV studio sitting here at NewsBeast HQ (above; and please note that Brian is reading “Why Him? Why Her?”, the Helen Fisher book), and sometimes in the late afternoons there’s a window for which we can walk up and sit in the seats and pretend we are news anchors. 

We’re going to do that today.

But instead of us just blabbing about Mitt Romney’s tax returns or Baby Blue Ivy, we want to answer some questions — from you all. Like, basically, “Ask nwk tumblr anything.” 

So: will you be a part of our first show and ask us a question? It can be about life, love, lizards, politics, journalism, juice, or whatever else suits your fancy. We’ll pick five.

Then hopefully they’ll let us back on set to do it again.

OK, go! Ask nwk tumblr a question!

Have any questions for your friendly nwk tumblrs? Ask away!

politico:

Filing room for the Reagan debate (before).

nicksummers:

Why Art Directors Are Your Friend

Today in how your Back Story gets made.

coalspeaker:

If you buy NEWSWEEK on the newsstand, you pay $4.95 an issue. If you buy THE ENTIRE MAGAZINE, you pay $1.00 … ?

Post Co. Discloses Newsweek’s Price Tag: $1

We are SUCH cheap dates. Except when you add in the $47 million in baggage we’re carrying!

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sarah-ball:

Amazing. Click to enlarge.

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This week’s Back Story. 

Moving day: version 392. (Yes, that is a case of Brooklyn Lager with our boxes. Gotta stay sane!)

Update: At least we get to keep our chairs!

devingo:

From Newsweek: a quantitative analysis of the world’s 100 best countries. America doesn’t even crack the top ten. You know why? Thugs and criminals.

Sigh. Alabama’s really dragging us down, isn’t it?

Finland’s national dish: Karjalanpiirakka, the Karelian hot pot.