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Kakrona Chan
Mark Zuckerberg was in Chicago today for a cozy chat with Oprah Winfrey about the social network founder’s enormous philanthropic donation to public education.
They were joined by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan even made an appearance via sattelite.
Zuckerberg’s actions are setting into motion Startup: Education, a$100 million foundation dedicated to improving education in the United States, beginning with the Newark school system, one of the worst in the country.
Zuckerberg said on the talk show that he believed Christie and Booker were on the right track where fixing public schools is concerned. Originally, he had planned to help them through an anonymous donation.
Not only does this segment feature details about the Facebook CEO’s plan to help public education; it also shows a day-in-the-life clip shot in Zuckerberg’s home and office (realms that no cameras, including ours, have ever entered) and featuring the young entrepreneur’s girlfriend.
Finally, Zuckerberg comments on the upcoming “Facebook movie,” The Social Network.
This is the first time Oprah’s made tech news since her initial foray into Twitter last year, where she was joined by Ashton Kutcher and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams.
We’ve noticed that “the Oprah effect” can generate huge amounts of traffic and consumer interest in projects the media maven chooses to highlight; we’re glad she’s picked such a worthy cause in Zuckerberg’s new foundation and hope others are inspired to help because
Mark Zuckerberg on Oprah from Cindy W on Vimeo.
[via mashable]
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