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Eric Sheptock.

On this evening's All Things Considered, NPR's Pam Fessler reports about Eric Sheptock of Washington, D.C., — a man who's been homeless off-and-on for the past 15 years and is now using a blog, Twitter, Facebook to advocate for people in his situation.

He is, as Pam's story shows, an adept user of the Web to get his message out. Here's a taste of her report:

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We asked Pam to pass along the web addresses of some blogs done by and/or for the homeless. She points to:

— Sheptock's On The Clock. (He's on Twitter here and Facebook here).

LA's Homeless Blog.

The Homeless Guy.

The Girls Guide to Homelessness.

This report from ABC7 in San Francisco about a teenage girl's "blog about homelessness."

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