My latest article! Beatlemania!
If you like the Beatles, I covered a concert in my town of the Cast of Beatlemania. I think I got some really nice pictures too!
I had so much fun covering this!
Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
It’s a dangerous world out there.
A citizen is arrested for taking a video of police on her front yard. Considered citizen journalism, how do you feel about her arrest? Was it lawful?
It’s a difficult situation because on one hand you have a woman who seeks to expose a possible issue at hand, the racial profiling. On the other hands, the police are trying to keep the public safe, the person pulled over could be potentially dangerous, so it would seem like a good idea that the woman comply with police requests to stay back. But she didn’t and that’s how the altercation rose.
What do you think about it?
Article is here:
There’s a wonderful organization called the Journalists for Human Rights. Maybe I should bring this up to them. (I found this on Citizen’s Journalism on twitter)
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Developing News: Pentagon
Breaking News on Twitter.
It’s a little difficult to see, but as I logged on to Twitter I noticed “Pentagon” was a “Trending Topic.”
So my natural curiosity and underlying fear of something catastrophic drove me to click on it.
My J2 professor told me that news never breaks, because it is continual. So for the sake of being correct, here’s the developing Tweets of what is going on.
Look in the discrepancy in the major news. What is going on exactly in this situation. Two seconds later after I grabbed this screenshot Breaking News posted:
- BreakingNewsBreaking News
- Al-Qaida-related statements, backpack with ammonium nitrate and spent 9mm shells found in Pentagon suspicious vehicle http://nyp.st/kO5oUF
First off, I hope to goodness that nothing else like this will happen today, or for as long as I live.
Second of all, I know better than to trust the first news I hear because I’ve been trained to. Not many other people do. This also applies to selective exposure and selective perception. People chose where they want to get their information and what they want to have their information say. So one news story can be interpreted many ways, and often people don’t try to find new developments.
I urge people to expand their horizons a little bit. I read articles from news establishments I hate, but I feel it helps keep me more objective and when I do write an opinion piece, at least I can really see things from both sides.
Let’s hope today we can end smiling.
D-Day 67-years ago today.
Click here for a photo slide show on how the Associated Press covered D-day 67 years ago. Today is the anniversary of the infamous day. It’s great to see these historical pictures. We are losing the WWII generation and soon will no longer have them to retell their stories. Their pictures and accounts of one of the world’s most trying times has at least been documented under a wide-range of media available to them at that time.
Take a look at the pictures and find some on your own, they are a look into our history, and we must never forget the sacrifice of our soldiers.
Press Challenge
Read this article by the Associated Press on a journalist who investigated Pakistani navy ties to Al-Qaeda found dead.
How does this make you feel? What do you think about this? Why is the freedom of the press so important?
Why I believe journalism is more important then ever…
Image via Wikipedia
In a brief kerfuffle with my dad earlier today, we discussed different methods of interviewing.
I am covering a local story tomorrow and was telling my father how I planned to interview, politely introducing myself and then asking permission. My father suggested I print out a so-called ‘press pass‘ and go by that.
Aside from that, I think in today’s world journalism is needed now more than ever. The industry may now be heavily segmented, with so may places for a person to get information, and in so many ways as well. Social media is changing the game every day.
When most people read an article, whether the conventional newspaper way, or the 21st century method of online or by mobile device, they are reading for the information. Somehow, in some way, that information is aiding them. Based on the beliefs of the reader this article could be a strong or weak dissonant about a hot topic. People pick and choose their news sources based on cognitive dissonance, only reading what they want to hear. Google allows us to search for answers.
But how can we trust every article we read? Advertisements have become so invasive today that some people cannot figure out an advertorial from an article. And look at every blog or self-named website that claims to be a reputable online paper. Do you really know who is going out and getting the story? Or is the internet too full of clutter that we believe whatever sounds the best to us?
The New York Times recently implemented on Twitter a more interactive model between their journalists and their readers. I believe this is a great way to restore the faith in journalism. It is important to read a story that has the professional research behind it. With more trust between the writer and the audience, a new trust can be formed.
So the next time you read an article, local, national, international, trade, or business take a moment to think about the time and research the writer did to complete it. Impostors on the internet impede on the professionalism and may give false information. You can’t believe everything you hear, but your best bet is to trust the information supplied.
Looking for feedback on this one
A post from someone I follow on tumblr.
I would like to know what people think of the argument raised in this Tumblr post. In a 140-character world I can understand the abbreviation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s name. I even abbreviated Osama bin Laden‘s name in several of my posts!
The point that the media is abbreviating his name, yet not other names like Jared Lee Loughner is interesting. I want to know why it is so selective. I have even seen Khalid Sheikh Mohammed‘s name spelled out in postings.
Anyone want to sound off on this? What do you think is the most ethical/reputable thing a journalist could do?
Also, was this poster correct in saying that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a rapist when he has not been proven guilty or innocent yet? I would think a seasoned journalist such as this poster would know about this. It is subjective when used in terms such as that.
Grades are in…
And I did really well in all my classes. I actually did better than I thought in my J2 class, guess my professor saw my growth during the semester. I’m ready for big things this summer.
Yesterday was really hectic for me, I woke up early for an internship interview. However, as soon as I woke up my mom told me my dad needed to be taken to the hospital because he was injured at work. He’s okay, thank god, but it was hard to keep a clear mind during the interview. I think I did really well in the interview. If they do hire me, it probably won’t be until next month and I’d be a blogger for an entrepreneurial internet company. I’m looking for experience, because it will give me a leg up when I graduate.
I also feel like its been a slow news week. Any big stories I should be interested in?
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