OK OK OK - I know that im in school and shoulf probably not be saying this cuz you know ill look incensitive and evil- but i think that anyhing that goes out into the public sphere is public information. when i go on the radio and deliver the news i dont cite where i got it from. when i cite "die standing or live kneeling" i dont have to cite who originally found the quote it was said we all know it we use it.
papers and stations get info off of each other all the time- thats why we report - we want it to go to the public forum
i think this logic can be applied here- she quoted someone and it became part of the public sphere of knowledge
so i do not think the man should have so publicly scorned- think that the people were just looking for a way to get rid of him i mean he was over 80 yrs of age.
however I think that he did not make a "mistake" from his article it seems he is a very arrogant man. he probably did not want to start one of his high class articles with a quote from an undergrad student. I think he was being too arrogant to be careful and that is not a good excuse.
the girl had the right to be mad she did a lot of work and then some pomp-ass arrogant man stole her work and don't see her worthy to credit her-
it was a mean thing to do but i think the consequences were a bit severe- i suspect that there were further provocations
it is almost to nobel of an act for the editor to make- to take a student so seriously over a well established column writer-
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
slides
wow Joe Weiss reminds me of an old school gamer- his passion is multi-media jounrnalism is great and hes serious about it.
he has a strong opinion about issues- and he has strong rules of engagment which he takes personally if someone brakes them- he makes people who brake them sound completly inocompetent
ok hes not a weirdo im the same way. if someone brakes the rules of engagment i feel personally insulted.
so maybe i should say that he has a passion about what he does- thats good there is meaning in his life and he helps others
its also interesting that he has such clear cut rules on such a new medium. i think most people see slide sows as a relatively new medium where boundaries are not yet set- but Weiss has clear boundaries. he;s ahead of his ime a dreamer
maybe he will be considered a founding father of mult-media slide show journalism.
he has a strong opinion about issues- and he has strong rules of engagment which he takes personally if someone brakes them- he makes people who brake them sound completly inocompetent
ok hes not a weirdo im the same way. if someone brakes the rules of engagment i feel personally insulted.
so maybe i should say that he has a passion about what he does- thats good there is meaning in his life and he helps others
its also interesting that he has such clear cut rules on such a new medium. i think most people see slide sows as a relatively new medium where boundaries are not yet set- but Weiss has clear boundaries. he;s ahead of his ime a dreamer
maybe he will be considered a founding father of mult-media slide show journalism.
Elections- worst nightmare comes true
In junior high when I was beginning to understand the dynamics of politics I have come to fear that a moment like this may come. When Oprah will get into election debates.
In class before the ’00 elections our social studies teacher held class elections- there were two excersizes- first we had to vote who we think will win- the result was bush 100%.
The next exercise was to vote for who we would like to win- the answers were quite unorthodox ranging from Clinton to Elmo. But there was winner- Oprah.
We had a discussion in class about this – the class came to the conclusion that even though Oprah would have a good chance in winning; she doesn’t run because it is not her place to do so- her role is to critisize society not run it. People in the media should not enter politics.
Disscusions like these were the beginning of my journalistic identity. It is around this same time that I decided I might go into journalism. I may stretch so far as to say- that the idea that people in the media should not go into politics and politicians should not go into the media- was one of the basis on which I became a journalist.
I feel almost betrayed by Operah’s decision to endorse a specific candidate.
In class before the ’00 elections our social studies teacher held class elections- there were two excersizes- first we had to vote who we think will win- the result was bush 100%.
The next exercise was to vote for who we would like to win- the answers were quite unorthodox ranging from Clinton to Elmo. But there was winner- Oprah.
We had a discussion in class about this – the class came to the conclusion that even though Oprah would have a good chance in winning; she doesn’t run because it is not her place to do so- her role is to critisize society not run it. People in the media should not enter politics.
Disscusions like these were the beginning of my journalistic identity. It is around this same time that I decided I might go into journalism. I may stretch so far as to say- that the idea that people in the media should not go into politics and politicians should not go into the media- was one of the basis on which I became a journalist.
I feel almost betrayed by Operah’s decision to endorse a specific candidate.
Monday, November 26, 2007
FOOOOOOOOOOD in the 08 rpes campaign
so one of my fave topics- food came up in the paper
the nyt most have ran out of things to write about so they wrote about the candidate's eating habbits- and anaylized how food can be seen as great judgment of character- if a candidate eats too much and becomes fat their undisciplines- if they refuse food they reject the person serving the food.
they cant eat because their always answering questions.
this ofoucrse simply shows the beuty pagent side of politics- a pagent where the judges are always ALWAYS watching everything EVERYTHING
it makes sense if one of the candidates started eating one of the ethnic food i eat i would emediataly have a soft spot for him or her.
food is so much part of our culture it spills into everything even presidential elections.
but is it fair to assume that a candidate with food allergies is disadvantaged or unqualified?
food alregies have nothing to do with how well a person can run a country but appereantly they have a lot to do with a persons ability to win that position.
why is it that many of the qualities required to win elections have nothing to do with the actual qualities needed for a presidency?
the nyt most have ran out of things to write about so they wrote about the candidate's eating habbits- and anaylized how food can be seen as great judgment of character- if a candidate eats too much and becomes fat their undisciplines- if they refuse food they reject the person serving the food.
they cant eat because their always answering questions.
this ofoucrse simply shows the beuty pagent side of politics- a pagent where the judges are always ALWAYS watching everything EVERYTHING
it makes sense if one of the candidates started eating one of the ethnic food i eat i would emediataly have a soft spot for him or her.
food is so much part of our culture it spills into everything even presidential elections.
but is it fair to assume that a candidate with food allergies is disadvantaged or unqualified?
food alregies have nothing to do with how well a person can run a country but appereantly they have a lot to do with a persons ability to win that position.
why is it that many of the qualities required to win elections have nothing to do with the actual qualities needed for a presidency?
ethic and new media reading- the joy
ok let me say this once and probably many more times- I HATE LEARNING ABOUT EHTICS-
yes i am now suffering through an entire media ethics course and yes i do understand the value of learning ethics and thinking out ethical problems and theories and how they realte to real live decisions before actually getting to the job- but i still hate it-
also becuase the reading was so dispuresed and i dont want to sound like i have drank 50 cups of cofee i will commment on specifics.
one of the articles we had to read said journalism can do a lot but it cant do everything. how true.
however i am concerned with its example. It speaks of the well known sociological experiment that proves that we are more compasionate to a single soul suffering then two or more souls suffering. it praised the nyt for bringing the actual people away from the statistics in darfur to create more compassion among its readers.
now that is defenatly a way of telling a story.it shows whats going on an important part of whats going on but wheres the line between hard core reporting and yellow/propaganda reporting?
Is it a reporters job to evoke emotion in a reader or is it their job to tell the facts. although emotion is many times part of the story i must ask where do we stop.
should a reporter chose what emotions she will try to evoke from a reader or let the story tell itself? without having a agenda to evoke emotion
We must ask this question especially now when it becomes increasingly eawsier to have personal sotries fill the pages of newspaper websites. it wouldnt really cost the paper much to put them there but sould they- or should that be left to bloggers?
yes i am now suffering through an entire media ethics course and yes i do understand the value of learning ethics and thinking out ethical problems and theories and how they realte to real live decisions before actually getting to the job- but i still hate it-
also becuase the reading was so dispuresed and i dont want to sound like i have drank 50 cups of cofee i will commment on specifics.
one of the articles we had to read said journalism can do a lot but it cant do everything. how true.
however i am concerned with its example. It speaks of the well known sociological experiment that proves that we are more compasionate to a single soul suffering then two or more souls suffering. it praised the nyt for bringing the actual people away from the statistics in darfur to create more compassion among its readers.
now that is defenatly a way of telling a story.it shows whats going on an important part of whats going on but wheres the line between hard core reporting and yellow/propaganda reporting?
Is it a reporters job to evoke emotion in a reader or is it their job to tell the facts. although emotion is many times part of the story i must ask where do we stop.
should a reporter chose what emotions she will try to evoke from a reader or let the story tell itself? without having a agenda to evoke emotion
We must ask this question especially now when it becomes increasingly eawsier to have personal sotries fill the pages of newspaper websites. it wouldnt really cost the paper much to put them there but sould they- or should that be left to bloggers?
Monday, November 12, 2007
Radio and tv
Ha- ok although i read this freshman year i am happy that i go to refresh my mind. I work for the radio now and I kinda forgot the basic stuff. I mean I dont think my news updates were that horrible but i think i can better understand them now- I hope class will be equally informative.
Its so weird getting advice in a text book that i can immediately use. Im so used to reading things that i do not know how i can use or that i can maybe think of needing in the distant future. but the tips in this book I can use on wednesday when I go on-air. THAT IS BEYOND COOL!!
it reminds me of a commercial in the subway back home. Its an advertisement of a college and it has a grad student and over his face is his schedule. 8am wake up 9 am work 3pm go to class 6 pm go to night job and use the skills you learned.
This reading has also made me realize how little I know about news broadcast I hope I will have an opportunity to learn more.
Its so weird getting advice in a text book that i can immediately use. Im so used to reading things that i do not know how i can use or that i can maybe think of needing in the distant future. but the tips in this book I can use on wednesday when I go on-air. THAT IS BEYOND COOL!!
it reminds me of a commercial in the subway back home. Its an advertisement of a college and it has a grad student and over his face is his schedule. 8am wake up 9 am work 3pm go to class 6 pm go to night job and use the skills you learned.
This reading has also made me realize how little I know about news broadcast I hope I will have an opportunity to learn more.
Clinton honey
So Clinton was caught cheating then denied it and said it wont happen again. In this NYT article it claims that Clintons aids planted a question in a Q and A session.
Clonton claims to not have known.
The advisors said that this was an unofficial tactic they use. but not it will be officially against the rules.
If this is a common tactic then how does clinton "not know about it" I she is lying she is not fit for president is she is so ignorant she does not know what is going on right under her nose she is not fit for president.
If she really did not know then she would take real action to prevent it from happening again but no one got fired or punished in any way. Instead staff members have been told to avoid doing it again. - they have not been told to stop doing it- no they should avoid doing it but you know if they cant help themselves then thats alright.
Honestly if this is the kind of thing that Clinton means when she says change then her presidency would go unnoticed because nothing would change.
She'll probably tell the US military to " avoid" killing Iraquis and invading countries
Clonton claims to not have known.
The advisors said that this was an unofficial tactic they use. but not it will be officially against the rules.
If this is a common tactic then how does clinton "not know about it" I she is lying she is not fit for president is she is so ignorant she does not know what is going on right under her nose she is not fit for president.
If she really did not know then she would take real action to prevent it from happening again but no one got fired or punished in any way. Instead staff members have been told to avoid doing it again. - they have not been told to stop doing it- no they should avoid doing it but you know if they cant help themselves then thats alright.
Honestly if this is the kind of thing that Clinton means when she says change then her presidency would go unnoticed because nothing would change.
She'll probably tell the US military to " avoid" killing Iraquis and invading countries
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