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J2 Blogs: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Blog #11: Where do you get your news. Sunday, May 27. Before you write, you should take this quiz. From the Pew Research Center. Take note of how you did compared with the rest of the country. I got them all right, so take that. You've spent the last 10 days being exposed to news that comes from sources you don't typically consult. You've hopefully learned something or evolved in your way of thinking about news in general. The purpose or biases of your news source,. J2 Blogs - 2014.
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J2 Blogs: March 2014
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Monday, March 31, 2014. Due: Sunday, April 6. More than 400 words. At least three links to sources with Synthesis included. At least 1 original design (the one we did in class for the 40 minute challenge counts). During class this week, we spent most of our time talking about the importance of Design in our lives, our society, and especially in Journalism and media. The presentations we looked at to base some of our discussions on are below. In what ways are you a designer? Places to get design inspirati...
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J2 Blogs: How do I...
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I need a ton of stuff in one place! How do I find pictures if I don't have original photos? Http:/ search.creativecommons.org/. How do I crop pictures for Hoofprint.net? How do I insert pictures with my story, including the slider and thumbnail? How do I access and update my blog from my iPhone/iPod touch? How do I create a portfolio entry? Portfolio Pieces and Reflections. Export your spread as a PDF. And as a jpeg. Catagorize the post as "Portfolio". Here's a sample portfolio piece and reflection.
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J2 Blogs: March 2015
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Monday, March 23, 2015. Blog #6: A Good Story. Due: Wednesday, April 8. No minimum word count. Your task this week is to create something totally unique. You don’t have to link anything, find any outside sources, or process. Your job is simple, but it’s the most consistently challenging task for great journalists. The story could be sad, funny, nostalgic, powerful, or mundane. The most important thing is that you’re finding it and getting it down to share. Use your best judgment about what ...If you woul...
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J2 Blogs: April 2015
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Blog #7 - Welcome to the fake news. Friday, May 1. A Study by the Pew Research Study. Claims that people who view The Daily Show and Colbert Report are more informed than other people when it comes to the news. At the very least, they are as informed as readers of Major Newspapers. Data from Pew Research Study. However, the study also found that. Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet. Recentl...
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J2 Blogs: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Blog #1: Truth and Journalism. The task is the same no matter where the skilled journalist plies his trade: be inquisitive, be honest and be loyal to the truth and your reader. Advocate for the community, and tell it like it is. Ask and learn. Share the knowledge.". Due date: Thursday, January 22. Take a look at the following questions and respond in any way you choose on your blog. Try to include the word "Truth" somewhere in your post's title. What is truth to you? Your respo...
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J2 Blogs: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Blog 7: The Happiness of Pursuit. Thursday, March 29 by Midnight. At least one link to your own blog. At least one link to another blog. At least one link to an outside source. Over the course of the first term of Journalism 2, we've considered a variety of topics. Some of the concepts we've tackled are;. What is the future of journalism? What does it mean to be a reader or a consumer of media in the 21st Century? The role of design in your life and in media. Friday, March 16, 2012.
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J2 Blogs: May 2015
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Blog #9: Starting a discussion. Monday, May 22, at the end of class. PLEASE INCLUDE TWO QUESTIONS AT THE END OF YOUR BLOG THAT COULD START A GOOD DISCUSSION. Your blogs this week will be the basis for class discussions next week. It's very important these get done by Friday so I can spend some time this weekend to put together discussions for next week. Your help is greatly appreciated. Pew Internet and American Life Project. NPR's On The Media. New Media @ Media Life. Friday, May 15.
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J2 Blogs: January 2014
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Blog #2: What is journalism, anyway? Due date: Sunday, February 2. Minimum Word Count: 400. Are becoming part of our common vocabularies. This brings us to two important questions for the modern journalist:. How does journalism survive when digital devices have made centralized printing presses and TV stations all but obsolete? Our classroom discussions and notes may help you as you consider this topic. Sunday, January 19, 2014. Blog #1: What is truth? Although all journalist...
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J2 Blogs: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Due: Sunday, March 3. Minimum number of links:. 3 actual sources, not just definitions. 5 Potential New Questions:. What kind of choices do you make about news? How does that impact your view of the world? Choosing "No." to news is also a choice. Do you believe what the old folks say about online news being bad for people? Were things better when we had fewer choices? Or, is this something great? Maybe Barry is full of crap. On the other hand, this means that people can cho...
