John Valentine: The Baby Boomer Generation

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“It was a much more simpler time…people got all of their information from the same sources,” John Valentine stated during his interview. Back in the 1950s and 60s, Valentine would solely get his news from the television or newspaper. “Breaking News” that is oh so common today that can be spread around the world the moment it happens was not even a thought. To the folks that lived during the time when Instagram was not the main form of communication and Snapchat was not on hand 24/7, this millennial age of rapid advancement of technology and news is something so foreign and complicated to them. No wonder why older people are so grumpy, because they do not understand the society in which they live! Anxiety and stress run the lives of Generation …show more content…
Valentine was born in June of 1946 in Kansas City, Kansas, where he has spent his whole life studying, working, and raising a family. Valentine slowly branched out of Kansas and into Missouri, where studied at the University of Missouri. However, it did not take him long to eventually end up back in Kansas City, except now with a wife and a child on the way. Valentine also did not stray far from the family business, as he began to work for the local advertising agency, Valentine Radford, and soon started his own agency, VML, with his friends. “I worked for 25 years in a traditional advertising agency, that’s non-digital media, and then from 1992 on, I worked in more of the digital arena,” Valentine said. Valentine has lots of knowledge when it comes to this field of …show more content…
JFK was a fresh, young face and that was exactly what the United States needed in a leader. This event shocked and horrified millions not only in America but around the globe. It was a disaster that would be remembered for the rest of time. In fact, only five short years after did The New York Times publish a story in November titled: “John F. Kennedy Remembered Five Years After Death.” The article speaks about a service that was held for Kennedy at the Arlington National Cemetery, memorializing the death of Kennedy. This simply shows that the media used this event as a way to help people grieve during these hardships. Additionally, it is a tragic piece of history that is still talked about to this day, as seen in an article written in The New York Times in 2005 titled: “What Would JFK Have Done?” This refers to decisions made by President Bush, but nevertheless, people still look to JFK, and specifically his death, as a pivotal turn in

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