Gonzo journalism

This Friday, member of the merit writing program, John Bultena, lectured on the significance of images in comic books. The lecture was interactive since it required the audience to interpret various comics. For every comic, it seemed like each audience member had their own unique interpretation. During this process, Bultena also elaborated on the significances we failed to notice. For example, he pointed out the different methods in which time can be depicted in comics. Adding that the context…

My interest in journalism stems from my role as editor of my school’s publication, the Boxer Roundup, a page of articles written by students about what is going on in our high school. The page is published every Thursday in our city’s newspaper, The Enterprise. I have been writing for the Boxer Roundup since sophomore year and have been an editor since last summer. By writing for and editing the Boxer Roundup I aim to highlight the positives that take place in my city and to help erase the view…

In society, the publicity of media holds an influential place in spreading information, changing attitudes and driving behavior. Today the most reliable source or so called “reliable source” is the media. Society has moved away from the acceptable objective truths to more cultural dominated opinions. Each day newspaper writers, talk show hosts, and reporters give us a slice of their opinions. One can see that in today's world people often underestimate the power of how a "group" -media- decide…

News operations work through ethical dilemmas on a regular basis (Regulation, Legal Issues, and Ethics, 2011, p.246). Medoff and Kaye note, at times, broadcast stations that produce local news are pressured by people to either cover or not cover a certain story (2011, p.246). Ethics remain pervasive and challenged through a variety of deceitful tactics such as in paying for interviews, recreating news events, a using unnamed sources, or playing dirty tricks which in turn taints the station or…

and always aware of what was going on with the country. He was the man that everyone looked to for information in times of need and he delivered; he gave the people what they wanted and what they needed. I wish I had been around to experience his journalism and witness the passion he had when doing his job. After all, he was “the most trusted man in…

During Josh Awtry’s presentation, being the executive editor of the Asheville Citizen- Times, he discussed how an individual who’s inspired to be a reporter must compose his or her cleverness with certain writing skills. A reporter should be able to write words and construct a piece without many grammatical errors or punctuation errors. He also mentions that they should desire curiosity. A reporter must be willing to find out why something like this occurs and how can I educate the public…

Peter Levchuck Media influences the general population’s insight to political issues through the press, broadcasts, and online posts. Whether fact based, like The Washington Post and The New York Times Online, or opinionated, like hotair.com, Google News, The Chicago Defender, carlyforpresident.com, and Twitter, media affects one’s approach to forming their own political views. During election seasons, media hold the power to determine a candidate’s success. In the 2016 Presidential Election,…

Interest groups are the associations of people who hold common views and work to influence what government does. While researching, texts written about Lobbyists and interest groups in Texas, I found a few news articles and most of the information from the link provided at TSRPAC website. I came to know that Lobbying is a important element of the path between people and their public officials. However, from the websites, that providing safety, training on shooting sports, wildlife conservation…

that category, I went deeper into research and found that Broadcasting Journalism could be my niche. Some of the ideals behind that career relate to the most of my strengths which made it easy to pick as my future career. Broadcasting Journalism caught my attention because one night me and my stepmother were doing something that involved writing and she said she sees a potential with journalism…

In the article "British journalist, now ISIS hostage, sends message from terror group", Atika Shubert and Catherine E. Shoichet from CNN inform people about the detrimental situation that is occurring in Syria. In July of 2012 a British Journalist named John Cantlie was abducted by the terrorist group ISIS. Fortunately he was saved by the Free Syrian Army rebels; unfortunately he was captured yet another time in November of 2012. Currently Cantlie is being forced to convey a message from the…