Archive for February 2012
Colbert vs. Fox News
How has parody in political media like the Colbert Report and the Daily Show become many people’s political news source?
Project Update
The project is coming along well. I have completed one interview with Brenda, a woman who has been selling real change for over one year, and made appointments with two other homeless people for next week. The photographs turned out decently, and I’m in the process of editing them. Next week, I will be heading … Continue reading
Inline CSS Assignment
This is a test of inline CSS formatting. It may or may not work with your theme.
Peer Feedback
This assignment was very helpful. One person commented that it might be helpful to have a better gauge of success. I want to think about that and find a way that I can really tell if the project has been what I’d hoped it would be. The project ideas I reviewed helped me realize that … Continue reading
So….twitter’s not just for celebrities to tell me that my life sucks?
I have been surprised by the usefulness of twitter for businesses and news organizations. I had never used twitter prior to this class. My experience with twitter consisted of hearing about some crazy tweet by Sarah Palin or how sweet Ashton Kutcher’s tweet was about Demi Moore (pre-breakup). Most tweets I heard referenced in the … Continue reading
A more detailed description of my project
The goal of this journalism story package is to explore the effectiveness of the Real Change News program at fighting homelessness inSeattle. The project will be presented in an online package through a wordpress blog with a few pages detailing the company’s goals, possibly three individual stories of people that sell real change and how … Continue reading
Sources for research paper
I’ve included a few examples of projects that have a layout similar to the one I would like to use and a few sources that may be useful to my project.
A New Biased Media?
There has been much criticism of the capitalistic model of mass media and news coverage in the United States. News stations strive to remain objective. During presidential campaigns, this objectivity leads to horse race coverage of elections and little coverage of the candidates’ political policies. The article “Blog for America and Civic Involvement” talks about … Continue reading
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