What I've Learned from Journalism!

I can honestly say that I've learned a lot from print journalism over the course of this semester.

I would even go as far to say that print journalism was one of the toughest courses I have ever taken at AACC.  

Print Journalism has taught me the importance of extracting facts, analyzing information, and presenting information to readers in which they can easily understand.

The main goal of enrolling into print journalism was to improve my writing skills and communication by asking questions.

I found this class to be very difficult (and often times stressful) because of the requirement of interviewing people.

I would often interview a dozen people. Often times, I would receive one worded answers.

Other times while interviewing people I would ask all the wrong questions or would forget to write information.

Do I want to continue with Journalism as a career?

Probably not....

I am happy with being a Business major and a Chinese minor.

Even though the subjects of Journalism, Business, and Chinese seem different.

The subjects share one common similarity.... They all require you to talk to people and extract information from them.

I believe that print journalism has given me interview experience.

I have always been in interviews were I had to answer questions for a job.

However, I never had experience conducting an interview until print journalism forced me to preform interviews.

Do I want to continue Journalism as a hobby?

Yes, I do plan on making my own blog (and website) in the future.

Print Journalism has taught me some of the basics.

I believe that creating a blog is a good way to obtain new skills as well as developing myself professionally.

234 women and children saved from the grasp of Boko Haram

Who should we blame for Baltimore Riots? (summary of an interesting article)

Forbes has issued an article early this morning on who is the real culprit to blame for the Baltimore Riots. 

Dan Diamond, Forbes Contributor, suggested that the real problem in Baltimore is social and economic inequality among different parts of the city.

Diamond said that the whole mystery behind the Baltimore Riots is driven by the unemployment rate in the city.

Currently, an estimate of 1/4 of Baltimore's population lives under the poverty line.

He attributes unemployment rates towards failing schools in Baltimore that have a drop out rate of 60%.

Diamond also compares Baltimore to other cities in the United States.

I have found this news article to be an interesting piece of journalism.

I like how this specific journalist wrote this news story. The story brings fourth interesting facts and draws quite an array of emotion while reading.

His paragraph that stuck out to me the most was "Broken Schools. Bad Jobs. No opportunities. These problems need to matter to all of us. Inequality needs to matter to all of us."

I found that the way this journalist wrote this news story was interesting and fascinating because he used a different angle.

However, I still do not think that vandalizing a whole city is the answer to solve under lying economic problems. The riots for the most part are not good for local businesses and the citizens of Baltimore a like.

ANARCHY in Baltimore

Under Dressed? (AACC Job Fair)

Last Thursday, I had the fortunate opportunity in covering AACC's annual spring job fair.

During the event, I brought many problems upon myself. 

I feared of not reaching my goal of 10 tweets and interviewing employers and job seekers. 

I was nervous and jittery; My first couple interviews suffered due to juggling my note pad and phone while asking and answering questions.   

I botched a couple interviews with Aflac insurance and the NSA. 

I learned threw out the job fair that good interviews are a result of how you look and conduct yourself as a journalist. 

I got the vibe from a few employers that I was a tad under dressed. 

The result being that the employers didn't take me seriously and didn't give me the information that I was seeking.

The morning of I rolled out of bed, threw on a pair of jeans and a sweater t-shirt not thinking of how I looked.

I was tired from the previous night and did not give a second thought of how I looked.

I wished I would have worn at least a collared shirt and combed my hair.

I also felt a little embarrassment when the whole class interviewed Veronica Boreland.

I was struggling to keep up with my notes because of the questions and answers where coming to fast.

I made the mistake of assuming that I could record her.

When in reality I should have asked her first.

Covering the AACC job fair has taught me a lot and  has given me a new appreciation for Journalism writing.

I struggle a lot with writing notes while interviewing someone; to me it is very unnatural to try to maintain a conversation, write, and have my next question maintain relevancy to the interview.

My Tweets:

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— Com102 AACC News (@NewsCom102) April 16, 2015 

Class mates tweets:

Children's world learning center taking interviews in the nice weather. #AACCfair #mm pic.twitter.com/LnHAvqGxjS
— Com102 AACC News (@NewsCom102) April 16, 2015

You might end up on 1430 WNAV here at the #AACCfair #nk pic.twitter.com/C24AUu2ASb
— Com102 AACC News (@NewsCom102) April 16, 2015

Justin Bieber in trouble with Argentine Court officials

Photo taken by Associated Press

Justin Bieber was issued an arrest warrant after he failed to answer questions regarding a rumored assault in Argentina.

Recent rumors suggest that a local Argentine photographer blamed Bieber for commanding his bodyguard to attack.

The photographer was allegedly attacked while he was taking a picture of Bieber exiting an Argentine Club in 2013.

 

@justinbieber I loved it #BieberRoast Greetings from Argentina. Do not know how you could hold all those charged  I love you :)
— Marty Belieber (@MartiRevainera) April 2, 2015

I am not a big fan nor do I hate Justin Bieber. I find Bieber to be annoying because of his fans. I remember about 2 years ago when Justin Bieber was in the limelight for drinking and driving, drag racing, and even smoking marijuana.

His fans would get crazy hashtags trending such as #cutforbieber or #StandwithBieber. #cutforbieber emerged after his fans read claims that Bieber allegedly smoked marijuana.

Bieber fans would cut their wrists and upload a pictures to twitter; his fans tried to use this hashtag to show that they didn't support bieber smoking marijuana.

Anyways, I am quite surprised that his fans haven't really trended this story on social media.