Brainstorm, Thoughtstorm

I'm "constructing" the premise of my next chapter for my group blog The Third Quartet as I speak type. Because this blog is supposed to be a way to display my effort, I'm trying to make sure I love everything posted there. There are infinite topics I could write about. Of these topics there are very few I am knowledgeable on, and many fewer that I can find an angle to write about with the love and hate theme. My plan now is to try and write...

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RSAnimate

Several days ago I posted a video documenting the advantages and disadvantages of intro/extroversian. The personality test we took resulted in me being labeled an INTJ. When we discussed this in class I realised how much I related to this personality type. RSA shorts produced this video in order to educate people on the first letter, whether it be I, or E, of their personality types. I really enjoyed this video, and because of it I decided to investigate more...

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RSA Shorts - The Power of Quiet

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Interview Questions

As I continue to try and interview more people I have created a list of questions that I plan on asking these people. These will be the base questions that I have written that will be generic enough to ask to the majority of journalists. If I encounter more people with different backrounds I will add or subtract questions that relate to them accordingly. How do you feel about the shift in popularity from print news (newspaper, magazines, etc.) to web based...

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Contact Progress

I just sent out an email to a new bunch of journalism experts. This time I focused on contacting professors (and assistant, assosiate, knight, managing professors if thats any different) from Northwestern. Someone told me the Medill section of Northwestern was a very good journalism school, so I decided to check it out. The faculty seems to be quite esteemed. My hopes of them contacting me back arent too high. Last time only one person actually answered me...

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Collab. Blog Chapter One: Love and Hate

In journalism you must adapt or die. Ignoring the advances in technology has proven deadly for countless news publications. As the internet grows so does the amount of information available on it. Newspapers and magazines are now being threatened by various news websites. This internet based content is easier to find, cheaper, and more eco-friendly than its print counterparts. These advantages have proven very important as companies rush to catch up. Most...

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If It Bleeds It Leads Analysis

Yesterday in class we discussed alternate means of displaying the information we have gathered. I attempted to film a "vlog" on this topic and have decided, at least for now, this is not for me. The book that I have been reading If It Bleeds It Leads has continued to entertain me in its explaining of why television news does what it does. Each minute of a broadcast is examined and the tactics news anchors use to play with the viewers emotions are explained....

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Field Research Interview: Lee Filas

I would like to thank Lee Filas of the Daily Herald for answering my questions about journalism. Why did you decide to go into journalism? [Filas, Lee] I chose journalism because I wanted to make a difference in society. Journalists have long been the public watch dogs, and been on the front lines, fighting for what is right - and wrong - in society. How long have you been a journalist? [Filas, Lee] It depends on the criteria. I became a part time journalist...

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Outliers Analysis

In reading Outliers, the most interesting thing to me was the passage about being born in the correct time or place to be good at a specific thing. I wonder whether or not I was born somewhere or sometime that will allow me to be successful. The other main problem with this is whether or not the field I was “born to do” is around today, or if it is a career of the future. I don’t feel as if my circumstances will allow me to be brilliant at any one thing....

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In which I tell you things you really dont want to know.

I feel like I've been slacking on the blog-front. That may seem rediculous to you but all this set-up work I'm doing in order to get to the heart of my intrests is going too long. I'm going to be researching more and trying to post more on this blog, and ESPECIALLY on my group blog which will hopefully be seeing its first post(s) in the coming weeks. Here is (yet another) list of things I want to acomplish as soon as possible. -READ: I need to get into reading...

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Basic Outliers Response

I was told I needed to post a rudimentary response to Outliers so here are a couple of journals I have written during class relating to this topic. 10,000 Hours I have spent most of my active time playing, or practicing basketball. I practice a lot at home and at camps learning. This is a newer pursuit to me so I don’t have a ton of hours spent at this pursuit, but I am continually practicing this in order to get better. This is not my intellectual pursuit...

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