I found Olivia's post about recordings to be rather enlightening. As I've said in a previous post, I didn't find that particular lecture to be super interesting. Normally his lectures are way better than that of other teachers, but with this one I felt it was only on the same level as other teachers. It was interesting to see how Olivia felt about the lecture compared to the way I felt about it. She seemed to really enjoy the lecture and gave very good detail about it. So if you read my negative post and decided you want to read a more positive one, I definitely suggest checking out her blog at the link below.
http://olivialoy.blogspot.com/
Friday, September 27, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Media Critique of WAVE3 Education Article
On September 20th Wave3 News posted an article to it's website about bus issues on the first day of school for JCPS. It was written by Cedra Mayfield. It was well written and comprehensible but there were a few things missing. Those things included newsworthiness, and truthfulness.
This article was not newsworthy because there was no problem. The article was literally reporting that there was no issue. The headline of the story was "JCPS: No major bus issues during first day." There was no purpose to the story because it was not delivering anything important. The most newsworthy part was where it quoted Hawthorne Elementary principle saying, " As our kids were getting off the bus, we put tags on them so we knew exactly how they were getting home." This would be a newsworthy fact if it was relevant but unfortunately, different schools have had similar procedures in place for years. In fact, on JCPS's 2009 online newsletter it explicitly states,"JCPS elementary students will receive a bracelet to be worn during the first week of school." Hawthorne Elementary having a new policy doesn't affect anyone outside the school. The only other important information given is JCPS contact information, which is already available on the JCPS homepage.
The article was lacking truthfulness and inclusiveness as well. It did this not by lying but by leaving out different sides of the story. In the article, the only people quoted were Ben Jackey( JCPS spokesperson), and Jessica Rosenthal ( Hawthorne Elementary Principle). This is leaving out the opinion of the parents and students, two groups directly affected by JCPS information. The journalist would have done better to get a wider variety of people and views before publishing the article.
What Cedra Mayfield did do well was verifying information. It was very objective and she did not give her own opinion. There was also a forum section on their website, which is very important because it gives people the a place to make their opinions known and have a public discussion.
Overall, there was no real story to begin with, and she would've done better to leave this particular story unwritten. It was written well but the story was missing purpose.
Critiqued Article: http://www.wave3.com/story/23197025/jcps-no-major-bus-issues-during-first-day
2009 JCPS Newsletter: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/pubs/parentconnection/Archive/July%2009/Features.shtml
This article was not newsworthy because there was no problem. The article was literally reporting that there was no issue. The headline of the story was "JCPS: No major bus issues during first day." There was no purpose to the story because it was not delivering anything important. The most newsworthy part was where it quoted Hawthorne Elementary principle saying, " As our kids were getting off the bus, we put tags on them so we knew exactly how they were getting home." This would be a newsworthy fact if it was relevant but unfortunately, different schools have had similar procedures in place for years. In fact, on JCPS's 2009 online newsletter it explicitly states,"JCPS elementary students will receive a bracelet to be worn during the first week of school." Hawthorne Elementary having a new policy doesn't affect anyone outside the school. The only other important information given is JCPS contact information, which is already available on the JCPS homepage.
The article was lacking truthfulness and inclusiveness as well. It did this not by lying but by leaving out different sides of the story. In the article, the only people quoted were Ben Jackey( JCPS spokesperson), and Jessica Rosenthal ( Hawthorne Elementary Principle). This is leaving out the opinion of the parents and students, two groups directly affected by JCPS information. The journalist would have done better to get a wider variety of people and views before publishing the article.
What Cedra Mayfield did do well was verifying information. It was very objective and she did not give her own opinion. There was also a forum section on their website, which is very important because it gives people the a place to make their opinions known and have a public discussion.
Overall, there was no real story to begin with, and she would've done better to leave this particular story unwritten. It was written well but the story was missing purpose.
Critiqued Article: http://www.wave3.com/story/23197025/jcps-no-major-bus-issues-during-first-day
2009 JCPS Newsletter: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/pubs/parentconnection/Archive/July%2009/Features.shtml
Response to Alyssa Durbin's Blog
I really enjoyed reading Alyssa's post about conglomeration. She gave the positives and negatives of conglomeration while still clearly stating her own opinion. It helped remind me of some of the good things that can come from conglomeration because I hadn't really committed those things to memory. It also helped explain how monopolies and conglomeration are related, which I was a little fuzzy on. Alyssa's post was incredibly accurate and clear. If anyone needs help remembering the important parts of that lecture I would definitely encourage checking Alyssa's blog at the link below.
http://fhblove.blogspot.com/
http://fhblove.blogspot.com/
Recordings
For whatever reason I didn't find the lecture on recordings to be nearly as interesting as some of the past ones. It was probably due to the fact that we had shortened classes that day but I found it harder to concentrate and I was loosing focus. Despite the fact I found it a bit dull, there was still some interesting information. One such tidbit was how before recorded information bards would put news into songs and travel between towns to deliver the news. Learning how music has changed from a social interaction to something done individually was also an interesting thing I learned. To some degree I wish it was more of a social interaction but at the same time I don't think I could ever stand to listen to what everyone else listens to. If we had had a regular class length and had been able to go more in depth I would have probably enjoyed it more.
Conglomeration
After the lesson about conglomeration I was very interested to learn more. When I went home that day, I went over all of my journalism notes with my dad. He seems to want to take the class as much as I do, and he always insists on going over lectures with me. Of course, being my dad, he had to have input on the subject and later on told me he had contacted Mr.Miller saying he had a poster about conglomeration that I would be more than happy to bring in the next class. This came as a touch of a shock. But I did bring in the poster. When I got a chance to look at it I saw on a bigger scale what conglomeration looks like and just how much some corporations own. It was very fascinating and I enjoyed learning more about conglomeration and monopoly. What did you all think about conglomeration?
The Printing Press
The lecture on the printing press was incredibly interesting to me. I've always loved reading and I've often wondered about what life would be like without books but I never considered what role the printing press would play. The fact that the printing press influenced things like education and maps never occurred to me. The spread of maps allowed for easier travel. The printing press influenced the course of history exponentially and I had never really considered that. When Mr.Miller had us picture how our lives would be different it really made me think. The fact that most of us would probably be living in Europe with full time jobs shocked me. I am beyond relieved that the printing press was invented because I don't think I could survive in a world like that, especially considering what a huge role books play in my life. This lecture was definitely one of the more interesting ones for me!
Magazines!
I've never spent much time reading magazines because they never interested me. However, after the lecture on magazines I've come to realize how truly important magazines are to the history of journalism. Magazines were great innovators and started many important things in journalism. These things include investigative reporting, photojournalism, and personality profiles. In addition, magazines were the first mass media. If asked beforehand I would have assumed it was newspapers, so to find this out was rather shocking. I had no idea that newspapers operated on such a local level beforehand. After I had learned so many fun facts about magazines it was a bit of a letdown to learn about how it demassified. Magazines demassified advertisers moved their ads to TV in an attempt to save money. Before, most magazines had made money almost entirely off of advertisements. This caused the magazines to almost go out of business due to a lack of profit.
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