Staci Parks: Article Analysis

Twenty-first century reporters fill the airwaves with “news” pertaining to facets of life entirely opposite of awareness and activism. When news regarding anything aside from the lives of celebrities or current pop culture does make the headlines, the story seems presented in a watered-down, somehow censored, fashion; leaving the reader asking more questions than they received answered. As the major methods of mass media become increasingly consumer driven, the great majority are presented with less mentally stimulating material called “news”. As a result, Americans are often less informed, and thus less willing to become involved in, political, social, and economic issues, nation and worldwide. Through the application of relevant and straightforward journalism, like that practiced by Ida B. Wells, the people of this country may be armed with the knowledge needed to have an effect on the events unfolding today that will affect tomorrow.

And I see his face. It had great resolution in contrast to my local newspaper in spite it being owned by USA today. Music and people were the main headlines because of tonight’s Video Music Awards on MTV. There was also a story about the fallen journalists of WDBJ and an update of Erika but not the usual politics. It was what’s happening now. “Smart.” I thought. They really understand how the internet works. The newspaper is not just a record keeping medium but an informant.

Nia Jovan Andrews, 32, Chicago native studied journalism - magazine article writing at Columbia College Chicago earning her bachelor of arts degree in 2007. She is currently the owner of Jones Publishing & Enterprises, (JP&E), a publishing company she started in 2010 to launch One Purpose Magazine (online/digital). Since she’s started the magazine, she has written a memoir, “...As Thyself by Nia” that has motivated her to challenge herself by gaining a better understanding in the business of publishing. She enrolled in The John Marshall Law School intellectual property program for graduates, where she is pursuing a master of jurisprudence focusing on copyrights, licensing and contracts.

The interviewer desires to initially intern as a magazine journalist, and later branch off as editor-in-chief of her own magazine brand.

With journalism, it is a fun job going around asking people questions even if the practical work of teaching the courses is how to write them, how to report them you still get to work with a lot of different fields. She learns a lot every day by reading what her students submit. She loves working with college students especially when they are first getting her exploring their path choices. Also along with the schedules, getting summers off and breaks so they can travel. Though during the quarter it is a constant job, you never really clock out. When she gets students or groups that don’t have mutual respect or are not interested in the subject that are not into it makes it hard for her.

She worked as a free-lance editor and proof reader until an introduction to an agent set her career in motion.

A new era of technology has arisen rapidly during the seventeen years already past in the twenty-first century, and with it brings a generation of new, young families. Now, unlike anything the world had ever seen in past decades, people around the world are more connected than ever before and there exist so many new stimuli which pepper our brains on a daily basis; social media. Particularly in the United States, a cultural shift within the careers of Journalism and News Providing had occurred alongside the boom in the tech industry because of the versatility it boasts when delivering. Out of the many stimulus we experience, the news is one all just cannot ignore for now it exists everywhere on the World Wide Web, to our favorite social media

American newscasts flipped through the “golden triangle” of Washington news beats: the White House, State Department, and Pentagon. Since the invasion had just occurred, there was no official reaction to be had. However, the reporters were pressured to say something, and they effectively invented the kinds of vague pronouncements that one might expect from officials in sensitive political posts at the early stage of world crisis. By contrast, French reporters (who do not operate on U.S.-style beat system) interviewed various political party leaders and generated a comparatively broad range of political views about the meanings and implications of the invasion. (Bennett 119)

I studied Public Relations and Journalism at Prince Georges Community College from Fall of 2010. I learned about the power of free speech and free media. I gained respect for the First Amendment. It amazed me that here in the United States, anyone could share their opinion, no matter how unpopular and yet be protected by their rights as citizens. This was new and fascinating considering the restrictive nature of press in my home country.

Journalism feeds on curiosity. One week I am fact-checking a story on rock climbing for Outside magazine, and the next week I find myself on top of a 40-foot wall. Every news assignment becomes a crash course in a new subject. Every idea for a feature leads to twenty more questions and ten more stories. Journalism is an addictive adventure — an adventure I’ve known I wanted to pursue since I was in kindergarten. Yet instead of feeling like I’ve been stuck on the same career path for 16 years, I feel like each day, each article, is a new venture. I am pursuing a master’s in International Politics at Trinity College Dublin because the heart of journalism isn’t in the writing or the editing — it’s how well you know the topics on which you are reporting.

All journalists should have a basic understanding of web design including HTML, CSS and XML coding. Those who know learn how do this have control over how information is displayed and distributed on the Web.

I value in-depth, indefatigably researched and elegantly written or produced journalism that both exposes and explains the human condition, and this is something I aspire to do. I want to be able to produce stories that shed light on the choices facing our world and how the actions of some influence the lives and livelihoods of millions of others, even if the actions be undramatic or unsensational.

Journalism is both old and new. The profession has been around for hundreds of years, but it is always changing and reinventing itself. With these changes, the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always clear, but journalists still must attempt to answer those questions.

Technology has always been at the forefront of newsgathering and the journalistic process. The last century has seen visual, audio and digital innovations contributing greatly to changing the way journalists think about and engage in their work. Yet these technologies have not by themselves redefined what it means to be a journalist, in the professional sense Lasorsa, Lewis & Holton (2011).

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