WGIJ 3rd paper

This chapter seems to focus on NPR and its importance on Media Communications. The auother speaks highly of the radio program and how it is important for people to listen to programes like NPR that dont have any corporate sponsors. I had a question running throght my head as I was reading this article. I wonder what the authors option be on how NPR now presents the news, not only on the radio but on social networking sites.
Before I start writing this blog I did my daily cheek of my social networking sites, that includes Twitter. On Twitter I fallow NPR and get news updates from them all day. It made me think about how NPR is now trying to reach out to a younger crowd. With NPR on the soical networking sites, will this incress young peoples interest in news and the world around them? Will they look for the truth and not just answers? I wonder what the author would say.

WGIJ 2nd paper

This chapter was inspiring. It makes you proud to be in a country where you can hold you govermant accountable for its actions with out fear for you life unlike other countries around the world. This made me think of the story that was done years ago here in San Diego. This was were a report found information about a governance official that didnt quite add up. This reporter found that this person was paying other judges in the country to vote in his favor.

The report published the findings and made the government take legal action on the parties involved. This is what journalism is about. Being a 'Watch Dog' and keeping the government in line by keeping an eye on them. This chapter inspires me to not be afraid to ask the hard questions. It our job as journist to ask the question that nobody wants to ask, but need to know the answers.

Chp. 5/6

Reading chapters 5 and 6 gave me flash backs to my debating days. More so in chapter 5. In this chapter the author talks about fairness and how as a reporter you have to be able to see both sides of an argument. As a reporter you have to put your personal bias aside and report a fair and balanced story. When I was in debate, an exercise we would do was write down your own views and bias to argue for example a presidential candidate and then our teacher would say "ok you are going to have to create a argument for the other candidate.
This was really hard to do. debate teaches you to be able to argue for any side not matter what your option is. The trick now is to take that skill and be able to put it down on paper.

Summer Vacation

It wasn't much of a vacation at all. I was very busy this past Summer. I worked everyday and had summer school ever morning. I took both sections of Spanish over the summer. The only reason I passed was my teaching. He made the class entertaining (we start class everyday at 7;30am) . The one fun thing I did this summer was go to Disneyland.
I love going to Disneyland, so I was happy I found the time to go this summer. I went with my friend Anna (who is a PLNU grad). We got up at the crack of dawn to drive up to the park. We ended up getting there before the parking lots were even open. It was such a nice day to go to Disneyland. It was a bit overcast, so it wasn't super hot and it was on a Tuesday so it wasn't crowded.
I got to do all the things I love at Disney; riding rides, shopping and pineapple ice cream. Mmmm! We ended the day with Disney Fireworks. I love watching the little kids faces as the fireworks show is going on. They truly taken to another world. It was the best day of summer for me and I hope to go back next summer.

Chp. 3/4

I enjoyed reading chapters 3 and 4. I felt that they gave alot of good tips and a good over view of what you need to be a good journalist. To start off chapter 3, the author talks about the importance of gathering background on your story. Its good to be well informed about a topic before you go out researching or an interview. This reminded me of an NFL interview i saw, the reporter asked a personal question and the player said "well if you had do your research on me, you would know that answer."

Another tip the author gave was that a good interview has alot to do with a positive setting. Another NFL example that i thought of when i was reading, was the location of post game interviews. A female reporter was told she was not welcome in to the locker room after the game for a post game review. She felt that she was being cut out of the an opportunity for a perfect setting for her post game review.

Lastly, i liked how the author talked about how important its is for reporters to find the truth in a story. Even if you dont agree with the out come of the story, you need to provide the reader with the truth.

Poynter Online.
This article gives you an outline of what are some good things to write about in a professional blog. The writer give you questions that readers have as they go throw your blog. He writes "it all come down to content". Its not about how much or how often you write with your blog, its what you write about.