Journalism

Writing poetry has always been a means of inspiration, a release, a flow of emotion, a rupture of meanings, a vision, a journey, a friend, a road map, a freedom of expression, a psalm, freestyle journalism, a story, a storm, a calm, and a colorful scheme.  Read More »

The website Media Bistro has reported that the following journalists were present at President Elect Obama's latest press conference:
Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press, Lee Cowan of NBC, Jake Tapper ABC, Chip Reid CBS, Karen Bohan of Reuters wire service, John McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Candy Crowley of CNN, and Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times.  Read More »

Edward Rothstein recently published this article about recently deceased author Louis "Studs" Terkel. As I have already noted, I am a huge fan of Terkel's writing. I am hardly alone, it seems everyone in the media was in agreement that Terkel was a "national treasure," except Rothstein.  Read More »

This is a follow up to Why I Want to be a Journalist part 1  Read More »

To paraphrase Bill Moyers, journalists, “speak into the wind and write in the sand.” Indeed, journalism is not a career path which should be pursued by anyone lusting after notoriety or fortune. I do not wish to enter this field based on some delusion of grandeur; I do not see myself as some glamorized reporter as depicted on celluloid.  Read More »

How many of you have heard this statement before? If you haven’t you maybe wondering, what does it mean?  Read More »

I write for the IU South Bend Preface. I take about 2 articles weekly, depending on my school workload. Writing for newspapers has always been a fairly easy thing for me to do, but for the past few weeks, it has been getting harder and harder for me. My big problem is contacts. One of the most important things in a news story is your quotes- without quotes, it's not really news for me.  Read More »

Constitutional rights are a funny thing- not in the “ha ha” sense, but in the sense of strange. They are in the Constitution to prevent the government from infringing on the natural rights of citizens that make democracy possible.  Read More »