My first aha moment came when I realized that Benjamin Franklin has been a part of almost every aspect of the media.
He is located on pages 21, 61, 89, 96, 120, 121, 128, and 402.
I thought he was just famous for electricity!
This was a really cool moment because it made me aware of the full effect of media. For an entrepreneur/scientist/inventor to be so intertwined with the media, means it really is important.
Another, not so happy, aha moment came when I was told (in all of my classes: news writing, mass comm, feature writing, and la voz) that I dont matter, just the reader. Man! What a blow to my ego. Oh well, at least I know now!
Classes 21 and 22
16 years ago
I disagree. My favorite journalism teacher told me that when you have many reporters covering the same story, the difference in how it is covered comes down to the individual reporter -- his or her upbringing, background, world view, etc. and even if we're reporting objectively, what we bring with us determines the story we write. AND that's OK. BTW, he covered the Cuban revolution for a Toronto newspaper. Very cool guy.
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