In early 2020, recent college graduates Marisa Umeh and Lauren Wong envisioned a platform to help college girls reclaim power after sexual assault or harassment. By April 2022, their account—@niceforwhatmvmt—has amassed over 50,000 followers. “It was a personal way to heal, but when we started posting more and more it caught like wildfire. We were […]
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The Unseen Side of Climate Change Work
September 23, 2018 
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The piece written by John H. Richardson about communicating the situation around climate change features a strong lede. It creates mystery around what happened that Jason Box doesn’t want to talk about. It is effective in drawing you in and continuing to read so that you can find out. The nut graph does not explain […]
Continue readingCan Social Media and Journalism Coexist?
October 16, 2016 5 Comments
In his article for The Guardian “Why Facebook is public enemy number one for newspapers and journalism”, Roy Greenslade argues that the filtered news content that Facebook provides it’s users is destroying the essence and importance of journalism and the news. I thought the most compelling point that the article made was the harm Facebook […]
Continue readingThe death of privacy
March 13, 2016 4 Comments
As most people probably know, there is no such thing as privacy anymore now that we have reached the digital age. We post things about our lives on social media and do so many things online. We are constantly connected through our phones and computers and we constantly give companies the right to our personal […]
Continue readingEcoReview: Take Your Carbon Footprint Out To Dinner
November 10, 2015 3 Comments
Rachel Beglin, Parker Garman, Clare Hudock Knight News Challenge Application Project Title: “EcoReview: Take Your Carbon Footprint Out To Dinner” Requested Amount: $25,000 Expected Amount of Time to Complete the Project: 6 months Project Description If you have ever found yourself wondering what your environmental impact is at the restaurants where you eat and drink, […]
Continue readingI Believe… Journalism Will Survive
April 16, 2015 1 Comment
I believe… I believe that the biggest opportunity facing news organizations today is the access they now have to instant news stories from millions of people around the world. I believe that my greatest challenge as a journalist will be conveying stories and ideas in an unbiased way. I believe that the biggest problem with […]
Continue reading25-44, is it right to put a number on quality?
April 5, 2015 1 Comment
The field trip was an incredible experience. I especially enjoyed observing the journalists at the Free Press do their jobs, and that we were able to contribute to the meeting. The reality of the changing face of news was apparent in the way the journalists conversed, just in the short time that they were pitching […]
Continue readingFacebook is like a bar, but how long will it be open for business?
March 31, 2015 0 Comments
Why Facebook Is Becoming the Media World’s Black Hole – AdAge, Simon Dumenco http://adage.com/article/the-media-guy/facebook-media-world-s-black-hole/230157/ To this point, both articles that I have critiqued came from AdAge. I’ve never gotten into their print publication, but I found myself starting to use the website quite a bit starting last Summer. This might be because I started working at […]
Continue readingsocial media as trusted news source
October 8, 2012 4 Comments
Posting this on behalf of Danielle Butbul… If you are an active web-browser or social media bunny, then the chances of a news story, an opinion on a news story, or a picture “instragramed” from a popular scene popping up on your screen is quite high. As Facebook (I’m surprised as coming up with red […]
Continue readingSocial Media as a Trusted Source – Yay or Nay?
October 8, 2012 1 Comment
Social Media as a Trusted Source – Yay or Nay?. via Social Media as a Trusted Source – Yay or Nay?.
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Dissecting The News 