There are many aspects as to how news is told. I never thought about it until I took this class. Journalists are important to our society. The public accesses news on a daily basis because of them. Without journalists, we would not have news. News is what gives us access to the outside world. It is how we find out about events that happen daily. With the technology we have now, we can find out about events right when they happen. Journalists are dedicated to providing the public with news. After taking this class, I have realized journalism is not for me. I do not have enough dedication to report news for the public. I like receiving it, not reporting it.

Spotlight had some of my favorite actors in it, which attracted me to the movie. Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams did an amazing job. The topic was very serious, abuse in the Catholic church is not spoken about often. It was surprising that some of these cases happened in Peoria, Illinois. I thought it was interesting watching the reporters use investigative journalism on screen, especially since this is a true story. I found the movie boring at some parts, I felt like it was longer than it needed to be. Overall, it was a good movie, especially if you’re interested in journalism or the cases mentioned in the movie.

Chancellor Robert J. Jones speaking to a full audience at the Illini Union on April,19th 2017

Timothy Piazza, an engineering student at Penn State, died from injuries after falling down basement stairs during a party at Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The fall occurred around 11 pm Thursday night. However, no one contacted the police until around 10:49 am the next day. When police arrived at the scene, Piazza was unconscious. Piazza was transported to a nearby hospital and later flown to the second. He was pronounced dead early Saturday morning, two days after the incident occurred. Police are investigating why it took fraternity members 12 hours to contact authorities. It is known that Piazza was intoxicated when he fell down the stairs. The author, Sarah Larmier, included sources such as Keith Rob, a police officer investigating the incident, and Lisa Powers, the Penn State’s spokeswoman. She also mentioned whether the interview was in person or over the phone. Rob mentioned that the fraternity members knew Piazza fell right at 11, and they moved him to a couch. It is under investigation whether the party continued. Powers mentioned that the fraternity is not considered a student organization anymore and is suspended. Until the investigation is over, the fraternity cannot host or participate in any events. If fraternity members would have called authorities right away, a life could have been saved.

Neil Gorsuch, a supreme court nominee, is being accused of plagiarism from his book published in 2006, “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia”. Politico provided documents showing the similarities of his book and the Indiana Law Journal. Gorsuch borrowed quotes, ideas, and language without citing his sources. The White House spokesman, Steven Cheung, defended Gorsuch claiming it is a “false attack”. However, 6 experts on academic integrity communicated with Politico stating that it appears that he indeed copied ideas from the Indiana Law Journal without citing his sources. In the article, a few professors from different Universities claim this is a violation of college plagiarism that would have been looked into at any school. In the article published by John Bresnahan and Burgees Everett, they included a side by side example of Gorsuch’s book and the Indiana Law Journal showing how similar both are. By this example, it seems as if Gorsuch copied word for word in some paragraphs.