To agree with Rodger Streitmatter’s book, “Mightier than the Sword,” journalists has played and will continue to play an enormous role in shaping our history. In chapter 17, Streitmatter describes how news media has shaped our views and understanding of historical events. He clearly explains that journalists have the power to display various events in […]
“All the president’s men” is a movie from the time Nixon was president and is about the journalist, Bob Woodward who uncovered a White House scandal. Bob is following the story of a break in the Democratic Party National headquarters, which later leads him higher and higher up to the Republican Party. The movie is […]
Citizenfour is a documentary masterpiece that is about Edward Snowden, famous for leaking NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques to the public. All the documents are classified and Edward had to flee the country or he would have gone to prison for his actions. The documentary is filmed by Glen Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill in Hong Kong […]
Shattered Glass is a movie based on a true story. It is about a journalist by the name Stephen Glass who had his career end when it turned out that he had been fabricating more than half of his published stories. Stephen Glass was played by the famous Hayden Christensen, most known as Anakin from […]
The amazing movie, “Spotlight” took me by storm and I will give it a 5/5 rating. The movie is about journalists at the Boston Globe who revealed the massive scandal of child molestation in the Catholic Church. The movie is intriguing and it really captured my attention. The leads are played various familiar actors such […]
As the Journalism 200 class comes to an end, I as a student have come to realize the importance of press and how it differs from such as advertising. I have become very fond of a quote, said by Lord Northcliff, which certainly applies to what I am trying to convey. “News is something someone […]
Interim Provost John Wilkin and Vice Provost Paul Ellinger briefly discussed the University’s budget plan at the Senior Leadership Conversation held on April 9th in the Union Conference Room.
The New York Times posted an investigative piece written by Mike McPhate, Derek Watkins and Jim Wilson. Their hard work has finally paid off and they are now delivering some good news about the drought in California. According to the article, the snow coming all the way from Sierra Nevada is crucial for California’s […]
Friday night in Stockholm, four people were killed and fifteen people were injured by a truck, ramming through the popular shopping street, Drottninggatan. In the article, written by Christina Anderson and Martin Selsoe Sorensen in the New York Times, the attack is described to potentially be an act of terrorism. The article does not state if […]
As Trump ran his campaign, it was very amusing to watch. He was acting like a reality TV star, or a soap opera actor, as he tweeted demeaning and hurtful things about women, pretending it was all for fun. He caught everyone’s attention, using social media as his output. Jennifer Weiner wrote in The New […]