Monthly Archives: July 2012

I Suffer from Information Overload!

I find myself being constantly overwhelmed by information I intake everyday of my life. Whether I’m watching television or I’m scrolling through my twitter account, I can’t help but feel like there is always something to learn. Most of the

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21st Century Citizens Living in a 16th Century World

As most of the world progressed with freedom of speech and adopted a more literalistic approach to journalism, there are still yet some countries that are stuck in the antiquated authoritarian approach to journalism. Growing up in Jamaica, where we …

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The Internet and It’s decrease in Accountability Journalism

Accountability journalism is the idea and/or practice of journalists to get the most accurate information regarding the government and businesses. This involves a good amount of investigative reporting. During the golden age of newspapers, investigative reporting was relied on much …

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Don’t Take Freedom For Granted

In America, rigid laws both protect and police the journalists.  One of the purposes of these laws is to protect the news venues from censorship.  Censorship, an ugly concept that most Americans really do not commonly experience, runs rampant in …

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Journalistic Integrity VS. Commercialism: The Face of the Modern Media

In the article “Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media by James Fallows, an argument is presented as to weather the journalistic integrity and overall quality of todays media, in print or broadcast is declining. Or was the …

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Bloggers and journalists pushed forward a revolution in Egypt. How would they fare in today’s America?

Bloggers, journalists, and social media certainly inspired a revolution in Egypt, but one must ask how seriously similar measures could affect change in a different sort of society—namely ours. In his article “Whence the Revolution” Stephen Franklin describes the efforts …

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The Revolution of Change in Egypt

For the longest time, people in Egypt have been afraid to let their voices be heard. The reason being is because the government will crack down on them and punish them. They aren’t allowed the freedoms we are here in …

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Extra, extra read all about it! Newspapers countrywide receiving major makeovers!

Everyday more advanced, supposedly better then the last, technology gets released and brought into our world meant to simplify and time manage our already fast paced and nonstop lives. Unfortunately newspapers countrywide, despite surviving their struggles over the past decade, …

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Too much Information? Stay current or get left behind.

Knowledge will always be power. We obtain this knowledge through different means of informational data processing. Once upon a time we obtained this information strictly through text books, teachers, and our parents. The sources of information were very limited and …

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And Now for This News Interruption

Information overload is getting out of control!  That has most likely been said before, but regardless, it is true.  News is competing with news, advertisements are wrestling other advertisements, and it is all for the attention of the consumer. Do …

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