Author Archives: Tommiea Jackson

The Revolution of Journalism

Today in class we learned about how journalism has evolved overtime and how the roles are changing. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a journalist is “ a person engaged in journalism, especially a writer or editor for a news medium.”  The …

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The Difference Between Borrowing Material and Plagiarism in the World of Journalism

Today in my Electronic Journalism class we talked about journalist borrowing material from other journalist and what are the do’s and don’t of borrowing information.

It is true that most journalists do borrow stories from one another all the time …

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Your Degree Can Open Up a Window of Opporunities

Today in my Electronic Journalism Class 2, there was a young lady who came in and said she wanted us to watch her tape. She played her tape on the computer and it was a video from US Today. The …

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Small Internships Give Students More Experience

Today I found out great news. I’ve been selected for a fellowship program. Besides that fact that it’s paid, I’m more excited about getting experience on a network level. I’ve done alot of experience on a local level and I …

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The Media’s Code of Ethics Is Non Existent

Today I was at work and while I was working one of my coworkers asked me to come over to her desk. There we were standing around her computer looking at the Wesh Channel 2 news page. the clicks on …

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Students Can Find Themselves “Catfished” When Using Social Media

Today I was reading CNN and I saw an article about a man in Ohio who was convicted of 26 counts of aggrevarted assault, robbery, and murder. Three of the murders involved gentlemen who were meeting with the man for …

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One Year Anniversary of Trayvon Martin: Young People Wear Hoodies as a Fashion

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Trayvon Martin tragedy. As I watched the news, I saw footage of people across the nation rallied up in their hoodies. They spoke about peace and non-violence, and how the government should …

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Social Media Puts Greek Life on Hold At UCF

Today the Student Development and Enrollment Services sent an email that changed the face of Greek Life at UCF for the rest of the semester, and maybe the rest of the year. As of today all social fraternities and sororities …

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The Internet Has Made It Impossible For People To Stay Safe

As new stories continue to unfold in regards former LAPD Officer Christopher Jordan Dorner going on mass killing spree out of retaliation, it makes me wonder how safe we all really are, especially with billions of people having access to …

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Give the People What They Want

In James Fallows article Learning to Love the New Media he touched on how the old days of hard news are gone and journalism is seeking to exist. At the end of the article there are questions that ask “What …

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