Until Tomorrow

“..is the structure for Columbia Broadcast System..”

~Recently in my Introduction to Journalism class I watched a movie that has impacted journalism, especially in the United States of America. This movie is called Good Night and Good Luck. The movie was an interesting movie being that it was in black and white, as well as it was embracing the first style of news. The lasting impact that Ed R. Murrow has made that I was able to make a  connection about was his series then now is the structure for Columbia Broadcast System, or CBS, 60 Minutes.

“In a nation terrorized by its own government..”

~Ed R. Murrow did not only impact journalism he impacted the daily life of every American that had access to a television. Edward R. Murrow initially received his spotlight after broadcasting World War II in the homes to a plentiful amount of investigative Americans. Up until this point television was used to bring the very popular radio broadcasted shows to receive a visual effect. Edward R. Murrow was not afraid to talk about what he passionately supported. “In a nation terrorized by its own government, one man dared to tell the truth. He took on the government with nothing but the truth”. Those are two themes that can summarize Edward R. Murrow.

 

“..I opt out of Senator, then I ask Mr. Murrow opt out..”

~He was a very risky man as well. Commonly he would insert his opinion into the news as editorial, but at the time having an opinion in delivering news was persuading the viewers with a biased opinion. Although, his job comes to a near risk of being fired he still has the drive to dig for the truth. The only response that Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered was after Reporter Edward R. Murrow did a half hour segment displaying how Senator Joseph McCarthy has no foundation of evidence for communism. Senator Joseph McCarthy stated that “If I give comfort to the enemy I opt out of Senator, then I ask Mr. Murrow opt out of being invited into a million homes.”

“..news must be delivered..”

~This movie has left an impact on the format of journalism news. For example, that news must be delivered without the reporter displaying any personal emotion with the story. This movie has also affected certain states laws regarding news. Another example of this is that certain states do not allow cameras, video recorders, or any jurors that have seen news related to a proceeding court case. This rule also applies to the Supreme Court.

Innocent…after 4 years

“We the joury..”

~Silence surrounds the courtrooom. The verdict is read. “We the joury find Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter.” Much emotion was rejoiced in the room. Michael Jackson’s sister LaToya jackson was exploding with joy. Now that this 16 month trial is over, how will the people react with this verdict.

“..100 percent of Micahel Jacksons death can be contributed to Dr. Conrad Murray.”

~In my personal opinion I don’t think that 100 percent of Michael Jacksons’s death can be contributed to Dr. Conrad Murray. The reason for this is that for Michael Jackson death was to do an overdose. having a death caused by overdose means that somebody must of had to force an overloading amount of prescriptions into Micahel Jackson’s body. In that previous statement made there were two theories to be discussed.

“..the blame dedicated to Michael Jackson himslef.”

~The first theory is that Michael Jackosn death was caused to an overdose. With Michale Jackson’s super celebrity status I find it hard to believe that a person could force an overloading amount into Michael jackson’s body. This first theory has 50 percent of the blame dedicated to Michael Jackson himself. Now, I am not trying to have a HLN style blog over how the verdict was determined. My point is to state just another commoners perception of how the outcome came about. An as this case happens with many commoners, more so in suicidal attempts, that’s how I relate this viewpoint on Michael Jackson’s death. That he did consume an overwhelming amount of prescriptions that will lead into theory two.

“..one person can override the regulations by F.D.A.”

~The second theory contributes the other 50 percent to Dr. Conrad Murray. Michael Jackson’s death was caused by the lack of care due to a professional practice that has authority to prescribe high dosage medication. Even with Michael Jackson’s super celebrity status, when it comes to the regulations of medicine no one person can override the regulations by F.D.A. Dr. Conrad Murray receives 50 percent of the contribution because his neglegence took away a role model to the world. There are multiple reasons demonstrating Dr. Conrad Murray did not take the time to explain, as repetitive as this step may be, the proper usage and side affects of the medication. Also, he did not take the time to see if any of the other prescriptions made by different practices of medicine may have had a bad combination witht he current one that he is on. Concluding this theory the outcome of the verdict was a successful one.

“..this trial was a success..”

~The verdict of this trial was a successful one . Although the amount of time for involuntary manslaughter is maxed out at four years does not sound like justice to me. A commoner receivers more punishment for having beared arms in the wrong community. This just further establishes that there is a problem with the justice system styaing true to justice instead of having connections with the limelight. Dr. Conrad Murray will be innocent after four years.

http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/10/clips-from-last-night-jermaine-jackson-on-murray-verdict-darrell-hammond-on/?iref=allsearch

Pesty Politics

“..to save this nation..”

~It’s near that time of year again. The time where we are to choose the next person to attempt to save this nation from a downward spiral. That time, of a presidential election.

“..decisions that have affected me..”

~This time of the year is similiar to flu season. It is highly expected, yet the people are still unprepared for the change. Politicians have a way of speaking very cleverly to make a very insignificant issue become the hot topic of the day. As far as I can remember back, there has yet to be a President that has made decisions that have affected me personally.

“..minority vote played a major role..”

~This upcoming election will be the first election that I am able to participate in. I know that there is a very high signficance placed on the minority vote. Especially, since the minority vote played a major role in the last election. According to http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1209/racial-ethnic-voters-presidential-election the Black vote had increased 4.9%, Hispanics 2.7%, and Asians 2.4%. As elections tend to continue to advance in the years, there has seem to be an emphasis placed on the better speaker wrather than the relevancy of the topic.

“..undecided voters are considered..”

~Being a young person new to this field of politics. I would be categorized in the undecided vote, for many the undecided voters are considered a minor factor. Also, treated as if their input has lesser value on a ballot than any other set party voter. As a network demonstrates in this video by poking fun at the undecided vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOh-rpvjYg

“..Who is truly in charge..”

~This topic of politics is perceived to be the biggest political scam ever recorded. Politicians are able to create the laws, right the laws to enforce how they are created, as well as choose the people in power of enforcing the laws. The questioned I pose upon the people is Who is truly in charge of making this country function? I no longer believe that this is a country “..established for the people by the people..” as stated in the original Declaration of Independence.

Patching Panelist

” ..inspiring group of people.” 

~Recently our class has had the wonderful opportunity of meeting an inspiring group of people. In this lecture the classroom was enlightened by having the opportunity to speak with hyperlocal journalist of patch in the St. Louis area. Patch is online web based medium of news. Having multiple sections within a larger city, demonstrating hyperlocal news. Being a branch off of AOL, the objective of Patch’s newstyle is for each journalist to be able to be emerged in their community. Sharing news amongst the people, relative to what the people are interested in.

“..quicker turnover rate then before..”

~The topic of this class discussion “was over the future of journalist in the change of journalism. Starting with that as a journalist a strong recommendation was unannimous that higher education after expereince is the craft. In the past one could enter right into the field of journalism, but now with a quicker turnover rate then before a degree is becoming the new entry level required. Even with proper training and a degree, news judgement is the most important credentials. Mrs. Tamara Duncan of Lake Saint Louis stated ” As a journalist you need to read the news. You can’t write if you don’t read.”

 “..personificates words to tell the story,..”

~”You only need one job. The nice guy routine won’t get you the job.” added on Mr. Jim Baer of Ladue-Frontenac. Anybody can become a journalist. It’s the seperation of one who personificates words to tell the story, compared to those that require a story of words. Journaism is truly an interactive lifestykurle. The ultimate C.E.O. of journalism is the consumers of curiousity. “You must have an intellectual curiosity about the technology.” Mr. Kurt Greenbaum the Co-Regional Editor of patch announced “Be curious. If you’re not curious about people and things. Then why are you doing this.” Curiousity may have killed the cat, but it created a career.

“Social is not soley a means of communication..”

~”Patch was spread by word of mouth and when I say word of mouth I also mean facebook and twitter.” the final disclamer of Mr. Kurt Greenbaum, Co-Regional Editor of patch. Social media is not soley a means of communication, but it is also a form to gather news. Twitter for example, has the sidebar of #TrendingTopics. The hashtag has become iconic for twitter, and the many users of it. This has been such a dramtic discovery that when a possible breaking story comes out, twitter has the possiblity of being the medium that broke news. This also a fomr of how anybody can be a journalist.

~Following, building, emotion are parts that make a good story. Phtojournalist add to the impact of the story, but ultimately the story develops from picking something apart that is not interesting and making it news. “We can tell you waht we know, now. We can tell you what we know later, later.” pronounced by Mr. Kurt Greenbaum, Co-Regional Editor for Patch.

No More Jobs

~Two days after Apple has announced its newest generation of the iPhone. The iPhone 4. They had to mark the most significant death in their history of Mr.Steven Jobs.  http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/08/24/bts.steve.jobs.apple.timeline.cnn

¨ …personal impact on many people’s lives.¨

~Mr. Steven Jobs was not only an employee, he was a visionary as well. He was a firebrand to the iPod transportable music player, the iPod tablet, and the most famous iPhone. Each of his genius contributions has had a personal impact on many people’s lives.

¨The first edition of the iPod…¨

~ Starting off with the iPod itself. I remember when this invention first received its attention in 2002. The first edition of the iPod was a solid block, similar to Nintendo´s GameBoy in size. Not being able to hold more than 32 Gb. This edition of the iPod, needed headphones for sound to come out. There was no destination where downloadable games were able to be inserted into the iPod. The iPod sole purpose was to be Apple´s personal brand of an MP3 player. Little did the world know that Mr. Steven  Jobs would never be satisfied with the instant gratification of today´s recognition. As the music industry is developing to different mediums of distributing their sales, Mr. Steven Jobs was further developing was to be able to make sure that the iPod would be the prefered way to travel with music. Currently today the latest generation of the iPod, is just as useful as the iPhone itself. The only exception being that the latest generation iPod is most useful in a wi-fi environment.

¨…everyone who desired an iPhone…¨

~Mr. Steven Jobs was such a visionary that one successful achievement was not enough to satisfy his talents. He moved into his most desirable accomplishment being the iPhone. Mr. Steven Jobs did not only brand apple with this achievement, but he later brought a remarkable amount of sales to the cellular world. Apple partnered with AT&T to enter the world of touch screen phones with a dominating power. This was a sly successful move because everyone who desired an iPhone would have to leave their current wireless cellular service. This made AT&T a competitive force with the leading wireless cellular service Verizon, for Apple left their rights only with AT&T. There were numerous imitations, but the invention of the iPhone brought Apple into the cellular world as well. The current iPhone today has not changed significantly. The major change with the current iPhone is its face time application.

¨…business man´s best friend.¨

~After achieving what could be considered Pulitzer Prizes in the journalist world, he capitalized on his talents by setting mark into the business world. inviting the iPad touch this past year, 2010. The iPad touch is every business man´s best friend. The iPad touch is the computer personal secretary of the business world. Being able to instantly categorize searches, schedule one´s life, and document compressed files. Not only does it captivates the interest of the business world, but also the interest of college students. The iPad could replace a laptop, with many of the similar functions and as thin as a MacBook Air, but without the complications of a Mac.

~More information can be found at ¨http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1¨