Monthly Archives: September 2014

Last week’s readings discussed at length how the way information is transmitted has drastically changed because of advances in technology. Paul Grabowicz explains in “The Transition to Digital Journalism” that journalists have resorted to a “web-first” or “web-centric” approach to … Continue reading →

Security forces vs. police officers vs. insurgents vs. soldiers vs. terrorists vs. fighters vs… How do you refer to people with guns while also remaining objective in your reporting? That’s the question we grappled with in Thursday’s class discussion. At best, there’s no clear, good answer, … Continue reading →

In class on Tuesday, we discussed the role that the Amherst Police Department had in the riots that surrounded the famed celebration of “Blarney,” an Amherst tradition that occurs in the weekend leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. It was … Continue reading →

If meaning lies in media representation, we might as well toss the fight for equal pay in the trash. The Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill initiated in 2012 to protect equal pay for women, was rejected for the fourth time … Continue reading →

Something that came across my stream of news headlines recently was a public opinion poll done on St. Louis County. The Ferguson situation has obviously been going on for a long time. But what does ‘going on’ really mean? To … Continue reading →

It’s possible I overworked my brain in class on Tuesday, continuously thinking about Douglas Martin’s obituary for Yvonne Brill and Stephen Colbert’s ‘humorous’ comment about Asian Americans. Obviously, no one found Douglas Martin’s obituary comical or even cute as he intended, … Continue reading →