I found the fact that there were newspapers back in the days of the Roman Empire intersting. I didn't know they had time for simple pleasures such as reading while conquering the world and all. I also liked how muckkrackers embraced that name, even though they're evading people's privacy. whatever makes them happy, I guess.
I did not completely understand how broad sheets worked. I get that they were huge pices of paper that were posted for public consumption, what I don't understand is how most of the people read them if there were high illeteracy rates during that time.
To me ,this lecture was very helpful and resourceful because it brings awareness to what kind of journalism to stay away from and what my rights are as a reporter. Now, I know not to report on things such as which direction Kimye will name thier newest child because everyone know that it's not important at all. Also, due to the " Truth is the ultimate defense against libel" precedent I know to thoroghly fact check every piece I write.
Hi Ali, it's Melissa! I love your post about the evolvement of newspaper and how far this phenomenon has come to this day. I think that living in the generation that we live in we (the younger generation I mean) have never really appreciated the fact that newspapers will always be something that is just reliable as looking up something on the internet. I do disagree with you on the fact that newspapers will never parish because eventually in time they will, as we evolve and advance ourselves as a nation we will create new technologies, maybe paper won't exist anymore and everything will be digital. Only time will tell.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good blog entry, Ali.
ReplyDeleteHi Ali, just commenting to let you know that I responded to your blog post on my blog, this is the link- http://sofiasjournalismviews.blogspot.com/2015/09/response-to-newspaper-lecture-ali.html Hope you like it!
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