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An Examination of Megan Greenwells’s Exposition: “The Adults in the Room” In Megan Greenwell’s essay, she describes what its like to work for a company that doesn’t listen to their people.  The tragedy of digital media isn’t that it’s run by ruthless, profiteering guys in ill-fitting suits; it’s that the people posing as the expertsContinue reading “WP post: what makes an essay great?”

David Foster Wallace’s infamous piece “Consider the Lobster” has perplexed most audiences since it’s release in the 2000’s. I was so astounded to find that this piece was in fact about lobsters. I truly thought it would have been some perplexing representation for something, and perhaps it is. However, at its center, it is basicallyContinue reading “Consider “Consider the Lobster””

Elizabeth Royte’s essay “Remains of the Night” investigates the importance behind why individuals litter overall, however particularly with regards to littering sex stuff. Royte is an American science and nature author most popular for her book Garbage Land, which she makes reference to a few times all through “Remains of the Night”. “Remains of theContinue reading “Elizabeth Royte & Medium mechanics”

Writing Assignment: For the episode you were assigned, pick out 2 stylistic elements and 2 research elements from the podcast that you’d like to take for inspiration for your own project. Stylistic Elements: Interviews put into the podcast, while the host voice overs the what happened. The musical elements put behind their voices. Research Elements:Continue reading “Great Artists Steal”

Using Google Docs, Slack, or the chat program of your choice, have a discussion among your group about the podcast episode that you listened to. What were some of its stylistic qualities? How did it use research? How was it organized? How did it tell its story? Edit your discussion into a roundtable discussion format,Continue reading “Podcast Roundtable Discussion”

Writing Assignment: Post a 500 word essay on your WordPress blog discussing how Rosen’s idea of how new journalists should know “everything about something” applies to how your group work. Why aren’t interviews enough? In the article, When starting from zero in journalism go for a niche site serving a narrow news interest well by JayContinue reading “WordPress Post on Jay Rosen”

Writing Assignment: How do the first episodes of Millennial, and Startup work to lay out the vision for the show, and convince listeners to keep up with what follows? In your group, decide which member is going to listen to which episode. Then post a short entry to your WordPress answering the above question about yourContinue reading “Welcome to Millennial”

Writing Assignment: Of these cases of authorial misconduct, which do you think is the worst? Which is the least objectionable? Why? Post an entry to your WordPress about how the Zakaria, Lehrer, and Anderson stories match (or don’t match) with your concept of ‘plagiarism’, and how the differences between their stories matter (or don’t matter) toContinue reading “Zakaria, Lehrer and Anderson Post”

On WordPress, list 1) three times that Kline ran into a dead end, and how she dealt with it and 2) three additional things that Kline learned about in pursuit of her mystery that she may not have, otherwise. Kline, who was investigating the owner of a unique belt buckle, in the process of tryingContinue reading “Case #3 Belt Buckle”

On Word press, discuss how this podcast attempted to present research on an extremely complex topic, and communicate it for listeners. How was its approach different from the “Fast Fashion” podcast? Write 300-500 words. What I like about this podcast over the “Fast Fashion” podcast is the they show brings in their sources. They haveContinue reading ““The Giant Pool of Money” WP Post”