Steven Levy, author of “hackers” and “in the plex”, joined
Cronkite students this Monday to discuss his experiences working as a business
journalist. Business journalism encompasses many different topics including
foreign affairs, economics and technology. This specific field of journalism is
booming right now with the recent economic crisis and release of continually evolving
tech gadgets. Levy reported on the tech industry by getting inside of their
corporations early. He met with Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, before the
company’s big break to propose the idea of writing a story on the up and coming
Macintosh computer. Levy said,
Job’s agreed under one condition, if the article would be on the cover of
Rolling Stone, the magazine Levy was writing for. I found it extremely
interesting to hear of the evolution of the topic of Technology in journalistic
writing. Levy discussed how in the
beginning tech articles were mostly covered by hobbyist magazines. The
transition from hobbyist magazines to news publications legitimized the genera
in the Journalism world. Being
from a generation that has grown up with technology as a part of everyday life,
I can’t imagine the world of journalism without tech being a part of the mix.
Technology is not going anywhere and will continue to evolve. This constant
evolution provides huge opportunities for young journalist.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Must See Monday
The Cronkite school holds events every Monday appropriately called "Must see Mondays". At these events speakers with careers in the Journalism field talk directly to students. Monday, Aug. 29th I attended a M.S.M titled "Meet the Women of AZ TV News". Five female anchors from the Phoenix area formed the panel and revealed their personal stories about working in the industry and spoke of their opinions on issues relevant to today's journalism students. Each anchorwomen had insightful information for us.
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
Friday, August 26, 2011
Following my happiness
A lot has been going on over the last few weeks. School started on August 18th and I've been working a little too much. The wonderful world of Cronkite is going great. I'm enrolled in five classes. So far my favorites are News writing and Italian. I was never very good at Spanish in high school but surprisingly I'm pretty darn good at Italian. The language must be programmed in me along with my love of food. News writing is a great class, I get to hone my skills in writing along with discuss current events both of which are right up my ally. The only downside to my writing class is that it is at 7:30 a.m. and that is way to early for this morning hater.
Work has been keeping me beyond busy. I was working five days a week but now that school has started I cut my hours back to only three days. That point brings me to the title of this post, "following my happiness", a phrase I pick up somewhere a few years ago. Following your (my) happiness means that you follow your heart and make discussions based on what makes you happy, not only now but in the long run, bringing you closer to your bigger goals. This mind set brought me to Arizona. After a year of readjusting I decided to take a chance and move even farther away from home in order to attend a school that will foster my growth and help me reach my career and life goals. Along the way there were people telling me it might not be the best decision and I took their arguments into account but in the end Arizona was on my happiness road so here I am! A lot of small events have reassured me that living this way has brought me to the right place. The hard thing is holding on to that lingering feeling of knowing your on the right road when life starts to get overwhelming and an easy way out comes along. Staying focused on what you know you want is the only way to keep from wondering off the happiness road. For me that means remembering that I came here to attend a great school which offers an abundance of opportunities and resources to help me find my way.
Stay happy!
-Kat
Work has been keeping me beyond busy. I was working five days a week but now that school has started I cut my hours back to only three days. That point brings me to the title of this post, "following my happiness", a phrase I pick up somewhere a few years ago. Following your (my) happiness means that you follow your heart and make discussions based on what makes you happy, not only now but in the long run, bringing you closer to your bigger goals. This mind set brought me to Arizona. After a year of readjusting I decided to take a chance and move even farther away from home in order to attend a school that will foster my growth and help me reach my career and life goals. Along the way there were people telling me it might not be the best decision and I took their arguments into account but in the end Arizona was on my happiness road so here I am! A lot of small events have reassured me that living this way has brought me to the right place. The hard thing is holding on to that lingering feeling of knowing your on the right road when life starts to get overwhelming and an easy way out comes along. Staying focused on what you know you want is the only way to keep from wondering off the happiness road. For me that means remembering that I came here to attend a great school which offers an abundance of opportunities and resources to help me find my way.
Stay happy!
-Kat
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The count down begins !
A month from today I'll be celebrating my twentieth birthday. I can barely believe that I'm not a little kid anymore. For the longest time I've felt like a child while ordering my double scoop of mint chip at Baskin Robins even though the ice cream scooper is a peer. I feel a early mid life crisis coming on. I'm beginning to realize the many responsibilities that comes with growing up and I'm a little iffy about excepting that as my reality.
In the last few months an escalation adult responsibilities became part of my life. I might not be doing everything on my own but I'm scratching the surface of independence. I started a new job working as a server here in Tempe. It's hard work but it definitely pays off on busy days. For the first time in my life I'm coming home absolutely exhausted. It makes me wonder how I'm going to do this working thing everyday until my 60's. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I wont be a server forever but just the thought of life revolving around work makes me tired. I hope that I can find a way to have a fun and fulfilling job. I never want to fall into that rut of an unsatisfactory life and settle.
On that note, I'm extremely excited to start school at the wonderful world of Cronkite (ASU, Cronkite school of Journalism and Mass Communication). Yes, I just made up that nick name, I think its great! School starts on Thursday. Although I might not be one hundred percent prepared, I'm ready to jump in head first and see what I can get from this semester of learning. Lets see how I handle 7:30 AM classes every other day... wish me luck on that one.
In the last few months an escalation adult responsibilities became part of my life. I might not be doing everything on my own but I'm scratching the surface of independence. I started a new job working as a server here in Tempe. It's hard work but it definitely pays off on busy days. For the first time in my life I'm coming home absolutely exhausted. It makes me wonder how I'm going to do this working thing everyday until my 60's. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I wont be a server forever but just the thought of life revolving around work makes me tired. I hope that I can find a way to have a fun and fulfilling job. I never want to fall into that rut of an unsatisfactory life and settle.
On that note, I'm extremely excited to start school at the wonderful world of Cronkite (ASU, Cronkite school of Journalism and Mass Communication). Yes, I just made up that nick name, I think its great! School starts on Thursday. Although I might not be one hundred percent prepared, I'm ready to jump in head first and see what I can get from this semester of learning. Lets see how I handle 7:30 AM classes every other day... wish me luck on that one.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Wish me luck!
I've been here in Arizona for two and a half weeks. I felt like I wasn't getting anything done but when I really thought about it I've actually accomplished a lot. The roommate search is still going on. I'm thinking about making a short questionnaire and having all of the "candidates" fill it out. It sounds corny but honestly it might be the only way I can make this decision. I figure I'll pick who ever gets the most check marks on my "must have in a roomie" list. That is just the way I am about these things!
On another note I've been job hunting with some initial success. I have a second interview at Cadillac Ranch tomorrow for a server position. It's a bar and grill, I figure I can make pretty good tips working there during the rush. I was offered an interview at this delicious Japanese place but passed on that because the managers where extremely moody. I don't need anyone killing my life high right now because I'm on a roll. So wish me luck !!!
I'm thinking about doing vlog (video blog) giving a tour of my new place just so everyone who has been asking about it can see it but I'm not sure yet. Lets see how much motivation I have tomorrow :)
On another note I've been job hunting with some initial success. I have a second interview at Cadillac Ranch tomorrow for a server position. It's a bar and grill, I figure I can make pretty good tips working there during the rush. I was offered an interview at this delicious Japanese place but passed on that because the managers where extremely moody. I don't need anyone killing my life high right now because I'm on a roll. So wish me luck !!!
I'm thinking about doing vlog (video blog) giving a tour of my new place just so everyone who has been asking about it can see it but I'm not sure yet. Lets see how much motivation I have tomorrow :)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Long over due update '
So obviously I've been neglecting the blog. The neglect is understandable under the conditions of my life over the past few months. Here is all the news on my life. Ready to get back on track?
I finished up my spring semester at the community college I was attending. Proudly getting all A's - oh and one B, but that isn't important. At the end of the semester I was feeling extremely torn in my decision for my next move, either ASU or USD (arizona or san diego). In San Diego I would be living with my best friend in one of the most spectacular cities in the world. The problem was that my heart wasn't captured by the school I would be attending. I took a trip to Arizona at the end of Spring semester and found everything I was looking for in a school at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
After the trip my decision had be made. I was dreading telling my friend that our plans to move down south where going to fall through. Even in my distress I couldn't help but be excited about what I had ahead of me.
Fast Forward 2 months------->
I moved to Arizona approximately two weeks ago. Deciding where to live was a drama in itself. Originally I set on living downtown walking distance from the campus I was attending. At the last minute I decided that I wanted a guaranteed college experience so I flipped the switch completely and restarted my apartment search in Tempe, where the made campus is located. I ended up finding fab place with everything anyone would ask for in an apartment. At this moment I'm still looking for a roommate. I'm trying to be optimistic, believing that my search will yield a roommate who meets my wish list. I think it will all work out, doesn't it always?
Most recently, I found some great girls today while at Orientation! I love that in an age where socializing sometimes begins and ends online, the best company will always be hanging with great friends. I'm even more excited for the my new life to continue to unfold. It can only get better because you attract what you put out and over the last few months I've done nothing but follow my heart :)
I finished up my spring semester at the community college I was attending. Proudly getting all A's - oh and one B, but that isn't important. At the end of the semester I was feeling extremely torn in my decision for my next move, either ASU or USD (arizona or san diego). In San Diego I would be living with my best friend in one of the most spectacular cities in the world. The problem was that my heart wasn't captured by the school I would be attending. I took a trip to Arizona at the end of Spring semester and found everything I was looking for in a school at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
After the trip my decision had be made. I was dreading telling my friend that our plans to move down south where going to fall through. Even in my distress I couldn't help but be excited about what I had ahead of me.
Fast Forward 2 months------->
I moved to Arizona approximately two weeks ago. Deciding where to live was a drama in itself. Originally I set on living downtown walking distance from the campus I was attending. At the last minute I decided that I wanted a guaranteed college experience so I flipped the switch completely and restarted my apartment search in Tempe, where the made campus is located. I ended up finding fab place with everything anyone would ask for in an apartment. At this moment I'm still looking for a roommate. I'm trying to be optimistic, believing that my search will yield a roommate who meets my wish list. I think it will all work out, doesn't it always?
Most recently, I found some great girls today while at Orientation! I love that in an age where socializing sometimes begins and ends online, the best company will always be hanging with great friends. I'm even more excited for the my new life to continue to unfold. It can only get better because you attract what you put out and over the last few months I've done nothing but follow my heart :)
Friday, April 15, 2011
Couch Potato Philosophy
"Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
This quote is posted above my desk right now. I printed it out one night when I had a motivation spur. Most people can relate to these short lived bursts of motivation that energize you and make you feel like you can achieve anything. I've been trying to figure out how to makes these last longer then a day. Im having a real problem keeping motivated. Although my lack of motivation hasn't effected reaching any of my big goals yet, I want to be able to keep the momentum of my "good" days as an everyday thing. In Economics I've been learning about opportunity cost, the cost of forgoing your next best option. This fundamental principle of economics had me talking to myself today. "You really need to stop wasting your time on the couch. You can be doing something more useful, like that blog you started". So there it is, stuff you learn in school is really relevant to everyday life! Opportunity cost became my new motivation to stop sitting there and take action. It can be held responsible for this post.
This quote is posted above my desk right now. I printed it out one night when I had a motivation spur. Most people can relate to these short lived bursts of motivation that energize you and make you feel like you can achieve anything. I've been trying to figure out how to makes these last longer then a day. Im having a real problem keeping motivated. Although my lack of motivation hasn't effected reaching any of my big goals yet, I want to be able to keep the momentum of my "good" days as an everyday thing. In Economics I've been learning about opportunity cost, the cost of forgoing your next best option. This fundamental principle of economics had me talking to myself today. "You really need to stop wasting your time on the couch. You can be doing something more useful, like that blog you started". So there it is, stuff you learn in school is really relevant to everyday life! Opportunity cost became my new motivation to stop sitting there and take action. It can be held responsible for this post.
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