Author Archives: rvl5182

Ethical lessons learned The two important lessons I learned from comm 409 are: 1. the relationship between reporters and subjects and 2. the importance of a blog for journalists. I used to think that in order to get stories from … Continue reading →

Situation Definition One of the top news articles accompanied with a video published on the website of The New York Times on April 7, 2015 was about the state charges of a South Carolina officer, Michael T. Slager, who shot at … Continue reading →

Reflection on Oweida Lecture 1. Situation Definition Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the Associated Press, gave her presentation in Kern Auditorium on March 18 about journalism ethics. She mainly focused the ethical issue in terms of photojournalism. According to Carroll, photos are … Continue reading →

Is It All Stephen’s Fault? Part 1 Situation Definition One scene that impressed me in the film was when Stephen’s colleague Amy was told that she was not writing into her strength and she explained that she just wanted to be … Continue reading →

I used to be one of those fanatical advocates of environmentalism, boycotting wooden crafts, blaming factories and having an irrational complex towards green T-shirts. We told everybody we met that if people keep ignoring the environmental issues such as global warming, everyone on … Continue reading →