Author Archives: Brooke Tayla Martinez

TWO ETHICAL LESSONS: During the semester in this course, we have learned numerous ethical lessons. Some have definitely stuck out to me tremendously. One ethical lesson that I learned in this course is that you must always be honest with … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: Shock and Awe is a film based on the events of 9/11 and a group of journalists who work at a consortium of 31 newspapers, called Knight Ridder, who reported on the tragic event. Knight Ridder was located in … Continue reading →

Part 1. Situation Definition: Douglas Blackmon, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, spoke on Thursday, Oct. 25, in Freeman Auditorium in the HUB-Robeson Center for the Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers. Blackmon is the author of Slavery by Another Name: The … Continue reading →

Situation Definition: The movie, Shattered Glass, is based on the true story of Stephen Glass, a journalist, who was busted for writing many fabricated articles for the New Republic newspaper. Glass is definitely not an ethical person, and this becomes … Continue reading →

In high school, I was extremely involved in cheerleading. We practiced every week day, which was pretty much the extent of all the physical activity I would do each day. Don’t get me wrong, cheerleading was definitely a great work … Continue reading →