In what circumstances is video/live communication superior to the written word?Discuss.
Category: Journalism
Discuss how if the opportunity to not serve your country wasn’t an option anymore how devastating and destructive it would be to your life.
Assignment
Discuss and explain in a compelling manner how with having the proper mentorship and tools, that there is no limit as to what can be accomplished in a career in the United States Navy.
Discuss how if the opportunity to not serve your country wasn’t an option anymore how devastating and destructive it would be to your life.
Explain how you would love to accomplish so much more such as becoming a Commissioned Officer or a Chief in the United States Navy.
Explain how you would love the opportunity to be a leader and make change in the military.
Discuss how extremely proud you are to serve your country, the United States of America.
Discuss that you want to continue to make your family proud by being a great sailor in the navy.
Explain why everyone deserves a second chance. Thoroughly explain why you deserve to be in the Navy (grab the reader’s attention and give reasons that are so believable to connect with the audience).
Give compelling reasons why you want to stay in the United States Navy. Use imagination with the reasons but make they extremely compelling and convincing.
Why is this movie interesting? Why is it relevant right now? What themes are present in the film? How is cinematography helping tell the story?
It needs to be suitable for a magazine so the style needs to be appropriate and engaging for the reader.
Why is this movie interesting? Why is it relevant right now? What themes are present in the film? How is cinematography helping tell the story?
Are there any humorous elements present int he movie (for example when we see the naked baby sheep with a human ass) and how to they serve the plot? Is it even intended to be humorous?Basic questions to consider for the feature.
Do you read a newspaper (either an actual newspaper or an online one)? If so, when was the last time you read a newspaper? If not, why don’t you read about the news? Do you have some other source for news? If so, why do you prefer it over a newspaper?
Do you read a newspaper
Answer one of the questions listed below. Your response should be at least one page, double spaced and should be uploaded in the Dropbox for this assignment.
Do you read a newspaper (either an actual newspaper or an online one)? If so, when was the last time you read a newspaper? If not, why don’t you read about the news? Do you have some other source for news? If so, why do you prefer it over a newspaper?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
The Bronx Economy Project
Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid?
What do we need to tell the world about this?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
What do they not get?
What do we need to be able to tell a fuller, more accurate, live Bronx story?
Whose voices should we hear?
What sounds should we hear?
What ideas need to get communicated to listeners?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
The Bronx Economy Project
Think about this borough, what’s happening, how people are managing, suffering, hustling, thriving, living during and after Covid?
What do we need to tell the world about this?
What do the people who read the economy from the centers of economic influence, the Federal Reserve Bank, Wall Street, the Labor Department or the White House or City Hall miss?
What do they not get?
What do we need to be able to tell a fuller, more accurate, live Bronx story?
Whose voices should we hear?
What sounds should we hear?
What ideas need to get communicated to listeners?
Why did more Latinos than other race/ethnic groups die from Covid?How did the legacies of redlining and structural racism shape what happened in Covid?
Five Questions
In class we talked about the big questions we want the Bronx Covid Economy Reporting project to engage with. These are the meta questions:
Why was Covid so bad here?
Why did more Latinos than other race/ethnic groups die from Covid?
How did the legacies of redlining and structural racism shape what happened in Covid?
How/Did communities come together in crisis to support eachother?
How can the economy be rebuilt in a way that works for more people?
How has the level of trust in the Media changed over the past 50 years as technology and the social struction of the American people has changed?What is the current state of trust in the media?
Free Press Origins, Trust in Media, & Sources
Watch Frontline: “News War: Part 3 What’s Happening to The News” https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-news-war-whats-happening-news/
Watch the short video created by The Pew Center For Social Research
Then read the Opinion piece published on the erosion of trust in American Media from the Heritage Foundation available here
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/2021-media-did-more-erode-trust-repair-it
Based on your viewing and reading, answer the following:
American Trust in Media
How has the level of trust in the Media changed over the past 50 years as technology and the social struction of the American people has changed?
What is the current state of trust in the media?
Has the definition of a “Fact” changed in recent years?
How has media truts influenced the following issues impacting Americans today
The Covid-19 Pandemic
The attack/protest on the US Capitol one year ago on January 6th 2021
The role of Race and America’s History of Dealing with Race in education
The job that Police Forces are doing in America
Should Americans be permitted to freely own and carry guns.
Briefly and concisely, address these questions in an essay of 275 words. Attribute all sources in some formal mechanism such as footnoes, endnotes or a “Works Cited” list
Describe the photograph using sensory details (such as touch, sound, smell, sight, taste) so that your reader can “see” and understand the photograph. Analysis of the two images.
Comparison and analysis of the African American struggle in America through two similar photos.
Write a 2 page MLA documented essay analyzing the two images that are attached.
Describe the two images in detail to highlight what the viewers need to see and provide a foundation for that analysis. Provide several key points of comparison/contrast as the focus.
The statement should make a claim about the key differences [or similarities] in the way that the images establish the purposes to achieve their persuasive effects.
Be sure to discuss any of the following compositional elements that apply: distance; angle and orientation; framing; light; focus or blurring; scale, space, and shape; use of repetition, variety, and balance; line; and color.
Follow MLA conventions for formatting the essay, including citing sources for the photographs and any information used to make to give background or historical context.
A minimum of 2 sources are required. Remember to use correct in-text citations and correct citations on the Works Cited.
Introduction
Hooks readers’ interest.
Give background on the two images.
Sets up the similarities.
Describes each image in turn using sensory detail.
Describe the photograph using sensory details (such as touch, sound, smell, sight, taste) so that your reader can “see” and understand the photograph. Analysis of the two images.
Analyze and contrast each image in turn, using the ideas from observations, question asking, and close examination.
Conclusion Return to the big picture for a sense of closure;
Make final comments about the significance of analysis from two perspectives. Works Cited Cite source(s) used per current MLA guidelines.
What effect has the opioid crisis in the Midwest and other parts of the country had on the prison population?o what extent does privilege (racial, socioeconomic, heteronormative) affect rates of conviction and incarceration?
To what extent do today’s prisons help to rehabilitate criminals and prepare them for their lives beyond their incarceration?
What effect has mandatory minimum sentencing in drug offenses had on the prison population?
What effect has the opioid crisis in the Midwest and other parts of the country had on the prison population?
How can prisons become reformed to result in more positive outcomes for inmates and for society?
What effect does incarceration have on the family (especially children) and friends of inmates?
To what extent does privilege (racial, socioeconomic, heteronormative) affect rates of conviction and incarceration?
What are some ways that prison is dehumanizing or humiliating to inmates? Is this humiliation warranted?
Do inmates ever create a sense of community while incarcerated? If so, how? If not, why not?
A few things to remember: