Oops! I went away for week 2 and have been playing catch-up a bit ever since, so here are my little musings on lectures one and two (which admittedly, I watched online)
LECTURE ONE!
Got me excited!
After taking a gap year last year, I was rearing to get my brain back into the studying life and get those intelligence juices flowing. JOUR 1111 Lecture One was the perfect way to start.
As I meandered my way through the campus, under the arches of the great hall, and into the depth of the Forgan Smith building, anticipation was building!
As well as the general, "welcome to the course, this is what you'll be covering this semester" introduction, a number of topics were covered, that made me really assess why I personally had chosen to study journalism, and what I hope to achieve out of this course.
Why Journalism?
-It is there
-It can tell us about ourselves
The "Study" of journalism vs. the "Doing"
Study: -media studies -intellectual/analytical -by academics for academics -worthwhile but not everything
Doing: -practical -industry based -worthwhile but not everything
"Telling Factual Stories"
What did I personally achieve out of this lecture?
~A hunger to learn and develop skills that will set me up in the industry in the future
~An awareness of how multi-faceted the journalism industry is
~Excitement that I can pursue so many of my loves all WITHIN journalism!
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