Never Stay Silent

How does journalism affect war? For starters, it all depends on what the story states is true and false. The question we should be asking, is that "Is it really true? Or is it false?" One piece of work that caught my attention was the peace journalism article I found where it talked about the War with the Middle East.  In the article, it describes how journalists are only interested in certain topics that the company would feel is "marketable and guaranteed to make them a quick buck." The first example that came across my attention, was about peace journalism. Peace journalism, according to the article, sets out to fix the bias in the media when they decide to stretch the truth to make more money in sales because it would be a selling story as opposed to the right story.  Journalism is affecting war in ways where they try to pin people against each other and all to make a quick buck. Deeper into the article, I discovered that a man named Jake Lynch provided some goo

 Yellow Journalism is defined as American used terms to describe articles or stories that provide little to no legitimate well researched news where instead they prefer to what is known as "eye catching" headlines to increase profit sales. The term first came into the public eye in the early 1900's when New York City newspaper companies battled for circulation.   Author W. Joseph Campbell of the book "Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the myths, defining the legacies" describes yellow journalism as having daily multi-column front-page headlines covering a variety of topics, such as sports and scandal, using bold layouts and self promotion. It is known to cause harm and do more harm than good. This is because Yellow Journalism as one of the causes as to why the US-Spanish War happened in the first place. Pulitzer and Hearst are credited as the main cause because the sensational stories of the terrible conditions in Cuba. Frank Luther Mott gave some advice while readi

This film about the life of Sunil Tripathi was one that was incredibly emotional and human. The Boston bombing was one of the most tragic and devastating events of the 21st century and when it occurred when I was very young and naive about the world around me. At that impressionable age, my mind was a sponge and I would believe just about anything that anyone told me. At 21 years old now, I consider myself to be an independent thinker and also an open-minded one as well. I do not like popular culture telling me what I should or should not believe and that is something that makes me aggravated about social media platforms and how mass media uses these platforms as valid resources for evidence to support society’s implicit bias about a person.   When I educated myself more on not only the disappearance of Sunil Tripathi, but also the overall life story of this talented, intelligent college student, it made me feel heartbroken and aggravated that people would target a family in their time

In my past post, I discussed the overall impact that Ellen Browning Scripps left on the field of journalism, as well as the society around her. She was truly one of those people that truly wanted to make the world around her a better, more financially sound place and that is what I admire the most about her. She was worth $30 million, but yet still wished to remain modest and frugal throughout her life to donate to charities and setting up funds for the benefit of humanity.  As such, for a woman to be in possession of such a substantial amount of money was almost unheard of, especially in that era, where the country was facing a depression after the tumultuous civil war. She made logical, educated choices in what she should invest her money into and also how to efficiently save money as well. She left behind such a significant legacy when she passed away. To this day, there are a plethora of monuments, establishments, hospitals, ad schools in her name to commemorate all that she gave t

  I found all of the presentations to be incredibly enlightening and enjoying to watch. I found myself learning a lot about journalism heroes that I never would have otherwise known about. They were all such prominent figures in that they each paved the way for new journalists to come. They each set the bar high with their achievements and some even risked their lives in order to better the world around them through mass media storytelling. Nellie Bly is one of the most iconic journalistic risk-takers to date. She was a young woman that desperately wanted to get her foot in the door with a story that no one wanted to share. To exploit how mental patients were treated in an institution at the time, she faked symptoms of a mental illness and got herself checked into a mental hospital to explore undercover, the torture and mistreatment that the most vulnerable of society had to endure on a daily basis. Her work was revolutionary and helped shed light on a story many would benefit from in

  Ellen Browning Scripps is one of my absolutely favorite journalism hero of all time because she was one of the founding mothers for multiple different newspapers and was one of the first true successful businesswoman of that time. She was savvy, invested and budgeted her money properly, and was endlessly devoted to her philanthropic work, which would benefit the society surrounding her for generations to come.  She serves as a selfless, hopeful, and brilliant role-model for most woman and spent her days contributing to public service and making the world around her a better place. She was an avid supporter in the endeavors of young individuals and donated much of her money to public funds for more schools and organizations that would create a positive and enriching experience for the most impressionable among society.  She was born on October 18, 1936 in London, England to a family with an abundance of children but lost her mother at a very early age. Shortly thereafter, her father,