I dumped Myspace in college to focus on Facebook, I've posted on Helium (cool site if you like writing articles) and I do Netflix friends and top movie lists, but that's been the extent of my online social networking. I've heard about blogs and I've read some relating to current events, hockey and other things that interest me. I never really seriously considered blogging until my internship started earlier this week.
In order to finish college and earn my B.A. in Broadcast News, I need to complete 300 hours at a TV news station. News, as you've probably heard, is one of those industries where newer is better. Lots of people are talking about newspapers on the decline and how the internet is going to replace everything.
While I like to keep up to speed with what's happening in the industry I'm supposed to be entering, getting a job just seems more pertinent at the moment. If things don't change by late August, I'll be entering a competitive job market made worse by our economy.
I'm from New Jersey, but I studied at Kent State. My internship is in Cleveland. In the newsroom, reporters and producers have been talking about the Iran elections and the Twitter/Facebook source of news. Some say Twitter could actually be the death of traditional news because it can get information out quicker than any mass medium used today. Others see it as a passing fad, thanks to people following cats and random posts about daily routines. Some of the stuff people post on sites like that is pretty lame, but I guess the same could be said for blogs.
In any case, it would be presumptuous of me to assume I live a fascinating life worth telling lots of other people about. I'll include observations and random thoughts from time to time, but this blog will also be used to keep me connected to the digital world and explore issues relating to media and its influence in the world. If you happen to read anything of mine, your comments and observations would be greatly appreciated. Peace.
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