http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/ Delicious and Nutritious... en-us 2007-12-05T00:20:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022451.html The day has finally come: this is my last blogging portfolio...ever. Wow, I feel old. Coverage and Timeliness- Not only do I cover things well, but I also do them on time There's a lot of Crime in Chicago- and... VanessaKolberg 2007-12-05T00:20:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022450.html As I was working to prepare the latest installment of the blogging portfolio, I was hit with an overwhelming realization- this will be the last change I have to blog. I'm a senior graduating in May and will not have... VanessaKolberg 2007-12-04T23:58:11-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022440.html Finally, my Senior Sem class came in handy. For our class, we had to give a presentation on the ethics of our chosen field, so I picked journalism and researched the ethics (there are more than you'd think, which surprised... VanessaKolberg 2007-12-04T11:01:36-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022395.html Ok, so I kind of have a thing for the inverted pyramid structure. It's a healthy obsession, I assure you. Chapter 10 of ABNW could also have been titled, "Vanessa's high school journalism classes". Yes, years and years ago I... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-27T11:29:38-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022343.html Aside from the kind of disturbing title ("Metal to Bone"? Seriously? Sounds a little horror movie-ish to me), Anne Hull's article paints a vivid picture of the people involved in the story (I almost typed "characters" here, but remembered this... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-24T11:12:01-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022341.html Oh my God, that entire article was written in one sentence. Next time I have to write a review for the "Setonian", I'm writing it in one sentence and see how that goes. I'm going to assume not well. "Maybe... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-24T00:51:14-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022340.html Um...what if none of the "Classics" really fit into what I'm doing my article on? The examples given are by far excellent pieces of journalism, but most are "hard" stories that doesn't really match the feature-ish article I'm doing. They... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-24T00:26:16-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022289.html "Newspapers are unfair when...they do anything." Ok, while that's not a direct quote from the book, it might as well be. Ever get the feeling you can't do anything right? That's sort of how this book made me feel. The... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-18T14:47:55-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022287.html "The public constantly asks why there is not more 'good' or 'positive' news in the paper." (37) Sound familiar to anyone? It's the same old song- journalists only report on the bad news, bad news sells, etc., etc. However, if... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-18T14:28:02-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022224.html "Newspapers are unfair when: [insert common mistake here]" Sometimes, you just can't win. As Best Practices for Newspaper Journalists outlines, there are a lot of mistakes that can go into newspaper reporting...as well as a lot of corrections. In newswriting,... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-13T11:42:53-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022163.html Let me begin by saying that if/when I ever do crime reporting, it certainly will not be on the caliber of Meyer's article, "Humanity on Trial". That was the longest crime article I've ever read...ever. While Meyer did present a... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-06T11:50:24-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022123.html Ok, that's a lie. Disney World is way better than my blog portfolio. But Portfolio World is a close second... Coverage and Timeliness- All the entries, all on time. Yes. What's the Truth?-Heck if I know. Digging for Buried Treasure-... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-01T21:36:10-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022093.html Let me start out by saying that the conclusion to It Ain't Necessarily So was not a conclusion at all, but rather Chapter 11. I didn't feel concluded, I felt like I was reading yet another chapter of a somewhat... VanessaKolberg 2007-11-01T09:58:26-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022083.html As I've grown older, Halloween has significantly lost its importance to me. When I was little, of course Halloween was a huge deal. I had to have a great new costume to compete with all my friends, my family overly... VanessaKolberg 2007-10-31T17:29:52-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/VanessaKolberg/022074.html "That is to say, research is often dismissed in media accounts on ad hominem grounds, because of the researcher's convictions or his funding source" (152). Chapter 9 in It Ain't Necessarily So looks at how peer reviewed journals are not... VanessaKolberg 2007-10-31T11:34:00-05:00