Response to Vic's journalism post

I agree with Vic when it comes to freedom of press in the US. We do have a lot of freedom when it comes to writing, however I believe that the public never get to hear all of it. Everything we read or see is filtered before it hits the air or the news stand. Jesse gave us a great example of a meeting in which topics get picked and dissected, and what happens if his bosses don't agree with him.

Needless to say that some control is better than no control, or too much control. Just imagine what would have happened if journalists could write anything that comes to their minds.

Journalism

One question that stayed on my mind after listening to Jesse Day is how biased are the journalists, and can they really control it. Jesse talked about ethics a lot, and just mentioned bias briefly. In my opinion journalism should be about telling the truth and being as objective as possible. But we all know that journalist are very opinionated and passionate about their jobs, so it very difficult to know if their stories are one sided. I believe that journalism greatly depend on personal experiences that journalist might have, which often might contributed to their bias

This also plays a huge role when it comes to ethics. All of us have different views on what is right and what is wrong, therefore we will make our ethical decisions based on those views. I see how journalist would have a problem reporting something that majority of us might not agree with. Things that are ethical for them might not be ethical to a lot of people and vice versa. In my opinion in order to be successful journalists must have a thick skin, and must love what they do or else they might fail.

Response to Sergiy's News Post

I agree with Sergiy when it comes to Russia Today's news. I have watched their news on several occasions, and I actually was pleased by its content. We all know that the news we see here is filtered before it gets to viewers, therefore we never get to see the whole picture.
That is why it very important for us to watch a variety of news in order to get most out of it.

The News Story

Well, I have always watched the news indirectly, I watched because it was on and somebody else wanted to see it. When I was a kid my dad would watched "all the time" and I would end up watching it with him. I would watch the weather part of the news to make sure that the weekends are going to be nice enough, so I can go out and play. That was the only interesting part of the news. I have always hated the negativity of the news. Although there are positive news, for some reason it is the negative news that get the most airtime. Crime stories seem to be most popular and very inflated.

First it was dad that wanted to see the news, now it is a husband. It is never enough for them. Same stories rolling all day long and they still want to see them. I watch the news once a day and that is enough for me. On the other hand, my dad and my husband watched every time they can, hoping they will hear something different. They don't understand that, what they hear is the same news, worded differently.

I personally like to see the news once a week. On the weekends I usually watch the program on CNN, that gives the summary of weekly happenings . If for some reason I want to see the latest news, I check the Internet, because I can get my news on demand.

Response to Gideon's Freelance Writing

I agree with your view on freelance writing. I have never seen myself as a professional writer, but as I have researched the freelance writing I can see how I would benefit from it. I think that writing about things I know and things that are interesting me could help me become a better writer. I could spend more time researching, writing and enjoy it at the same time. On the other hand I couldn't write about ideas that intrigue me. This is where a freelance writing comes into the play. We can choose and pick topics we write about, and pass on ideas we don't like. Loving what I do is very important to me. I am very adventures and the freelance writing would suit me in this matter. I could express my thoughts and ideas, and at the same time I can choose where to publish those. Like Gideon said, I can write about different topics as long as they are not work or career related.

Freelance Writing

I missed the class on Monday, so I am not really sure what you have said regarding freelance writing. From what I know freelance writing is form of professional writing where writers can write for so many different magazines without committed to any.

Freelance writers work as independent contractors. They have to market themselves, but they also can control their workload as well. The positive side of freelance writing in my opinion is that you can do things on the side and only write when you want to earn extra cash. You can pick who to write for, so you have more freedom when it comes to expressing your writing style. On the other hand if freelance writing is only thing you are doing it my be hard to find a full time job. You have to be very good writer and create a demand for your particular style of writing in order to attract certain magazines.

Overall freelance writing seems very exciting and is a great opportunity for beginners to prove themselves. Freelance writing seems like a very interesting career, that works well for individuals who like adventure.

Response to Gideon's Post Ch 8&19

Reading your post on chapters 8 and 19 have helped me to understand the the book itself. I like when you said that how you feel personally will reflect your writing style. We have to be careful a how we express our emotions and our personal opinions, especially when we are writing for a client or a boss. We have to adopt to their demands and write to appeal to their style. However, every once a while we have a boss who actually will appreciate our writing abilities and our style and will encourage us to use it. So we have to get out there and find out what people want, and if they want specific style, give it to them, but if they don't care we should use our personal style whenever we can.

Chapter 8 and 19 Readings

Chapter 8
Is talking about creating and expressing our unique writing style. When people read things they usually attribute the style to the writer itself. This is very easy and it gets creative when we write free style, but when it comes to professional writing it tends to be little difficult to accomplish this. There are so many rules we have to follow to satisfy our readers that writing in our own style becomes almost impossible. The book lists different things we can do to make sure that we write in our own style and the reader friendly approach at the same time. It list three different guidelines to accomplish this. Create your own voice, have the right sentence structure
and use the right word choice. Book goes in detail about all of these guidelines, and is great help when it comes to real life writing.

Chapter 19
Is talking about creating a communication project for our clients. When writing for client in our mind we have to make sure that the end product will persuade our client and please him at the same time. First of all we have to understand our clients goals and needs. Then as we are working on the project we have to get our clients permissions on any changes and new ideas we want to implement in our communication project. One question that I ask mysel,f is how can one be creative and please their client in just one project. I think that we would have to sacrifice our creativeness and please our client. Having the positive relationship with the client is very important. Having the same goal in mind will help us get over the differences and work toward the finished project. Communication with our client is very important as well. If there is something that needs to be approved or changed we have to let our client know. Finaly, help the client understand the finised product, and explain how they can benefit from this.