So that's me done with Uni 2009. It's been a good semester, but I'm glad that it's the holidays now. Ended the year with an exam/test type thing on the stuff we've studied in History and Context of Journalism. I think I managed to do okay. I had a lot more that I wanted to write though. For the first question on modernism I wanted to talk about other modernist writers more and how their work differed from James Joyce's, but didn't get the time. In fact I barely finished on time in the first place, so I'm glad I didn't decide to expand on what I wanted to say!
I'm quite intrigued by this assignment we've been set to do on Newspeak inreal life. I'm not quite sure if it has to be present day or recent history, or if we can go back a bit further like in Soviet Russia and those sorts of places. Regardless, I think it can be a fun task to do. May incorporate Horrie's Random Bullshit Generator as well, who know!
Don't think I'm going to do anything just yet though. May wait until the New Year to do any of my assignments. It'd be nice to actually experience my holiday!
Friday, 18 December 2009
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
This is the end, beautiful friend.
It's hard to think that WINOL is almost over for the year. We've a special bulletin tomorrow, showcasing the best of our work but after that it'll be a new decade before we're on air again!
It's a shame it has to end so soon, especially as we've really settled in our roles and got comfortable with what we're doing. It's been a really useful exercise, I certainly know now what I want to do in journalism, which is become a sports photographer. Oringally I wanted to work on features but since working on WINOL I've realised that's not really for me. Hopefully I'll be able to sort that out after Christmas as I'd like to join the sports desk and get some first hand experience.
I think we've made the most of the opportunity and have come up with some cracking stories such as our most recent gem, which was the Lib Dem poll rigging on our site. Without the third years after Christmas the pressure's on us to maintain such a high quality of work. Personally I like to think we can do it. We know how this works now and while there may be less of us, I think we know enough to keep the WINOL machine ticking over.
It's a shame it has to end so soon, especially as we've really settled in our roles and got comfortable with what we're doing. It's been a really useful exercise, I certainly know now what I want to do in journalism, which is become a sports photographer. Oringally I wanted to work on features but since working on WINOL I've realised that's not really for me. Hopefully I'll be able to sort that out after Christmas as I'd like to join the sports desk and get some first hand experience.
I think we've made the most of the opportunity and have come up with some cracking stories such as our most recent gem, which was the Lib Dem poll rigging on our site. Without the third years after Christmas the pressure's on us to maintain such a high quality of work. Personally I like to think we can do it. We know how this works now and while there may be less of us, I think we know enough to keep the WINOL machine ticking over.
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