Butt shots. Really?

News.com is reporting a growing trend in America. Women are actually paying thousands for injections to 'make thir butt look like celebrities Kim K, Beyonce and Jlo.'

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/us-mum-spends-15k-on-injections-to-get-bootylicious-backside/story-fn9076o9-1226395624468

Clem Grehan LNP story- Written by Merryn McDonnell (myself)

Fight for South Brisbane Escalates

Liberal National Party (NLP) candidate for South Brisbane, Clem Grehan has labelled the new Labour (ALP) candidate for South Brisbane, Ms Jackie Trad, “a labour party hack.” Mr Grehan says the ALP’s Ms Trad was “part of a dictatorship for two years” regarding the infrequency of the ALP’s overall state meetings. “To me, when you cancel meetings like that you’re a dictator.” Mr Grehan expressed further distain when speaking about Labour’s previous premier, Anna Bligh. “(She’s) a hypocrite” who treated Queenslanders with “contempt, utter contempt.”

Mr Grehan will enter a bi-election for the seat this Saturday (28^th April 2012). Ms Bligh held the South Brisbane seat in the recent state election. However, she resigned the day after the polling.  Mr Grehan says he was “exhausted but not discouraged” when a bi-election was announced on Sunday, 25^th March (2012). “I knew it was going to be close. But we (the LNP) knew we were going to win overall.” ABC news reported that Mr Grehan lost the South Brisbane seat by only 132 votes. “Our guys (the LNP) didn’t think we’d go anywhere near that.”

However recent polls indicate Ms Trad has a 57.9 per cent lead on a two-party preferred basis. Professor Clive Bean from Queensland University of Technology says the polls are not a definitive guide. However, "the swing to the LNP has pretty much gone about as far as it can go, so any movement is likely to be back towards the ALP."

Mr Grehan maintains that he is the best candidate for the job, “I can listen to the people better than they (the ALP) can. I’m listening with both ears. Not a right side LNP brain or a left side ALP brain. I’m listening with both ears.”  

Ian Frazer profile- Written by Merryn McDonnell (myself)

A Hero of Millions

You might recognize Professor Ian Frazer as a previous Australian of the year. Perhaps you know him as one of the two creators of the first pre-cancer vaccine. You may have heard rumored reports about his next scientific venture - a vaccine for skin cancer. But few Australians Know more than this about Professor Frazer.

Prof Frazer is best known for his work on the Gardisil vaccine that was released in 2006. With his late colleague, Dr Jian Zhou, Prof Frazer led the team that developed the world’s first human papilloma virus (HPV) preventing vaccine. Gardasil has effectively saved millions of women, by providing almost 100 per cent protection from the infection of HPV. Prof Frazer says he feels “humbled” to be a part of the vaccine’s creation process. “It’s also very satisfying because we’ve seen it through to become a product. A product that is useful to many.”

Generating awareness for Gardasil in third world countries is a great challenge for the Prof and his team. However “mentoring my junior colleagues” is also a main concern for the Prof.

Prof Frazer made the move to Brisbane to teach at the University of Queensland in 1985. Since then his accomplishments have grown to include President of Cancer Council (Australia), Advisor to the World Health Organisation and Director of the Biotechnology Company, Coridon.

Reports regarding his quest for a skin cancer vaccine, however, are not completely accurate. “Vaccines that will help control some sorts of skin cancer are in trials at present” Prof Frazer says. Although this is promising news, Prof Frazer says “10 years” is the approximate time until a vaccine may be available.  

Gay Marriage rally in Brisbane - Written by Merryn McDonnell (myself)

Equal Love to Protest in Brisbane Streets.

A rally for equal marriage rights will be held at Brisbane’s Queens Park on Saturday, 12^th May 2012. The rally will be held by the Equal Love organization for their National day of action. Equal Love will be campaigning in all major Australian cities. Brisbane Organiser, Ms Jess Payne, says the event is for the broader community, “it’s an event for all who support equal rights.”

Public figures including ABC’s Andrew Denton and the cast of the Hungry Beast have pledged their support of the Equal Love campaign. Ms Payne says the majority of young people are also supporters of marriage equality, but the challenge for the campaign is “turning all passive support into active opposition.”

The Equal Love group created the National Day of Action “to publicly pressure the government,” Ms Payne says. The group is urging the government to remove the ban on gay marriage by amending the Marriage Act.

The Equal Love group is still confident that the campaign will be effective despite the protests of anti-gay marriage Christian groups lead by Mr Peter Madden. Mr Madden, a Democratic Party candidate, led a protest truck throughout parts of New South Wales and Queensland in March. “The protest truck was decorated with anti-ALP and anti-homosexual advertising,” says Ms Katherine Feeney of the BrisbaneTimes.com.

The Saturday, 12 May Equal Love event will not only include a march around the CBD with chanting, but “a range of speakers including religious figures and activists,” Ms Payne says.

Rally for Gay marriage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcDUb5kGfuI&feature=endscreen

An assignment for Reporting 1112. Brisbane Protested for Gay Marriage rights on May 12 2012.

Photography

This was for Visual Communication 1999.

Photography portfolio.

I chose to look at trees because they have so much love and meaning for me personally- and I tried to capture that in my photographs.

I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew I should start looking. A metaphor for life maybe.

It was important to evoke emotion with light and viewpoint amongst other visual tools.

I really enjoyed it.

I think I want to pursue a career in photojournalism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeA_iglbQOE

GLEE!

MY FAVOURITE SHOW ON TV!!!!!

HERE ARE THE BEST PERFORMANCES!!

How Will I know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhT_W0CR6w

Rachel singing All coming back to me now. Sigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik683CThV5o

We found love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LITtVn0Rw

Some Mariah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqJSYjRERE8

Lecture 11- Agenda Setting

Agenda setting- the Social Construction of Reality

This lecture covered Agenda settings in mass media and journalism. Different concepts, theories and views were presented. However, listed below is the definition that made spoke most to me. 

Agenda Setting applies to:

PUBLIC AGENDA - the set of topics that members of the public perceive as important.

POLICY AGENDA - issues that decision makers think are salient. (i.e. legislators)

CORPORATE AGENDA - issues that big business & corporations consider important.

MEDIA AGENDA - issues discussed in the media.

(Miller K. 2007 Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts) 

Agenda setting applies to 24 hour news, the current reporting of climate change and family values. It is the representation of stories. The spin or adjustment or development of a story. 

'A thesis on media agenda-setting and framing during the BP oil spill in order to determine whether newspaper coverage is a contributing factor in the delegation of oil spill claims:

The study utilized content analysis to examine newspaper coverage of the BP oil spill in the Mobile Press Register, the Sun Herald, and the Pensacola News Journal from April 20, 2010 to April 20, 2011. Results indicate that more media attention was focused on tourist areas of coastal Alabama, including Gulf Shores Beach and Orange Beach, and these areas did in fact receive the most compensation in claims from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility compared to other affected areas.'

(Stinchcomb, L.-K. S. 2011.The Deepwater Horizon: Agenda-setting in the media and its impact on claim distributions). 

This research shows that media influence can determine both public attention and public funds.

A Youtube Video explaining Agenda setting in the media!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbCYr-U7MAQ

The global media Journal's presentation of agenda setting in the media
http://www.aiou.edu.pk/gmj/artical4(b).asp

Lecture 9- News values

News stories are decided by impact and audience identification. 

IMPACT

‘News is anything that makes a reader say, “Gee Whiz!” - Arthur MacEwen, US Editor. 

AUDIENCE IDENTIFICATION

‘news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience.’ - Kurt Loder, US Journalist. 

News values relate to pragmatics and source influence. 

PRAGMATICS

ethics – facticity - practice / practical current affairs – everyday (24-7 news). 

SOURCE INFLUENCE

‘Journalism loves to hate PR ... whether for spinning, controlling access, approving copy, or protecting clients at the expense of the truth. Yet journalism has never needed public relations more, and PR has never done a better job for the media.’ - Julia Hobsbawm, UK PR executive.

Commercial media is known for using the 'if it bleeds, it leads!' However in recent campaigns channel 9 has used the 'If it happens in (local area of Brisbane) it's on 9'. This is a use of Hyperlocalisation. 

Newsworthiness

Golding and Elliot’s (1979) News Values

Drama, Visual attractiveness, Entertainment, Importance, Size, Proximity, Negativity, Brevity, Recency (exclusives, scoops), Elites and Personalities. 

'Data suggest a need for media professionals and suicide experts to work together to balance newsworthiness against the risk of copycat behavior' (Pirkis, J.; Burgess, P.; R Warwick B.; Francis, C. 2007. 

The Newsworthiness of Suicide. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior37). 

This statement shows the effect of the Media's reporting of important issues such as suicide. The research found that the media reported 1% of suicides within a year period. Suicides of particular gruesome circumstances, age and gender were both sidelined and reported. 

Lecture 8 - Ethics in the news

This lecture focused on ethics in media and advertising.

Media corporations present stories that do not always meet the publics 'ethical standard'. Just like advertisers are known to reach for a 'racy' or 'contriversial' ad campaign for a product. The goal of each business is the same- to generate awareness or 'hype'. The ultimate goal- access to views and consumers.

What is the golden rule? Well there isn't one. There are guidelines however. These were explored in the lecture. We can use these guidelines to decifer if a story/ad is good or bad, ethical or unethical, right or wrong and the difference between bad, wrong and 'tacky'. Ethical theories that guide the media and advertising include; deontology; consequentialism (theology); and virtue. Deontology, the theory that applies to professional journalism, includes rules, principals and duties. Essentially journalists and broadcasters will 'do the right thing' by following these rules or guidelines. All media ethical codes are deontology. Australia uses codes such as  MEAA CODE; PRIA CODE; AFA CODE; and the AANA CODE. MEAA principals relate to honest, fair activities, independence and respect. 

'Viewers' knowledge and motivations determine how and to what degree they use their knowledge and the information from the news' (Mitu, B.M. 2010. MEDIA CREDIBILITY AND ETHICS IN TELEVISION NEWS. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice2). 

This statement proves that although Journalism and media must publish and broadcast under rules, viewers and consumers previous knowledge also plays a critical role in the receiving of news. 

Wrap up of semester

its a wrap...

A comprehensive understanding of the media operations has been achieved throughout this course. From photojournalism, to public/commerical media studies, to news values and ethics. This course has given me a greater understanding of the international and Australian media landscape.

Hope you've enjoyed it too....

Final lecture

Steve Molks- Molkstvtalk, blogger

Advising us journalism students to start now as journalists. Using the internet and social media.

Blogging is still young in terms of mainstream media, however is growing in importance.

Social media has been used for serious reasons (as we've seen in Egypt), social media can not be accessed in parts of Korea and China.

Australia is a free place in terms of social media, we can write whatever we like.

If you consistently and intentionally write for social media, your writing will improve.

The ability to communicate globally, to interact is a great opportunity for social media.

No longer are we locked behind what the media tells us

Channel 9 told us that kevin Rudd will be challenging for the leadership, however 7 reported the oppostie. To find the truth= watch now, or ask Kevin.

We have access to all sorts of important people. You can ask kevin Rudd a question via twitter- asking the source directly.

Everyone has an opinion on television. Even if you don't watch television.

Steve says he enjoys communicating with people. Knowing what people think, its relevant for his job.

Mia freeman- editor of dolly and cosmo.

She was a journalist, got a job as a special projects. Decided to write a blog and book- mumma-mia. 500,020 viewers in a month.

Partnering with the biggest female focused site in the US. she therefore will have exposure to over 900,000 readers a month.

Now with social media, we can read the news and interact with the people/journalists who make the news. We can ask questions.

Annabel crab is a good person to look at if we are interested in broadcast news.

Twitter is 'noisy at times'. In big events or situations, trying to find the information in the midst of the big events can be difficult. After a while you can sift through the information that's the truth.

Social media networks and new media a processes allow you to a world of information.

Twitter can make journalists lazy. Especially entertainment journalists. for example Micheal Clarke released wedding photos via twitter. All stories used the same photos from twitter.

Molks likes to talk about televtion on his site. He interviews, posts podcasts, provides news stories. He records on his phone with his camera setting.

A writer, interviewer, fairfax prints and purchases some of his work.

The stuff that we put out now, will pay off when we go looking for a job or internship. Clearly expressed by Molks.

Annotated Bibliography Assessment

Annotated Bibliography: An Assessment for Introduction to Journalism 1111.

By Merryn McDonnell.

Student number s4285498.

Today, there is a greater demand for news than ever before. However, discerning audiences want news to have impact, be relatable and be factual (Hartung, B.W. 1979) The information carried by different media texts can vary greatly, even when reporting the same story.

This post will examine four different media texts. In addition to a single academic text, three media texts are considered. These include:

·      a television story from the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC);

·      an online story from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC);

·      a print story from Newsweek magazine (America).

These different news mediums share the same main story- the USA President Barack Obama announcing his support for same sex marriage. However, each text has interpreted the same story in a slightly different way. The single academic text focuses on the US media’s representation of gay rights in the news.

Roberts, R. (2012). Obama's Historic Pro-Gay Marriage Stance. American Broadcast Corporation. May 9, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RkoMDv3fE&feature=relmfu

This was an interview produced by the ABC (America) television network. In this interview, journalist Robin Roberts interviewed President Obama and Obama verified his support of same sex marriage. As the ABC is a commercial broadcasting television network, stakeholders and shareholders have a great interest in the content of ABC. The main interest of the ABC is to create a story filled with as much drama as possible, in order to achieve high ratings. “Exclusive and historic interview” and “the President’s deeply personal thoughts”, were stated by the journalist throughout the story (Roberts, R. 2012).

The television medium used by the ABC is credible, as it is sourced directly from the ABC network. The content of this television text gives a credible overview of the history of the story. It is important for the ABC to establish previous/current facts, as television news audiences’ prior knowledge of an issue will affect their interpretation of a news story (Schaap, 2009). This overview features President Obama’s changing response to gay marriage, the current and contrasting opinions of the forerunning Republican Presidential-Candidate Mitt Romney and Gay rights activists. In addition, the input of New York Times Correspondent, Jodi Kantor, is also included. This information is credible, as direct footage has been used in conjunction with names and a date/year.

This television story is significantly different from the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) online story. As ABC is an American commercial television network, the story is focused on USA history, the up-coming election and how the President’s words will potentially affect Americans in their voting. In contrast to this, Australia’s public media ABC reported the story, with the addition of the Australian Prime Minister’s opinion. In both stories, hyperlocalisation has been used. This enables audiences’ to feel more connected to the story, depending on their country of residence.

ABCnews (2012). PM unswayed by Obama's gay marriage stance. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. May 10 2012. Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-10/pm-reacts-to-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage/4003116.

This online story was produced by the ABC (Australia) news website. Footage from the ABC (America) interview was included above the written Australian online story. Australia’s ABC online story focused on Australian PM Julia Gillard announcing she is still opposed to same sex marriage, despite US president Obama declaring his support of gay marriage.

The ABC is a public media network. Audiences typically see it as a reliable source as the government or advertisers have little or not influence on the network. The ultimate purpose of the ABC is to serve the public and not to turn a profit (WGBH Educational Foundation. 2006).

The medium of ABC news online can be considered credible. Vague claims, undated content, and an absence of information due to a commercial influence are the causes of an online news site’s loss in credibility (Chiagouris, 2008). As the ABC is a public media network, there is typically little question of commercial influence. The online story does not make any vague claim s- it predominately uses direct quotes from sources. Finally, the online story is dated May 12, 2012 17:50:22. These reasons prove not only that the medium of the story is credible, but also the content of the story.

Sullivan, A (2012). Barack Obama's Gay Marriage Evolution: The President of the United States shifted the mainstream in one interview.

Newsweek 159. 21. May 21 2012. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/1013491335.

In contrast to the Australian ABC online text is America’s Newsweek magazine printed text. The ABC online text is unbiased, news- and fact-driven, contains mainly direct quotes and is under 500 words. The print text sourced from Newsweek presents a comprehensive overview regarding the history of the story, includes the author’s personal opinions and is 2400 words.

This print text reports President Obama’s support of same sex marriage in great detail, opinion and length. Newsweek magazine is an American, commercial media corporation. Due various factors including the migration of readers to online news, the advertising revenue of US magazines is declining rapidly and substantially (Perth Now, 2011). It can be assumed that Newsweek is producing vivid stories to entice readers to buy the magazine and sustain advertising revenue. The author of this print text is journalist, Andrew Sullivan. As an openly gay man, Sullivan has taken an extremely personal approach to this story. Sullivan has also written the text in the first person.

The medium of the text is credible as it is directly from the Newsweek magazine corporation. The credibility of the content is inconsistent. Sullivan has used accurate dates, quotes, names and movements to support his story. However, not all of the information, statistics, polls and names included are cited nor sourced.

The print text of this story is considerably different to the academic text cited. This print text is driven by the author’s opinion, commercially funded and poses a very intimate theme. The academic text is a reflection of the American media’s treatment of gay rights, and although the opinions from case studies are included, the opinion of the author is absent.

Moscowitz, L (2012). For better or for worse: News discourse, Gay rights activism and the same sex marriage debate. Indiana University. May 2008. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/304631625/abstract

Author Leigh Moscowitz (Indiana University) has included extensive research regarding how homosexual news stories are presented in the US media.

The medium of this text is highly credible as Indiana University is a highly regarded research institution. The universities’ dissertation and theses standards have been met in the published work.

Content includes the representation of gay rights protests, laws and developments. Moscowitz has also included illustrative case studies on the topic. Furthermore, Moscowitz has presented the content information with accurate referencing, names, dates and case studies. It is evident that thorough fact checking and research has been conducted.

In complete contrast to this academic text is the ABC (America) television text. Although the information presented in both texts is similar, the objectives are opposite. The academic text is research-oriented, seeking only facts. However, the main objective of the ABC television text is to dramatize the story- in order to generate more attention.  As a commercial network, the ABC’s main goal is to attract audiences for advertisers (Redman, 2012).  Furthermore, the academic text is a document larger than 200 pages, the ABC television text is far more condensed (6 minutes).  

Bibliography:

Hartung, B. W. (1979). Attitudes towards the current applicability of the 1947 Hutchins report on social responsibilities of the press. United States International University. 1979. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/302996047/abstract

Roberts, R. (2012). Obama's Historic Pro-Gay Marriage Stance. American Broadcast Corporation. May 9, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RkoMDv3fE&feature=relmfu

Schaap, G. (2009). Measuring the Complexity of Viewers' Television News Interpretation: Integration. Interpreting Television News. 2009. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/755476857.

WGBH Educational Foundation (2006). Open Content and Public Broadcasting. WGBH Educational Foundation. 2006. Retrieved from http://opencontent.wgbh.org/report/opencontentreport.pdf

Chiagouris, L. Mary, M. Plank, L. & R. E. (2008): The Consumption of Online News: The Relationship of Attitudes Toward the Site and Credibility, Journal of Internet Commerce, 7:4, 528-549. 2008. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332860802507396.

Perth now (2011). Newspapers ad revenue drops for 20th quarter. September 02, 2011. Retrieved from http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/media-marketing/newspapers-ad-revenue-drops-for-20th-quarter/story-e6frg2rc-1226128123525

Redman, B (2012). 1111. Introduction to Journalism. (Lecture notes). Retrieved from https://blackboard.elearning.uq.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-2187487-dt-content-rid-396604_1/courses/JOUR1111S_6220STx/JOUR1111_Week6_Commercial%20_Media.pdf. Accessed online 20/5/2012.  

Annotated Bibliography

Print text

http://search.proquest.com/docview/1013491335

Lecture 12

investigative journalism

Watergate

the monlight state - Chris Masters, Phil Dickie, Shaun Hoyt.
2 years of research for 1 hour of TV.
Police in high positions, politicians went to jail.

The special branch- Joes secret police. Would have little files, directions. Special branch broke into the ABC film room- looking for 4 corners footage. Bought down a corrupt government.

Julian Assange- from townsville- 'WIKILEAKS'- Sarah Pailn "we should hunt him down like Osama."

Wikileaks- a bunch of stuff- journalists go through- to find story.

What do they have in common: Changed the world.

Local examples:

-Global mail
-Crikey
-Australian Story

Brooke Hargraves (a previous UQ Journalism student) wrote a story about the renovations for the schonell bridge grave site story.

Whistle blowers - usually go crazy.

Interviews - people concerned, whistle blowers

Observations- get out

Rudie Jouliani
- You've got to see it! second hand is not enough

Documents - online, annual reports, forensics

Briefings- officials

Leaks- where are they?

Trespass- not really allowed

Theft- another ethics issue


TRIANGULATION- What you observe and what you see in the documents

Where to look- ( not only google and Wikipedia)

Threats:
-Online news
-empty news rooms
-Journalism VS PR (propaganda)
Growth in PR= Shrinkage in Journalism

Future:
Youtube- channel for investigative journalism- filled with interviews of what investigative journalism is- What is there nothing out there?

mah

1. Outlines of the scope of the article/story.

 2. Critically evaluates the source of the article in terms of its medium and the credibility

of the content. 

3. Compares or contrasts this work with another you have cited.

This post will be an Annotated Bibliography of four media texts. 

Each media text 

US president Barack Obama supporting gay marriage- the TV interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RkoMDv3fE&feature=relmfu

Lecture 7- Public Media

‘The difference between commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting is the difference between consumers and citizens’
– Nigel Milan (former Managing Director of SBS)


This week we examined Public media. 
"Public Media's ultimate purpose- to serve the public and not to turn a profit." - WGBH Educational Foundation Conference Open Content and Public Broadcasting (19-21 September 2006) 


So! Ultimately public media (ABC & partly SBS (80/20)) are not funded by share holders and advertisers- who's aim is to sell sell sell. Public media's interest is one thing. The public. Delivering the true stories to the public at large. 

However ABC is commercial. There is the ABC shop which rakes in millions, the online ABC shop, and how they charge for footage. $75 per second to be exact. So they milk it for all they can. 


Public Media=PUBLIC VALUE:


1. Embedding a ‘public service ethos’


2. Value for licence fee money

4. Public consultation
(According to the BBC)


3. ‘Weighing public value against market impact’

Essentially, Public media networks should present news that appeals to all kinds of people.

Public media had a role in reflecting the nations identity, history, culture, views and conversations.

Some view the stories and content of public media to be ‘boring’ and ‘out of touch in terms of not looking at whats new and shiny. However Public media values importance of the story rather than interest. So views can feel confident that the information they are processing is of real relevance to the world and the people in it. Not about Kim Kardashian and her new hair style.

Public media networks look at themes including ‘THE PRESS’, ENTERTAINMENT, UTILITY, SOCIAL, PROPAGANDA- all important and relevant for all people. Not necessarily entertainment however.

A BIG challenge for public Media is to be INDEPENDENT from being bias or able to be influenced.  Big deal for the political scene in particular.

Further challenges for the Public media lot are opinion. Big deal- don’t include it. However the ABC has a show called ‘The Drum’ where journo’s have the opportunity to announce their thoughts and opinions on news subjects.

Personally I hate it when they do this. I feel like they are forcing their opinion on you. I know they are informed, but still. I prefer being told the facts and being able to make up my mind about the topic.

Funding is another big one for Public Media. Where and how will they get the precious dough to fund their journalists!?

That’s all folks!

Annotated Bibliography Assessment

A guide to our next assessment

https://blackboard.elearning.uq.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-2225317-dt-content-rid-644987_1/courses/JOUR1111S_6220STx/Annotated%20Bibliography.pdf

Annotated bibliography Online story

Here's Australia's ABC reporting that PM Julia Gillard hasn't changed her position regarding Gay marriage. Despite US president Obama pledging his support.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-10/pm-reacts-to-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage/4003116

Obama's support for Gay Marriage

America's ABC interview with Obama- declaring his support for Gay Marriage.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/obama-sex-marriage-legal-16312940

Gay marriage in the media

News.com with a story about US president Barrack Obama supporting Gay marriage and asking 'where's the love?' from Juila Gillard??

http://www.news.com.au/world/obama-voices-support-for-gay-marriage/story-e6frfkyi-1226351565380

Assessment 3- Factual Storytelling. A Photo Gallery

Assessment 3 of Introduction to Journalism 1111.

For this assessment, I have chosen to tell my factual story through a Photo Gallery (of 8 to 10 images).

Blurb:
This photo gallery is a factual story about my wonderful friend, Jacob Kelly. Jacob is 20 years old and recently announced that he was a homosexual. I wanted to reflect his story of coming out. I did this by conveying his history in his childhood pictures, followed by his depression in a time when he wasn't openly gay. The climax of the story is when Jacob meets his now current boyfriend, Chris. Jacob was very thrilled to meet Chris. They instantly became good friends and are now a happy couple. Jacob says he is now "much happier and content with life".


Telling Jacob's story through the mode of photography was the best way to capture the emotion of his story. A picture tells a thousand words. In this photo gallery there are photographs that reflect:
-History
-Depression

-Interest 

-Glee
-Affection
-Love
-Freedom
-Inner Peace

The audience for this story could be national or international. On an immediate level, people who are, or are close to, a gay person could comprehend the emotion intended in the photographs. However, on a broader level, all kinds of audiences with a diverse range of insecurities, fears or confidence issues would relate to this story.

I choose to title collection of photographs/headline the factual story 'It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn' for several reasons. The title/headline is lyrics sourced from the single 'Shake it out' by the artist 'Florence and The Machine'. The song discusses concealing personal issues and finding freedom in self acceptance by the embracing of a new life. This theme is similar to the theme I was trying to portray in my storytelling photographs of Jacob. Furthermore, the song has personal meaning to Jacob's and my personal relationship.

It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn:

 A story about Jacob Kelly 

                                            

                                                                                          

                                       

Story by Merryn McDonnell. Student Number s2485498.

The evil twin

Here's a link to my 'other' blog.

After watching the 2012 Kony video I was really moved. So much I made it the main topic of my blog. I think it was a really interesting campaign, using social media and the general media to get political change at an international scale. Future of Journalism? Perhaps..

http://afancifulimpulse.blogspot.com.au/

On another note, here's some links!

This is a collection of links I had gathered on my other blog while setting up/working on this blog.

Some are journalism related, some not so much. Enjoy!


Devastation in Japan continues a year after the tsunami-

http://www.news.com.au/world/japan-tsunami-anniversary-recovery/story-fnclkkmm-1226293182226

A journalist in America learns to programme for a story.

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/060605niles/

Allen Jones you have no excuse now...

http://www.australian-news.com.au/codethics.htm

Never seen anything quite like this...

http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/tourists-caught-up-in-amazing-dolphin-stampede/story-e6frfq80-1226285904350

Need people to connect?

Simple.

Put some Michael on.

Magic happens...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9oZfSfNP7o

Photo Journalism at it's best.

Simple explanations, powerful stories, each work so well.

Not a lot of beauty, but a lot of love, sad love, but still.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011

Peace!