I believe I am required to write somewhat reflectively about my introduction to JOUR1111. But after taking 10 months off between graduating high school and coming to Uni, my first week was insanely hectic and that has resulted in my whole first week of classes being an absolute blur and when I think back all I can remember is the feeling of being on a roller-coaster with the sound of a plane taking off in my ear. Needless to say, it was a shock to the system and my JOUR1111 class was no different. With all the different types of assessment mentioned I'm pretty sure I went into shock. Now I feel somewhat more on top of things.. Well, um, be right back, maybe I should read the course profile to be sure..
Okay I'm back and I have now read the course profile. I'm pretty sure I know what's going on. But back to the week one lecture, I really appreciated the course philosophy and that is the part of the lecture that grabbed my attention the most (probably because it was the first slide and it was before I went into shock). So the course philosophy is "You are the journalist". I think that's great and I really hope that throughout the semester that philosophy is enforced.
I think that out of all the wonderful quotes, relating to journalism that were quoted today during the lecture, the one that was most relatable for me was "... egomaniacs of average intelligence or less, often end up in the field of TV journalism" by Tina Fey in Bossy Pants. Unfortunately, I think that pretty much sums me up (especially the egomaniac of less than average intelligence) and the fact that I'd love to end up in TV journalism is appropriate. Oh well, despite being an egomaniac of less than average intelligence at least I'd have a really cool job :)
Overall, I really enjoyed the introduction to the course and I expect to be given a lot to think about throughout the course.
One week later...
I'm much more on top of things now - I went to my tutorial and I now am the proud owner of a blogspot blog, a twitter account and a sense of entitlement apparently (according to the week two lecture).
Onto week two then, I really enjoyed my tutorial even though twitter and gmail were being very difficult. The lecture was also really interesting and, as mentioned above, the sense of entitlement we talked in class really interested me. The great paywall is an intriguing concept. I personally think that this is not exactly a great way forward. Understandably, we need more than wikipedia to source information and news from... although once when I had to include information about a scientist in an essay I was writing, on her personal website in the 'biography' section she actually just put a link to her wikipedia page, so I did indeed have to cite wikipedia in an essay (UNFORGIVABLE). That unnecessary story aside, I'm not sure that the paywall will work unless every big news site gets in on the action. There are just too many handy forums to get news from if one goes behind it and people feel a reluctancy to pay. Unlike my father and his father who have their trusted news sources that they've been reading for years, I feel the younger generations are much more likely to source out new options for news rather than paying a fee for online sites because we have always had much more options. An abundance of news sites have always been (well, since I've been interested in the news) a mouse click away. Whether I get my news from the Courier Mail or CNN really makes no difference to me and will continue not to until I have to pay for it. I guess what I'm trying to say in a very long winded fashion is that I feel no real attachment to any news source and I refuse to pay when there are so many free alternatives. I guess my sense of entitlement is truly alive and kicking!
Excited for what week three will bring. Most likely just another horrible, failed blog attempt by yours truly trying to be witty, informed and interesting.
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