Pictures of the Week

Pepper-spraying students

Campus police officer John Pike pepper-sprays students during an “Occupy” demonstration on the University of California Davis campus, Nov. 18. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi apologized to students on Nov. 21 for police tactics against the protesters.

The shocking images of Officer John Pike causally pepper-spraying students spawned numerous Internet memes as the online community used dark humor to criticize the actions of the campus police.

ART & COPY

1. What are 5 things you learned from the film?

2. How did advertisement help Tommy Hilfiger.

3. How much does it cost to put a 30 second ad in the Superbowl.
Why do you think it cots this much?

4. How is advertisement like art? How is it like pollution?

5. What kind of impact did the "Just do it." motto have for Nike.
Why was it so successful?

Today in the World....

Wednesday November 16, 2011
10 facts about today:

City Drops Charges Against Some ‘Occupy Sacramento’ Protesters
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The City of Sacramento is dropping charges against some “Occupy Sacramento” protesters who had been arrested in Cesar Chavez park...

Gingrich can't say how much he netted from Freddie consulting
URBANDALE, Iowa -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged an extended consulting relationship with mortgage giant Freddie Mac, though he said he couldn't verify just how much he or his firm received in fees...

Journalism Definitions

Journalist - A journalist collects and distributes information about current events, people, trends, and issues. His or her work is acknowledged as journalism.

Freelancer - A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term.

Production manager - The production manager

is responsible for contracting and working with printers,

Advertisement - Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience (viewers, readers or listeners) to take some action with respect to products, ideas

Copy editor - Copy editing (also written as copy-editing or copyediting, and sometimes abbreviated to ce) is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, and style.

Correspondent - A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or TV.

Illustrator - An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text.

Salesman - A man who is employed to sell merchandise in a store or in a designated territory. 

Blogger - To write entries in, add material to, or maintain a weblog.

News anchor - a host of a regular news broadcast.

Producer: A producer begins by obtaining the rights to create or co-create a feature-length screenplay. The producer oversees the process, which includes coordinating, supervising and controlling major aspects of the project.

Photo Journalism: Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story.

Book Review

Catch 22 - By Joseph Heller

Mixing comedy and and a fair amount of sarcasm, Catch 22 follows the life of Yossarian, a WWII bombardier living in the war zone and subjected to an alternate universe with it's own perverse logic. The book has as many hilarious one-liners as deep critiques of human nature, religion and war. The perfect tone and absurdity of the book reflect a world where militarism and authority test the wits of the individual and seriously challenge his dignity and intelligence.

 

Economy Gaining Speed on Tricky Obstacle Course

John W. Schoen

This is an article about the job market and how bad it still is after the financial crash of 2008. It talks about the gains in jobs last month and how it seems like some parts of the economy are getting better but there are still a lot of things that could possibly go wrong. 

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Photojournalism

Photojournalism: is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story.

Old Famous example of photojournalism:

This photo was taken at the end of World War II in New York by Victor Jorgensen. It is one of the most recognizable examples of photojournalism because everybody can recognize the picture.

Read the article below article.

http://www.nursezone.com/nursing-news-events/more-features/A-Nurse%E2%80%99s-Iconic-Kiss-that-Marked-the-End-of-World-War-II_20220.aspx


New Example of photojournalism:

This awesome picture was taken by Stephen Lam for Reuters. It pictures people protesting on the streets of Oakland. These people clashed with police during the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in 2011.

Read Article below:

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/02/8604418-occupy-protesters-shut-down-oakland-port-operations