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Week 16: Final Post Assignment Due Date: Monday, Dec. 20

The tour I took was ” The East Village,” and after watching the video I have learned that back in the 1800 centuries, the east village which is downtown Manhattan, used to be a town for immigrants who are mostly Jewish.  Now as centuries go by, downtown lower Manhattan has slowly become Chinatown for Chinese immigrants who immigrated to the U.S.  As I continued to watch the video I have also learned that Abraham Cahan was the founder of the Foward, and he wrote about politics.  At 236 east third street of east village, is The Noyrican poet’s cafe cofounded by Miguel Algarin in 1973. The cafe continues to be a form for poetry, music, hip-hop, video, visual arts, comedy, and theater, explaining the philosophy. I’ve learned a lot about each street and it has a past history that leads the how-to streets changed in the present day. For example, a particular scene of the video explains that in 1953 at 206 east 7th street it talks about the apartment of Allen Ginsberg. It talks about a man named Allen Ginsberg who lives at 206 east 7th street, who was a poet and years goes by Allen Ginsberg have been moving from building to building.  One of the journalism projects I might like to do in the future would be at Noytican poet’s cafe because it doesn’t just have poetry in it but it also has music, hip-hop, videos, visual art, comedy, and theater that I can learn and talk about.  Everything I do at that cafe would be posted on my Instagram, which gives it recognition so more customers can come by.  In 1964, Ed Sanders opened Peace Eye BookStore, and the bookstore includes art, music, and poetry. Ed Sanders and Allen Ginsberg found the commitment to legalized marijuana and the store also hosted an underground comic art exhibition featuring work by Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Kim Deech, and others.  But unfortunately, business doesn’t go well for Sanders when the authorities forced him out of business because he was charged for selling lewd on January 2nd, 1966.  In 77 Saint Marks Place,  the former address of W.H. Auden, whose full name is Winston Hugh Auden was a British poet, arrived in New York City in 1939 from October to September 1 940. He lived in Brown Stone in a Montague terrorist in Brooklyn Height where he can compose new year letters from 1953 to 1972, he and his companion Chester lived on the second floor.  In Auden’s letter, he wrote that the enthusiastic immigrants are where America is the place that most accurately reflects his poetic program and achieving a collective betterment through individual self-knowledge.  I’ve learned a lot about different poets from different locations and how to make money, and the one particular tour I liked the most in the video, would be 105 2nd Avenue where The East Village Other is located. It is one of the earliest counter-cultural newspapers that was found and it really discusses the important topic of Anarchy,  Women’s rights, black power, free love, legalization, local housing issues, and ending the war in Vietnam.

I would expand my OpEd is by looking at websites that help support my thesis statement about the topic and talking about the pros and cons of the situation.

Week 9: Lewis Raven Wallace on “Journalistic Objectivity” and your OpEd Assignment. Post Due: Wed., Nov. 3rd

In a paragraph, respond to one point Wallace makes in his writing that you found interesting and important. Alternately, give a current example that speaks to the danger of journalists being too neutral or a story that isn’t being covered but should be.

 

What I found interesting about Wallace’s writing was how he typed down numbers to label his explanation.  Label in numbers he talked about the important key point when it comes to being a journalist and that includes journalists fighting back and about journalists should tell the truth and check facts before publishing their article. I stand for what Wallace believes in as a journalist and he said that targeting people is not a natural thing. For example, one of his quotes explains about telling the truth when journalists write about someone else’s stories, and he said, ” In other words, we can check our facts, tell the truth, and hold the line without pretending there is no ethical basis to the work that we do.” One of the current examples that explain the dangers of journalists being too neutral was that some journalists can’t be neutral at all. Furthermore, Wallace explains that being neutral isn’t for every journalist and he would know because he, himself is transgender. Coming out as a transgender isn’t easy and Wallace did keep quiet and that includes another journalist who is minorities who fear racism and discrimination.  Wallace continues to say that reporting can no longer remain neutral because many of the journalists who’ve told the truth in key historical moments have been outliers and members of an opposition.

Week 8: Maria Ressa, Facebook, and The Opinion Editorial (or OpEd). Post Due, Mon. Oct. 25

Are the dangers of Social Media real? Yes, social media can be dangerous and real and it’s especially dangerous for journalist. Many journalist have faced many difficulties over times such as criticism on social media. Social Media can be a very powerful platform for journalist and for other citizens and anything can happen whether it’s bad or good.  Maria Ressa was one of the female journalist who went through a lot of the years in 2018 and she was a Filipino-American journalist.  She was arrested many times by her own government due to false accusations and it was difficult for her as to why they would make false news about her and arrest her when she’s just trying to be a normal journalist. Ms. Ressa met with Facebook executives to show them research indicating that the social media giant needed to take action against fake news spreading on their platform.  Maria Ressa also quoted, “Online violence leads to real world violence.” Another example about Facebook social media would be involving Trump as he spread false claims against Biden. The “Fake News” need to be taken accountable, because who knows how many other lies or false news can affect the journalist and the people themselves. Spreading lies can laced with anger and hate and without the truth there is definitely no trust and without proof there’s obviously no trust guarantee. During the interview of Maria Ressa she also pointed out the sexism against women as a journalist and only 18 women was elected to win the Noble prize. And due to women journalist facing obstacles and sexism, many women opted out and quit working. She believe to hire more women and to bring the culture back and the whole reason why women journalist was affect was because the downfall of feminist movement. The feminist movement is a movement for women fight for equality and especially the equality for female journalist, but because of social movement it can easily bring the movement down.  So this explains why social media, including Facebook is a dangerous platform sometimes, because it can easily tear people’s career with any fake news or lies.

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