Cover speech
I plan on attending Truth Lies and Politics this Tuesday February 16th at 7:00 pm in Wait Chapel. The speakers are Naomi Oreskes, Anthony Appiah, and Dan Kahan. They will be discussing rationality, choice, and ideologies in an election year. I think this will be an interesting event to cover since we are in the midst of an election year and they will offer a different perspective and their thoughts, which I am excited to hear.
TEDX at Wake
Another idea I have is to cover Wake Forest’s 5th annual TedX event speakers on Saturday February 20th from 12 to 4 pm in Wait Chapel. This year’s theme is Haven where speakers will be talking about what it means to find security and peace in their fields of expertise. This would be fun to go to because it is a big event that many people have been talking about so I would love to be apart of it.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:21 pm
Chinese Lunar New Year Festival:
The Chinese Lunar New Year Festival is a cultural event occurring on campus at 3:00 PM in the barn on February 13. I’d like to get a sense of the atmosphere and then interview someone working there, someone attending, and someone from China who can explain the significance of the event and how it compares on campus.
Mi Pueblo:
Since Mi Pueblo is a local hotspot for college students, I’d like to get some information on what makes the restaurant so popular, like their top-selling dishes, drinks, and a history of it being one of Wake’s favorite places. I’d like to get the perspective of a student, but also the perspective of the manager or waiter at the restaurant.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:13 am
David Blue is a Sophomore at Wake Forest University and he has had a passion for journalism since he was a kid. This passion and curiosity to learn more is the main reason why he is taking an intro to journalism class at Wake Forest University. According to Blue, his interest in journalism started from his love for sports. Blue recalled “when I was in 8th grade I wrote for the sports column at my school and I really fell in love with it” he went on to say “I haven’t been able to do it since then and really want to get back into it”. He played many sports in Highschool. Blue also watches ESPN regularly and reads blogs about sports. Blue said he thinks being a sports writer is a potential career that he would like to pursue.
David Blue is a Sophomore at Wake Forest, is a Political Science major, and a Journalism minor. Blue first experimented with business classes and sciences classes but discovered that a reading and writing education was a better fit for his skill sets.
Friday, January 29, 2016 4:16 pm
Well known nature photographer and current Wake Forest University Sophomore, Suyash Keshari, finds that his interest in journalism spurs from his passion for photography and filmmaking.
“I feel like photography and filmmaking is all about telling stories,” he said when discussing the allure of journalism in relation to his award winning photography. “You can’t do too much with a photograph without telling a story.”
Keshari’s interest in photography stems from his love and interest in nature conservation efforts, specifically having to do with Tiger conservation in India’s wild game reserves. He sees photography and journalism as ways in which to spread the message of Tiger conservation to a wider audience.
Through his journalism, Keshari wants to investigate “[w]hy things are the way they are, the problems and how they can be dealt with or mitigated.” For now, the scope of his journalistic efforts is narrow, but in the future he hopes to broaden his latitudes to focus on the larger impact of the way in which humans interact with the natural world.
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:48 pm
Ever Since Anna Conte took a community journalism class at Wake Forest she knew journalism was her calling. She enjoyed writing stories based on interesting and pressing issues in downtown Winston-Salem.
Anna Conte from Ethica New York wants to study journalism as a minor at Wake Forest because she believes that it is a “great minor that can apply to a lot of different things.” She sees herself as a possible political reporter or in magazine writing.
She likes that journalism is a great “opportunity to get out there and interact with a wide variety of people” (Anna Conte). In the future she does not see herself sitting down in a cubicle, instead she wants to be in a “social interactive setting” learning about the everyday issues in the world.
Friday, January 29, 2016 1:43 pm
Sophomore Megan Schmit is studying communications with a minor in journalism and art history at Wake Forest University. In the past year, Schmit has been more serious in considering a career in writing and editing for women’s fashion magazines and has chosen to take Journalism 270 to improve her skills and opportunities in this field.
Schmit has been interested in women’s fashion magazines since the age of 10 and from her exposure, she believes that fashion is something the world pays a lot of attention to. Some of Schmit’s favorite magazines include, Marie Claire, InStyle, and Vogue.
In the past, Schmit has written about sexual education disparities, the Oregon school schooting and recapped major changes on Wake Forest campus over the summer. Schmit believes these subjects are important and writes to encourage the public to be more informed about them.
Her articles can be found on hercampus.com.
From only a few classes, Schmit has already gained a greater understanding of journalism.
“I have a new appreciation for being extremely accurate, including where and who you get you’re information from, and making sure you’re titling everyone correctly.” Other skills that Schmit hopes to take from journalism are, the ability to analyze, and communicate effectively.
Friday, January 29, 2016 12:54 am
Karlee Spirit, a prospective communications major aspires to be a sports reporter, but sparks an interest in journalism to find any similarities to eventually implement into the workforce.
Spirit, an Ocean City, New Jersey native is a sophomore at Wake Forest University where she plays on the women’s field hockey team.
“Being an athlete, I really wanted to stay in sports because I really enjoy the competitiveness and I’ve always felt comfortable with public speaking so I wanted to find a profession that combined the two.”
Curiosity in wanting to know how to properly conduct an interview left her searching for a journalism course. She feels as if journalism will help to inform her on the rights and wrongs and ins and outs that are so closely related to that of a reporter.
“It’s one thing to watch an interview, but another to actually be the one doing it.”
Spirit hopes that the life of a journalist will only better her hopeful career as a sports reporter.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:07 pm
Seven year old Rachel Hirsch was destined to be an elementary teacher. She didn’t know it yet, but her experiences during her senior year of high school would prove it to her.
“I decided to shadow a first grade class for my senior project my senior year. There was a little girl struggling so I took her aside and helped her in the right direction. Once she finally got it, it was the most rewarding feeling I had ever felt.”
Hirsch, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, is a sophomore at Wake Forest University majoring in elementary education and minoring in creative writing. Her focus in creative writing and love for teaching has motivated her to take on the challenge of journalism.
While teaching is an art of thinking on your feet and taking on whatever is thrown at you on that day, Hirsch believes journalism is of paralleled tasks and responsibilities.
A motivation backed by an enjoyment for writing and a challenge for a new angle of writing, she figured being a journalist would allow her to be creative in a different way. She finds journalism as a stepping stone for bettering her skills for down the road, but admitted to her difficulty in being able to fully embrace the art of being a journalist.
“The test for me is going to be able to change from essay style to using the active voice, while being short and to the point and not providing tons of details.”
Hirsch finds numerous similarities in being a journalist and studying journalism to her process in becoming a student teacher, teacher’s assistant, and hopefully one day a teacher.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:11 pm
“I really like staying in the know and what’s going on in the world” says John Bennett Brownlow who is a Senior at Wake Forest University.
Being an english and philosophy double major, Bennett shares that he loves reading and writing and does it very often. His interest in journalism came about when he started reading the Vice Online Magazine. Bennett says “Vice reporters share those stories which are either underreported or go completely unreported.” He is thinking about interning with them in the summer and in interested in covering “exotic stories that involve travel.”
Bennett feels that this class would help him in reading comprehension and his current majors in turn will help him in writing. Additionally he says “Being a philosophy major, it will be easier for me to delve into the human aspect”
Besides reading and writing, Bennett also enjoys playing soccer and indulging in outdoor adventures like snowboarding, rock climbing and hiking.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:11 pm
Sophomore Emily Eisert did not expect to study journalism; in fact, she was not sure if she wanted to attend college at all.
Her original plan was to continue with ballet since attending college would mean missing out on crucial years of training if she wanted to be a professional ballet dancer. However, she decided to attend Wake Forest, and though she dances less than she did in high school, she continues to pursue it at school.
Eisert planned to go to medical school when she entered the university as a freshman, but she decided to switch and major in communication and minor in journalism, instead. Her community journalism class was a major factor in her decision.
“Going out into the community and doing actual reporting, researching, interviewing and writing gave me a pretty good taste of what a career could be like in this field and I still like learning about science, but I could never see myself doing that as a career,” Eisert said. “After taking this one class, it felt right.”
Though she has not decided exactly what she wants to do after college, Eisert said that she would ideally like to do something in broadcast journalism though she enjoys writing, too.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 7:50 pm
