2.24.10

1.http://www.observer.com/2010/media/slew-non-demotions-ithe-new-york-timesi-0

A. One more great thing about journalism is the variety. It is a flexible career that allows one a to hop from place to place, constantly maintaining a sort of teenage type of freedom that at some level we all crave. The ablity to change not only change roles on the paper ( from editor to reporter) but from news to lifestyle to sports...It is great. Who wouldn't want to be a journalist? The thing I learned about journalism today is that it is totally awesome, and the best job in the world.

B. Ethics: Journalism gets in your blood, and it stays there. "In the memo announcing that Suzanne Daley would be leaving her job of heading up the paper’s national coverage to take on a 'special assignment” reporting on Europe, he said, “I have no doubt she will return to important editing roles. She is too good at it to be away for long.'" I think this is the case for any journalist who truly loves what they do, you can never really abandon it.

C. I can apply this information to my maintaining my flexibility, and not ever becomming too tied to a certain position. Jumping from editor to reporter and back again is an essential transition to completely understand the relationship between the two positions. Acting as an editor makes you a better reporter and acting as a reporter will make you a better reporter. The article described journalistic flexibilty as such: “Journalists are disposed to a kind of A.D.D., a restless curiosity, while there are, of course, writers who happily specialize for most of a career, one great lure of this work is that you can move from subject to subject, from reporting to editing and back again. So, think of it as pushing the ‘refresh’ button.”

How many careers provide a refresh button? Not many.

2.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/technology/23apps.html?scp=2&sq=Feb%2023,%202010&st=cse

I love this article because I love the fact that there is an actual brand out there that still maintains some form or morality in their marketing...how many companies are capitalizing off of porn addiction? Apple is refusing to do so, which makes me want to buy an Ipad, camera or not, just to support there efforts. This story also uses good quotes and is an interesting read.