3.24.10

1.http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/tucker-Carlson-What-I-Read-929

A. Day in the life of a professional journalist: get up, digest every piece of information that has been presented to the public in the six hours of information gathering you forfeited to sleep. "I would say 40 percent of my news content, though, comes from the oral tradition, from stuff I hear. Lunch is one of my main sources of news. I’ll eat with my colleagues or usually with someone I don’t work with and pick up tons of news." It is a requirement for a good journalist to be a social creature and to be contantly funneling through information gathered in all types of ways, including in person along with in print.

B. In class we discussed how when fiction writers are working on a novel they completely avoid the written in word so they can maintain completely orgionality and be sure that nothing is not directly extracted from their own psyche. I believe that journalism is the exact opposite. Journalist's must be CONSTANTLY reading to be sure that they are giving adequate coverage to every side of the story. Saturating yourself in information is the only way to give ensure great journalism.

C. I need to read more, I scan headlines and read some of the Nytimes, and sometimes the Standard Journal and the Post Register, but that is pretty much it. For my beat coverage I could probably spend more time reading and listening and less time talking, also getting out of the scroll office is probably another good suggestion for getting good information.

2. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/technology/24nintendo.html?scp=2&sq=March%2024,%202010&st=cse

Um, this is AWESOME. I am not a gamer but if Nintendo makes a 3-D version of a hand held game system, that would be AWESOME and I am completely going to purchase it. This is good journalism because the author is writing directly from the source, Toyko/. Also , it is a facinating possibility that games could become 3D. Good headline, good sources, good writing, love it.