J 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Alice Walker, Kilt, Paparazzi
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Started at the school newspaper, then went onto internships. Some highlights from her career as a journalist. Was told by a chain-smoking, raspy-voiced old reporter. Ordered a pizza to be delivered to her car during a reporting stake-out. Spent an evening with a guy in a kilt reviewing scotch. Interviewed alice walker and billie jean king in the same hour. Got elbowed in the face by european paparazzi while covering prince charles drinking a pint. This course will provide an overview of today"s media professions. Our inquiry will focus on guest lectures from faculty and media professionals who have direct knowledge of today"s media and communication landscape. All communications industries are going through enormous and exciting changes as they adapt to new technologies and engagement patterns. We will exchange ideas with guest speakers and attempt to define how these changes are revamping traditional workplace patterns and positions.
