The Washington Post released an article called “Sweet and Sour” by Marta Zaranska this week that was quite interesting, to say the least. The article described a plethora of research and increase in studying a potential psychological-olfactory correlation. According to the article, in essence, mood and taste buds are linked. According to studies, your mood […]
Archive for March 29, 2016
under: Comm 455, newspapers
Tags: Comm 445, Danni Holland, Experiment, Journalism, Mood, Psychology, Study, Taste, Washington Post
Tags: Comm 445, Danni Holland, Experiment, Journalism, Mood, Psychology, Study, Taste, Washington Post
If the Beatles have a song named for it, it must be important. I’m talking, of course, about the British music newspaper turned magazine and blog, the New Musical Express (or NME). The music newspaper launched in 1949 in standard newsprint format, and was the first to publish its own singles chart that tracked the […]
Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped on the evening of April 3, 1936. He was taken from his crib in the Lindberg’s beautiful home in Hopewell, New Jersey. What would ensue afterwards would be one of the most bizarre stories that crime journalists have ever reported. Initially after the kidnapping, the New Jersey state police took over […]
Crack v. Heroin : because history will repeat itself.
Posted by: jcausey2 | March 29, 2016 | No Comment |A few days ago I watched the Frontline documentary ‘Chasing Heroin’. It was trending on my timeline, having been shared thousands of times and described as a searing film about an epidemic. That epidemic? Heroin. It’s a well-made film, typical of Frontlines with a strong journalistic edge. It is in fact searing and worth […]
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Tags: cocaine, crack, frontlines, History, jacquelynne causey, media coverage, Political Reporting, Politics, war on drugs
Tags: cocaine, crack, frontlines, History, jacquelynne causey, media coverage, Political Reporting, Politics, war on drugs
Velocity and Journalism: A complicated relationship
Posted by: Alec Moore | March 29, 2016 | No Comment |Looking into the history of journalism we can see as early as 3500 B.C. that velocity was important to news as the Chinese domestication of the horse was used to increase the speed of news. Today with the rise of the Internet and other instant communication technologies, velocity has increased dramatically for both better and […]
Marie Taglioni is known as being one of the most influential ballerinas in history. Her astounding talent and graceful dancing set her apart from most other dancers of her time. Taglioni’s debut was the brilliant La Sulphide which was made with her in mind, at least the Italian version did. Taglioni danced during the romantic era of the […]
There are a handful of criminal cases that have a left a lasting impact on our nation. The cases that gained attention and popularity did not do so only because of the severity of the crimes, but it was also due to the amount of media coverage they received. One of the greatest known criminal […]