New York Protest response, interview with protester

My visit to Manhattan to cover the protest, it was filled with challenges. It was not on the New York Times so I went to Manhattan heading to the route of the Financial District. Along the way I saw the crowd increase, and I end up in Zuccotti Park on Liberty Avenue. There I saw lots of different people from all walks of life, from the single mothers to the stock worker who got laid off. All in protest all united for one cause. I also saw that there were sleeping bags, old mattresses and thousands of blanks ready to sleep in the park. I was happy when I beat several journalists to a good story. CNN came with a hug truck but did not set up as yet; I even beat the student news paper from Harvard University. There were hundreds of police officers ready to control if things got out of hand.

 This protest drew a lot of attention from the average New Yorkers to a lot of visitors. Several of the tour bus passed and slowed down to show the visitors what was going on. Before I knew it there was thousands more people started to show up, even more journalist began to show up to cover the news. I did manage to talk to a protestor named Trevor Roulstin age 25; he is a married man with two kids whose names I did not want to ask for. But I asked him one question what is the reason for all of this? His first response was “I can’t speak for everyone” so I said what made you do all this. He is here because he is tired of giving away one pay check to live in his house, and the other goes to food. He is also he is tired of Wall Street not caring of people with no money or not caring at all. Also I over heard from another protester that there will be a huge walk tomorrow.

New York Times responce “Amorous Squids Seeks Partner: Any Sex Will Do”

The article “Amorous Squids Seeks Partner: Any Sex Will Do” in the New York Times is about the Octopoteuthis Deletron squid. Not much is known about this type of squid except it lives thousands of feet below the water where there is hardly any life or any life. Scientist have discovered that their lifestyle is one filled with solitude and the squid can’t tell the difference between a male or a female, due to this mistake they tend to mate with the same sex equally as they will with the opposite sex.

How they mate is the male ejaculates a packet of sperm at the mating partner, and the packet turn inside out and the sperm sticks to the mate’s flesh. Then the female would fertilize them when she is ready. This ritual can be done to earthier a male or female. Sciences also have discovered these sperm cells on males as well as females. Some blame their lonely lifestyle with no contact with other Octopoteuthis Deletron squid when another squid comes along, they don’t take the chance that it may or may not be the opposite sex they mate and then leave.

 I believe this theory because a lonely life can be hard on anyone even animals, lonely is lonely and if you get a chance to not be alone even if it is with another of your same gender. This can be exemplified in humans as well when subjected to similar conditions. This does not mean that the squid is “gay” it should be understood as “lonely squid”.

Article responce: Opening Shot

This event, the resignation of Hosni Mubarak gave the boost that the media in Egypt and other Arab country needed. Also the news of Mubarak spread all over the world including the United States. Most of the Egyptians that live in New York gathered in Time Square to protest and the coverage spread back to Egypt. The citizens that want Mubarak to step down found great use for the protests that the media has covered. The media across the country of Egypt and around it was influenced by this cause, for the first time the media was the voice of the people not the government or what religion dictates. This action even made it to the White House was President Obama made a speech asking, Hosni Mubarak to step down and be replaced by the person what the people want. This prompted him to step down.

The media was finally used in a democratic manner to remove a corrupt power to someone the people wanted. This shows me the power that media has and what the media can do, it is able to even change an entire country for better or for worse. The news not matter if it is radio, television, or in a paper it has the power to let people know what is going on. Even if it is not around them even across the world but it may affect anyone, this proves to me information is important no matter what it is.

Chapter 1 response

Chapter one was a very interesting chapter. Now I know how journalism started in Poland as a way to rebel against the government. It shows the power the people has over the government; it puts in the term there is power in numbers. Including the modern times with emailing and computers if a person feel offended by the news or a certain reporter they can call or email the news reporter and voice their opinion. With modern times the news in my opinion has more power due to the advantages of the 21^st century. They have numbers that the average Joe can call in and suggest news stories, from things that happen in their neighborhood or in their daily lives that may affect others.

what i want to learn in this calss

What i would like to learn in this class, is to improve my writing skills. So i am able to craft a better papers  for this class and others to come. Also i would like to get a better understanding on how information gets to my tv, the radio in my SUV, and all places where i get my news. How this links to the class reading the article made by Baryn Pitts it showed me the will and bravery it takes to get information, to the public even on 9/11.

Hello

Hi, my name is Justyn