International Fair 2010

The Knox International Fair (I-Fair) 2011 culminated Saturday in the Kresge Auditorium Saturday with the 30^th annual I-Fair Talent Show.

The show was preceded with students flying their native flags and greeting the audience with their native tongue. The lobby of the Center for Fine Arts was adorned with displays by different cultural organizations.

The lobby was filled with a taste of the music and dance that was to come during the talent show.

Among other events during I-Fair was a screening of "The Namesake," lectures by Michael Schneider and Julio Noriega, and the International Buffet Lunch in the Oak Room earlier Saturday.

The Jive Turkey Throwdown video

Story will be e-mailed a bit later. Enjoy the video. Was I correct in only doing one caption for a photo? or did you want more than one?

NYTimes WikiLeaks article by executive editor

If you have some time, check this out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/magazine/30Wikileaks-t.html

Links to photo slide shows

Here are the links to the photo pieces we talked about tonight.

Photos from "The Final Salute"

Here's the link to the story that also won a Pulitzer.

This is the NY Times magazine audio and photo profile of Rockford, Ill.

article everyone should check out.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jan/19/manifesto-simple-scribe-commandments-journalists

Charlie's blog finds

Supplemental: Eric Zorn's Change of Subject: http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/

Eric Zorn is a regular columnist and editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune. Thus, this would be a supplemental blog. Hooray. His blog is mainly published online, but some parts appear in the Perspective section of the Sunday Tribune.

I found two that may qualify as "commercial." The first probably does not. It doesn't meet the criteria for "supplemental," but it also has no advertisement, and it simply consists of links to Reuters articles. The second seems legit.

Positive Economic News (hahaha!): http://positiveeconomicnews.com/

CBS Money Watch, "The Financial Decoder" (sounds really trustworthy): http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/

Reading assignment

Please read the two chapters from the book that I passed out. Plus, I would like everyone to read the piece below. It is largely focused towards large corporations, but there are some good points that to take away on tone and building information that is interesting and engaging.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/streams-feeds.html

Live blogging

Here is the link to the NYTimes example of a live blog. Start thinking about what instances a live blog of an event would be beneficial to your readership/audience and when it's just extra work for you as a writer.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/live-blogging-the-verizon-iphone-announcement/?src=mv

Nightly News' vs. Daily Show's take on the New York Post's story

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And here's the Daily Show's look at the same story (it starts around 1:20 into the video).

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Round-up from the 1/6/10

This is the story from the New Yorker on the executed man in Texas who may have been innocent.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann

Here's the piece from the New York Times by David Rohde on being captured by the Taliban.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/asia/18hostage.html?_r=3

This is Roland Martin. Watch it if you want to get an idea of his personality.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2010/11/01/exp.nr.velshi.

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Reading assignment

Please read the following chapter on ledes.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/isaacs/client_edit/Mencher.html

Inside the Actors Studio: Conan O'Brien parts 1 and 2

Tim Russert interviews Jane Fonda

The "EST" Questions

Here are the questions that we discussed in class on Thursday. Feel free to add some more in the comment section.

What is your earliest memory?

What is your worst fear?

When in your life were you most afraid?

What is the largest amount of money you have spent at one time?

What is the longest you have been away from home?

What is the happiest moment of your life?

When were you happiest in your life?

What is the saddest moment of your life?

What is the lowest moment you have experienced?

What is the best piece of advice you can give to someone?

What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?

When are you at your weakest?

What is your guilty pleasure?

What is the move life-changing event in your life?

What is the most powerful thing you have witnessed?

What is your strongest emotion?

When was the last time you made someone happy?

When was the last time someone made you happy?

What is the strangest thing you have heard/seen/witnessed/experienced?

Charlie Rose with William Buckley Jr.

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/8960

Larry King Interview with Iran's President Ahmadinejad

Part of the interview of Iran's President Ahmadinejad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjuCXuESyyA

Homelss man in Columbus, Ohio

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Here's the story that was talked about in class today about the homeless man who was discovered by a video journalist in Columbus, Ohio.

Julian Assange Interview

Here is the interview by Richard Gizbert of Julian Assange on the show Listening Post hosted by Al Jazeera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8vPrYMaOhY

Stay Classy Jour 272!

Thursday's class - Vice Guide to Liberia interview

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia

This is the full version of the Vice Guide to Liberia, of which I showed part 4 of 8 during class today. I also highly recommend the Vice Guide to North Korea.

Cheers.