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David Wallace managed to turn an ordinary lobster food festival into an extraordinary and captivating essay. He did this by taking a twist on the common love for food festivals and lobster. Wallace opened a new realm to food festivals and described how actually terrible they are and how much of a rip off theyContinue reading “Consider the Lobster”

Elizabeth Royte takes advantage of the Medium platform to make a more effective essay in multiple ways. However one way that stood out to me most was her use of images and placement of the imagery. For example, the first image you see is a stairway through the woods with shadows of humans. This editedContinue reading “Elizabeth Royte”

From Longform’s “Best of” list, I read Rebecca Onion’s essay called “Against Generations.” This essay was about how she and many others are against the idea of generations and how your generation tells something about you as a group. I think what the users of Longform liked so much about this essay was how allContinue reading “What Makes an Essay Great?”

Jay Rosen’s idea of how new journalists should “know everything about something” relates to our group project a lot. In her article she speaks a great deal on having a niche blog which is a blog on only one thing and that is basically what this group project is. We are creating a very specificContinue reading “Knowing Everything About Something”

Beth: I listened to the podcast on Heyoon and it was actually very interesting. The style of it really helped keep my attention because it started off in a story format. The main speaker, Alex Goldman, is telling the story of going to Heyoon, a pavilion in the middle of a random field in Michigan,Continue reading “Podcast Roundtable”

Two stylisitic elements I would like to take for inspiration from the podcast “Space” are: The separation of segments within the podcast. The use of bringing in other audio clips and background music. Two research elements I would like to take for inspiration from the podcast “Space” are: The use of interviews. Providing information onContinue reading “Greatest Artists Steal”

In order to lay out the vision of the show, Megan Han tells a story about her life as a millennial. She tells relatable stories about her high school, college and family life. From doing this, listeners are able to get an understanding of the host and what to expect in the future. She convincesContinue reading “Millennials”

The men in the podcast “The Giant Pool of Money” do a very great job at presenting their research to their audience in a cohesive and organized way. The most important thing they do is stay on topic. They never stray away from the topic they are discussing. Another beneficial thing they do is theyContinue reading “The Money Pool”

Deciding which of the three cases, Zakaria, Lehrer or Anderson, I thought was the worst was rather difficult. However, after a lot of thought, I concluded that Anderson’s case was the worst and Zakaria’s was the least objectionable. I chose Anderson’s case as the worst because he blatantly copied from other sources and used sentencesContinue reading “Zakaria, Lehrer and Anderson”