From Sleepless in Seattle to Almost Famous, Hollywood has been romanticizing the journalism profession forever. Here are just a few examples.
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I propose we bring back the newsies. I’ll start by screaming headlines from this week’s newspaper around campus and see what happens.
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Although Harry Potter is a fictional and perhaps dorky way to make a connection to international media, the Potter Watch comparison does hold truth. In many ways, the fictional radio broadcast is akin to the international blogs that fill the voids left by mainstream media in censored countries.
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How the war in Afghanistan is designed to be perpetual By Isabel Braverman “It’s not a matter of whether the war is real or not:…
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Bedlam Productions, 2010 By Isabel Braverman In these times of bipartisan journalism seeing a piece of honest journalistic work is rare. It is even rarer…
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Music as the voice of a generation By Isabel Braverman How did John Lennon’s “give peace a chance” turn into Lupe Fiasco’s “I really think…
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The unhealthy ways companies sell us their drugs By Isabel Braverman Everyone knows the shtick—you go to the doctor’s office, talk for 20 minutes about…
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The politics of medical marijuana cafes By Isabel Braverman In a typical morning at Ganja Gourmet, owner Steve Horowitz whips up some lasagna… with pot…
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The evolution of waiting on the road to waiting on Craigslist By Isabel Braverman Gone are the days of Kerouac-inspired hitchhiking frenzies and hippies driving…