Monthly Archives: July 2008

Wall-E and The Dark Knight

I saw Wall-E last night. I know it’s a kids film, but I loved it. You will hear none of my usual vitriol for films today. It was heartwarming, sad, and just beautiful. You would have to be dead inside not to enjoy it. I was in tears from about half way through until the [...]

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News journalism and Ad Sales – fairly similar

Most journalists, and most media sales people exist in a kind of tenuous harmony with each other. Journalists hate sales because they muddy their integrity. Salespeople don’t like journos because they seem to be a drain on on company finances. I’ve now done both and am beginning to think that they are a lot more [...]

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Ana turns 26 (again)

Last night was Ana’s birthday BBQ. I had to write two stories today about different events that I had attended this weekend, so naturally everyone at the party suggested that I write about the party. I doubt that I my teacher would let me get away with it so I doing it for your own [...]

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Back to school

So, end of day two and I’m already completely exhausted. What we’re doing isn’t incomprehensible and with practice I will certainly improve. We’ve begun by learning how to write the news, and I think that if I’m able to absorb what Keith has taught us, I will be in with a fairly good chance of [...]

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