Anime Kida new release

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New Lights

Fernando Blanco
title: New Lights
published on :6/14/2010
Last class I attended a very peculiar lecture where parents and students participated and shared experiences alike. My professor once said,” Everyone has a story to tell.” In this parent, teacher lecture I gained a deeper appreciation for what it means to be free. When I arrived to the United States, I believed my journey was over. I believed I was moving to a wonderful house in a technological wonderland full of giant robots, flying cars and 3D videos. Little did I know that my journey through America was just beginning. While in class, I listened to the parent of one of my fellow students. This man spoke of the dangers of taking freedom for granted. He had too much freedom and believed he could get away with anything. One day that freedom was taken away from him. I felt identified with this man who, like me, traveled to the US thinking everything was going be handed on a plate. Little did I know how hard I would have to fight for that plate. This man made many mistakes in his early life, mistakes I hope to avoid. His lecture taught me the true meaning of freedom and the implications behind that freedom.

During that lecture I gained a deeper appreciation for citizen journalist. Until now, I saw city journalist as nothing more than yellow gossiping, attention starved buffoons. Now, one class away from finishing this crash course in introductory journalism, I’ve learned citizen journalists are often the watchmen of our community. They take pride in their community and care for the events that occur at a local level. They protect citizens like you and me from oppressors. They expose social problems and more importantly, they help shape the way we perceive the world around us. Little did I know I would soon become a citizen journalist and begin writing little blogs and columns online reporting stories of my own interest.

Last lecture allowed me to gain a deeper appreciation of journalism in a historic context. Before I used to believe journalist where suppose to be “fair and balance.” I thought true reporters kept their own opinions away from the news. Yet, twelve chapters of American journalism later, I’ve seen journalist taking sides, supporting presidents and fighting oppression. I have also gained a greater appreciation for the journalist’s Bill of Rights. While I lived in Cuba, I once got in trouble for mentioning my American family in a public tribune. My family was threatened and we were forced to flee the country. I was 10 years at the time. Here I have the freedom to pick a side, make an opinion and most importantly, protection from those who disagree with me.

Story Ideas

Fernando Blanco
Journalism stories ideas
published on 6/7/2010

1) – FIU Students complain about the rising prices for tuition. Students ignore how their money is been used by FIU. I intend to find out. I’ve gained an inside scoop on FIU spending. I have a reliable source who works on the inside. His name shall be kept hidden until the article is printed to keep the story fresh. My source shall explain the big picture behind all the budget spending. What are the accounts FIU seeks to acquire? What does FIU do with the tuition money?

2) –Before I explain this story I feel it may be a good idea to establish my credentials in the subject. I’m not a journalist; I’m a computer engineer. I would like to make a story on a new revolutionary firewall that will be implemented on banks and mayor companies around the world. Quantum inscription keys are the most advanced firewalls. It uses prime number and quantum equations to digitize data beyond decryption. It’s the ultimate anti-hacker firewall, virtually impossible to crack. The first Q-Wall shall be implemented for the first time in two month.
3) – I would like to report on an Asian culture related story. I would to visit a place like Kanamari and report on the new developments in Japanese pop culture. I have a minor in Asian studies, speak Japanese and know a lot of people who are in touch with Asian culture. I may not be able to travel to Japan but I can easily write an article on anything Japanese.

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My point: News media is the driving force behind social change.i

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published by Fernando Blanco
My point: News media is the driving force behind social change.
Published on 5/31/2010

Newspaper and local media are the driving forces behind social change. Newspapers, like the Liberator, gave abolitionist a medium to transmit their message to the masses. Journalism martyr Reverend Lovejoy, wrote an article stating that “Slavery is a sin.”Fredric Douglass relied on his Liberator to disseminate his message of freedom. African American activist understood the need for slaves to “plea their own case.” Maria Steward’s anti slavery articles where rejected because “it was unfitting for a woman to speak such way.” She took the role of a teacher and educated the future African American journalist. According to Streitmatter, “News media propagated ideologies and morals.” The first black newspaper helped “slaves to plea their own case.” Media’s power to bring about social change was understood by anti-abolitionist. Reverent Lovejoy’s print station was destroyed by pro slavery mobs. Lovejoy too died in the name of freedom.
The media serves as a guardian of society. Whenever injustice and inequality shows its face, caring men and women pick up the pen and write. During the 1950s Brown vs. Board of Education, schools pleaded that blacks and whites where too different to allow interaction. The development of television allowed African American and whites to interact. It showed the world that they had more thing s in common than they imagined. The Civil Rights movement was “the first TV news Story.” Countless people saw rallies for equality being victimized by police brutality. They saw men and women, black and white, holding hands for equality clubbed to near death by the police. TV helped raise sympathy for the cause. Martin Luther King’s capture in Birmingham and his subsequent interview allowed Civil Right to gain political power. Images like the police dog ripping a protestor’s guts apart compelled the masses to join the struggle for equality. Television and journalism brought to life the injustices and vileness of the world. People slept in ignorance while the world felt apart little by little. The news media’s brought those injustices to life. They forced US citizens to face the cruel injustice perpetrated in their own native soil.

Behemoth of Progress

Behemoth of Progress
By: Fernando Blanco
Published: 5/22/2010
Spending twenty minutes doing nothing seem like an easy assignment, but not after what I went through. My sister and I decided to performed this exercise together and compare experiences afterward. Rather than seating in a room doing absolutely nothing, we decided do something a bit more interesting. On Saturday, we visited La Ermita de la Caridad. Luckily the trip usually takes exactly a twenty minute drive from my house. I had my mother drive us to the church. In order to facilitate our experience we had the radio turned off.  Also, we decided to take a different route. Little did we know how frightening and unexpected experience was going to become.

At first, I thought I would write about the beautiful sunset or the quiet streets. However, after the car drove pass the Metro Rail, we found ourselves in uncharted territory. The quietude of our little neighborhood suddenly vanished. Instead, I saw a barren and broken-down neighborhood.  Beneath the unfinished Metro Rail bridge lives a small African American community. It was our first time in this neighborhood. Suddenly, the traffic sign turns yellow.  Mother puts the pedal to the metal, but to no avail. The light turned red.
A group of scary looking people walked toward our car. I wanted to scream, but was too afraid to do so. Here where two or three strangers coming toward us, and we had no idea where we were. Suddenly, one of those scary, frightening men knocked against the window with a cup. “What do you want,” my mother mumbled. The man banged his cup against the windows. “Can you spare 25cents please,” uttered the man.
I than noticed he was a beggar. We gave a sigh of relief and offered him what little spare change we had. As we stumbled past the uncharted streets, I noticed the burned garbage cans, and the broken trailers. People living under the unfinished bridge, seating around burned garbage cans. These kinds of stuff you see in movies, but cannot imagine seeing in real life. I found myself faced with a reality worst than my own. It was bewildering, and terrifying. I saw families cooking around a campfire and a sign of an Episcopalian church with a Martin Luther king like priest screaming at the entrance. I saw an unfamiliar gas station on Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Avenue.
The car drove aimlessly through the streets. I saw unfinished metro rail pillars thru the town. I imagined I would hear a story in the news about families who lost their houses due to the construction of a metro rail. People who would have to be relocated to allow the passage of this iron behemoth of progress. Then again, maybe I won’t hear anything.

Avenging Gods of Journalism: reporters sought out for the people

By: Fernando Blanco
Published May 5, 2010
Avenging gods of journalism: reporters sought out for the people

American journalism shaped the course of American history. During the American Revolution, revolutionaries like Samuel Adams and Tom Paine used printed media to ignite the fires of revolution. Similarly during the 1920s, Lila Weinberg and other journalist used the media to check on the power of large corporations. Journalism in America stands in opposition to those who abuse their power. The oppressed Americans used journalism to demonize the British. Likewise, in the 1920s journalism expose the gruesome facts behind large corporations’ hold over the American economy.
During the Revolution, editors sought to empower the rebellion by demonizing the British. Samuel Adams often described the British as ravaging giants of injustice. Samuel Adams presented himself in his writing as an avenger of justice who sought out for the people. These journalists described how British soldiers harassed both the elderly and the young women. The Boston Massacre was described as a blood fest, where British soldiers brutally massacred four helpless colonialists. These stories, often fictitious, served to fuel the flames of the American Revolution. The Americans masses saw themselves oppress by a powerful tyrant. It became a battle to protect their women and children from the evils of an oppressor from afar. Tom Paine compared the British rulers to Roman tyrants. “No taxation without representation,” and “taxation without representation is tyranny,” phrases where coined for the first time by Jonathan Mayhew, became the ravaging cry of the oppressed masses. During that time, Moliere and Voltaire ideas spread through the colonies thanks to the printed media. Fouché, Robespierre and the horrors that preceded the French Revolution found their way into the colonies. Tom Paine’s “Common Sense,” coined Voltaire’s phrase that describes when men’s “undeniable rights.” Journalist united the people and became the machinery behind the revolution.
Similarly, during the 1920s, American freedom became threatened by the power of corporation. The birth of national corporations brought the U.S .to the top of economic prosperity. Despite the exponential growth, the average citizen still lived in extreme poverty. Often the phase “For the corporation, by the corporation” served as a reminder of huge power corporations typhoons held over American politics. Enormous money injections allowed large corporations to remain in control while worker conditions and product quality suffered. As a result, journalism focused on the injustices of corporation rubber barons. According to Rodger Streitmatter, corporation focused journalism were “Directly responsible for such initiative as the pure food and drug act direct election of senators and city state reform.” Advances in technology allowed for the easy affordability of informative magazines. The easy dissemination of information helped end age of the powerful corporation. Journalist made detail reports exposing the malpractices of national corporations. They denounced unfair prizes, low product quality and many other secrets that these corporations sought to hide. Bringing these facts to the public gave them greater awareness of the injustices of large corporations. Journalist paved the road for the creation of work unions and workers rights.

“So you want to start a revolution” – Celebrities in political activism yesterday and today.

“So you want to start a revolution” – Celebrities in political activism yesterday and today.
Fernando Blanco
5/10/2010

During the 60s, The Beatles revolutionized and inspired an entire generation of socially aware liberal students.  These thrill seekers compiled lyrics, political messages, and used the media to “Start a revolution.”John Lennon’s messages became central for youth driven political ideologies of the so call hippie breed. The media saw in these four boys from Liverpool attractive faces that could easily be marketed to the public. Television was new in the 60s. It became a mirror portal to the wide world. In that small box, the Beatles were seen as the bearers of change. They brought new and bizarre experiences.

Forty year into the present, audiences are still drawn to telivision and celebrities for political opinion. In South Florida, Emilio Estafan and Willy Chirino compelled a massive demonstration to support the “Las Damas de Blanco” in their struggle to free their husbands from captivity. The media coverage of this event helped to spread public awareness of this issue. Simultaneously, all over the world, women started dressing in white to show their support. Millions of people saw Willy Chirino accuse the Castro regime of committing crimes against humanity. In addition, the Internet and social media helped stimulate the widespread the message of freedom. Today news is not restricted to Television and the newspapers. Now your average citizen can reach mass audiences thru the use of live forums and the Internet.

I am new to this journalism class. All that I know comes from my sister who has brief me on the lectures. I learned from my sister and the book, Mightier than the Sword by Rodger Streitmatter, that the invention of the internet shifted media focus from newspaper and television to individuals. Anyone can now pick up a camera and start a TV channel. Internet, like television in the sixties, became the new frontier in the transmission of information. Opinions and polls can be obtained instantly and result tabulated quicker through the internet.

Sensationalism: Dangers of the media’s power to change American history

Sensationalism: Dangers of the media’s power to change American history By Fernando Blanco                                                                                                            Published:  5/10/2010

On the summer of 2009, a swine flu wave swoop the United States. Several months later, the swine flu had claimed 20,000 victims. Its rapid growth earned the swine flu the title of pandemic.  The media coverage of this issue brought about a general awareness of swine flu’s dangers. Unfortunately, the general awareness erupted into a state of total panic. Mexico closed its borders and people started being quarantined in airports. In addition, this flu dealt a serious blow to the swine processing and manufacturing industries.  The media fed on the common fear and ignorance of their audiences. Their sensationalized facts only served to add fuel to the fire. Human interest stories revolving swine flu victims crowded the front page. In any case, media coverage only served to aggrandize the general state of fear.

American history has often been described as a reckless rush toward a bitter resolution.  “Remember the Alamo” – “Remember Pearl Harbor” and the better known “Remember 9-11” slogans, in the hands of audience hungry yellow journalist, have hurdled America into the decadence of war. The sensationalized coverage on the Twin Towers terrorist attack caused the pragmatic attack on the Middle East. 

Two years and two thousand Billion dollars later, journalist blamed George W. Bush for the chaos generated on the Middle East. The general public seems to have forgotten that, two years ago, they cried, “Blood for blood” on the steps of the White House. The president acted upon the will of his media craze citizens.  According to the 9-11 Commissioner Report, the president was forced to act due to his fears that the media would cause mayor a revolt among the populous.   Needless to say, titles like “Hijacked Jets Destroy Twin Towers and Hits the Pentagon in Day of Terror.” only served to propagate fear. In the end, the media drove Americans headlong toward the bitter war with the Middle East.

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