Blog of Lis

My first year at HPU 1. GPA's in High School and College are completely different I remember coming into college and thinking that if I had a 4.2-3.8 through all of High School why would college be different. Now that I've been at HPU for two semesters, I can say that even maintaining a 2.0 which is what you need to be academically eligible is hard. When I was told that to keep my scholarship, I needed to have a 2.75 cumulative gap, inside my head, the thought that was running through was "who wouldn't be able to have a 2.75 that's a piece of cake." Halfway through first semester is when it hit me that It was harder than I thought. After completing my first semester and being placed on academic probation, I just thought about my scholarship and how I needed to do my best the following semester to keep it. It definitely humbled me and made me realize that GPA's aren't the same....

Why Corona Why?? My experience with online classes has been a very bumpy road. From procrastination, to sleeping ALL day, to finally getting my work done. It was a very long half-semester to say the least. COVID-19 is a pandemic that has killed over a million people around the world. It has made many countries shut down completely and begin a quarantine. The quarantine prevents people from leaving their house, well for other countries and states not NC though. North Carolina, Guilford County to be exact has made a quarantine in which you can go to the grocery store or a fast food place (COOK AT HOME PEOPLE) or a doctor's office.  First Off Being away from campus has been one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life. I know it sounds crazy considering the fact that I'm at home and not in a dorm, but after living on campus for a semester and a half you get used to freedom and no parents all the time, let’s not forget about the food that is al...

Civil War and The Press Lincoln is known as one of the greatest U.S Presidents (Williams, 2004) but there is one thing that can make many people question that statement.  Throughout the Civil War, there was controversy on what the press was able to write about, they were limited. There was a period where parts of the constitution were restricted, this included  freedom of speech and freedom of the press. "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (First Amendment) Lincoln's reasoning for limiting what journalists  wrote about was in a sense a great thing because it freed slaves and he was able to carry out his agenda. On the other hand, this was indeed very unconstitutional because he limited the first amendment for his own advantage. He stood up to anyone that had a different view from what his personal agenda was. Un...

For the final blog post, we were assigned to watch Good Night, and Good Luck", this film dates back to the age of the 1950's. It depicts the relationship between the press and the government, this was during the time when Joseph McCarthy was a senator.  Edward R. Murrow was the journalist televising McCarthy's accusations of communism. Transhistoral  The term Transhistoric means the  " quality of holding throughout human history, not merely within the frame of reference of a particular form of society at a particular stage of historical development" . A simpler version of this definition for me would be something that stays throughout time, something that you see repeatedly over and over again in different periods and eras of history. A very known transhistoic moment would be between the press and government. This is a recurring conflict that never gets resolved. During the Civil Rights era, the president's administration wanted to confine what jour...

This is my video discussing my Journo Hero, Jorge Ramos. p.s. I am so sorry for rambling and making this very long.

AHMAUD ARBERY- Remember his name Background Ahmaud Arbery was going for a jog, like he tended to do normally. He thought it would be a regular day like always, but this jog turned out to be his last. On February 23, 2020, Arbery was chased down and shot by two white men, one of whom was a retired police officer and DA investigator. Gregory and Travis McMichael, father and son killed this innocent jogger because of his skin color. These men have been known to be racist but yet when the investigation was made, they weren't arrested or charged for the killing of Arbery. Instead they walked free for two months, after leaving an innocent man on the street, dead. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vElX_sLt2NM  (Warning graphic) In a video that was leaked, it shows Arbery jogging and trying to get away from a truck, that had the McMichael's inside. The truck continued to follow the jogger and cornered him and when the jogger tried to run the other way he was shot. Stil...

Jorge Ramos      Background   Jorge Ramos was born on March 16, 1958 in New Mexico, Mexico. He is one of them most influential journalists in the Latinx community. Ramos graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana, one of the most prestigious schools in Latin America, here he received his bachelor’s degree in Communications. A few years later, Ramos came to the U.S has a student and received a master’s degree from the University of Miami in  International Studies. He has two kids, one of which decided to follow in his footsteps-Paola Ramos- and has become a journalist who has served in the Obama administration and works for the network  Vice . Jorge Ramos is also an agnostic, which shocked many in the Hispanic community, he says that as a child he was abused in the catholic schools he  attended. What makes him a hero/ His work?      Ramos has been an advocate for many people who don't always have a...

Penny Press, Yellow Journalism, and Muckrakers. The news that we receive today and the news Americans received in the 19th Century are not as different as one would think. Sure, we know have social media, youtube videos, and TV to receive up-to-date news but the overall forms of news haven't changed. Three journalism forms that took a stand in early America were the Penny Press, Yellow Journalism, and Muckrakers. Penny Press The Penny Press were newspapers that became available to the middle and working class beginning in the 1830's. They were from 1 cent , so it was quite affordable for people of the two lower classes. People were eager to receive what they thought was raw news, but instead were filled with sensationalized columns that had more fib than truth. Journalists and owners of these newspapers focused on the idea of pleasing its audience and essentially giving them "what they wanted", does this sound familiar yet? Although this form of newspapers wa...

Ellen Browning Scripps Why is she a hero? Ellen Browning Scripps was born on October 18, 1836 in London. Throughout her life she experienced a great deal of hardship at a young age. Her mother passed away when she was just 4 years old. After this tragedy, her, her father and the rest of her siblings moved from England to the United states. This was in 1844. She was born one of 13 kids and was the only one that continued her education to a higher level. Although she was the only one to receive a higher education, she later helped her siblings to better their careers with what she accomplished. For example, for many years her career was teaching, but later on one of her brothers started a newspaper called “ The Detroit Evening News” in 1873 and Scripps decided to invest into the newspaper. She later invested in her other brother’s newspaper “The Cleveland Press.” In addition to her investments, she also contributed columns as well. Journalist Side Aside from investin...

Julian Assange is the founder of Wiki Leaks, a website that sheds light on confidential government information. Assange is a well-known whistleblower (He is not a part of the military) who had uncovered a whole new version of the United States, our military, and our government overall using videos and journalism as his weapon. Photo taken from  NBC The video that made headlines on every news source was of U.S troops shooting at 17 civilians from a helicopter in Iraq . You can probably predict why this would mean bad news (no pun intended) for the U.S. It comes to no surprise that once the video was released the government was out to get Julian Assange. Facts that will be helpful to you to understand more of this article Julian Assange is not an American, in fact when he uploaded the video he was nowhere near U.S territory Journalists around the world are divided when it comes to Assange's situation. Assange is currently incarcerated. Americans The reason why ...