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C-SPAN Video Conference #2: Andrew Card

Copyright: rawstory.com “It was a misunderstood administration that had the undeniable courage to make tough decisions.” This was how Andrew Card answered the first question of , “What did you think about the Bush administration?” during the C-SPAN video conference. On April 7 Card joined Steve Scully, political editor for the C-SPAN networks, and participating students […]

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Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis

BJ Koubaroulis, former George Mason University student who graduated with a B.A. in Communication in 2004, spoke to our Comm. 361 class on March 31. He currently works a a sports writer at The Washington Post. Copyright: wjmc.gmu.edu The first thing he spoke about was how “you’ll start from the bottom and work your way up: […]

  Copyright: people.com “American journalism, in many ways, needs a spine transplant,” Rather said, “We’ve lost some of the grit in our gut.” This was just one of the many things that Dan Rather had to say about being a journalist and where journalism is in our current social media frenzy of a world. On […]

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Media pyramid

  Above is my media pyramid. The items that are at the bottom of the pyramid are the places I get most of my news from. Word of mouth is definitely a big contributor as I’m surrounded by people everywhere I go. People are always talking about current events and that serves as a huge […]