Category: Class blog

PRSSA at the University of Michigan Dearborn

As a student at the University of Michigan Dearborn being updated about all of the schools, information and events are very important to me. Being new to Twitter I wanted to follow accounts that were organizations that I could benefit from my everyday life.

An account that I found on Twitter was the  UM-Dearborn PRSSA organization account. PRSAA stands for Public Relations Student Society of America. This account is worth following for me because I’m a student at the university and this account updates you about all of the events happening at the school.

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As a busy college student, it’s always hard to keep up with all the clubs and events that are happening even though they are very beneficial in our future careers. So following organizations like this one really help’s you get updated about the events happening at the school.

An example of a good reason to follow this account is that it reminds you of the location and time of the event. Just like when there was an opportunity to get your professional headshot taken, the school has you covered by reminding you on Twitter. When being a student it’s hard to keep up, but with social media where most college students spend a lot of time on, there are ways to make it beneficial.

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News publications about Stephen Hawking after his death

After the death of Stephen Hawking, a lot of news websites published stories about Hawking’s life and his work. The New York Times published a story on March 18, and it was titled Stephen Hawking Died at Age 76: His Mind Roamed the Cosmos. The BBC News website published a story on March 14 which was titled Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76.  The Washington Post news website published an article on March 26, and it was titled No, Stephen Hawking did not suddenly believe in God on his deathbed. The USA Today news website published an article on March 19 and was titled Do we live in a multiverse? Stephen Hawking submitted a final paper days before his death.

There are many more news websites that have published stories about Stephen Hawking after his death. The mentioned stories above are examples of some of the news websites which published stories about Hawking after his death that are covering information on his work and life.

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Biases in journalism

We all have biases! Even journalists they are human too.

What does a journalist do?

A journalist makes a difference in peoples’ lives. They uncover the truth and explain the complex issues in a way that anyone can understand. They help people make decisions about their lives, their values, their beliefs.

It is truthful and minimizes harm. It is free of conflicts of interest. It is accurate, clear, fair, thorough and transparent.

Journalists Should:

  • Be responsible for their work.
  • Provide context and take time to promote the story.
  • Gather the correct/updated information
  • Identify sources clearly
  • Support the open and civil exchange of views.
  • Provide access to source materials when it is appropriate.

 

Aggregation example story

University of Michigan students pay different annual costs depending on which of the three campuses the students are attending. The University of Michigan Ann arbor has the highest annual cost for attendance where the annual cost for in-state students is between $29526 and $31396. Out-of-state students pay annual cost that is more than the double of the in-state students’ annual cost, where the annual cost for out-of-state students is between $62176 and $65508.

The University of Michigan Flint has the second highest annual cost between the University of Michigan campuses. The Flint campus has a total annual cost of $24526, where the  cost is divided between tuition & fee, room & board, books & supplies, transportation, and personal expenses. Lastly, the University of Michigan Dearborn has the lowest annual cost compared to the Ann arbor and Flint campuses. The annual cost for the University of Michigan Dearborn is $13772 for in-state students and $26006 for out-of-state students.

 

The Drive on the 2019 Detroit Auto Show

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An article that I found that uses curation is from The Drive, a news website about automobiles, that talked about the Detroit Auto Show moving the dates for the 2019 Detroit Auto Show to October instead of January.

The article does an alright job curating, adding a few links that backed up his statements. For example, he linked the article that shows that Mercedes-Benz will sit out of the 2019 Detroit Auto Show.

His article is well written, but he weaved in his own opinions, saying that the 2018 Detroit Auto Show was the “most boing and irrelevant Auto Show in his career.” Towards the end of the article, he states that The Drive is for the October move date for the Detroit Auto Show.

There’s also times in the article that needed to be linked. He stated where he got his information and talks about it, like Automotive News, but doesn’t link the original article. I also thought that he needed to add other outside sources, other than articles from his own publication.