Here it is: The nut graf. What you are about to write is about this, this and this. “No oxford comma in your rule of three, please,” you said to yourself. Or maybe the coy approach, ease into it: A journalist walks into a bar and strikes up conversation with a man who just so … Continue reading
Tag Archives: journalism
A case for the exclamation mark
You don’t see it often. It’s tabooed. It’s tacky. It’s overkill. It’s immature. It’s a punctuation mark that deserves a chance. (Sacrilege! Witch! Witch! — See? Useful.) Students, writers, student-writers, editors and the like are warned about the dangers of the exclamation mark pervading the written word. Editors are told to remove it unless encountered … Continue reading
Inconvenience other pedestrians…change the world?
The drive is the broken economy. Ok, 99 percent. I’m with you there. But what exactly is going to be accomplished with Occupy Wall Street and all subsidiary protests? What is the end goal? Unofficially: to abolish “corporate greed and politics.” The timeline? Indefinite. Or as the New York Times put it, “till whenever.” Not … Continue reading
Facebook: Gateway to friends or delusion?
Aside from the recent deluge of statuses lamenting the new Facebook, I’ve noticed a minor trend on the site: People announcing that they will be deleting their internet existence. I always sort of laugh at this –– the announcement of their impending departure on the very site from which they intend to recuse themselves. It has … Continue reading
Irene. All I wanted was a shower.
For two and a half days, I did not have electricity. I was pretty bitter. By mid-day two, I had very little to say in the way of conversation besides, “Can I shower at your house?” or “Do you know someone who will let me shower at their place of residence.” I complained. A lot. … Continue reading
Well, my alter-ego is a lot cooler.
We all have some sort of idea of who we’d like to be. Careers are usually central to these concepts. Then there’s the more basic personality level: Are you nice, shy, condescending or cutthroat? It all boils down to how you want people to perceive you; how do you want your peers to recreate you in … Continue reading
Scratch the search, just destroy this place
***I apologize in advance for this picture. It’s necessary to include to make a point/rant. So many things are wrong with this picture. First, the clown. Second, the word. Third, it’s not even clever. I entered Search and Destroy (25 Saint Marks Place), a ‘vintage’ hardcore clothing shop in the East Village, expecting to be … Continue reading
How I learned to stop worrying (almost) and love journalism (for the most part)
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a fairly nervous person, a quality that is often aggravated by my prolific coffee intake. Of course, my chosen career path isn’t exactly “stress free” (then again, does such a profession exist?) But journalism, on a whole, from what I have ascertained, can wreak havoc on a … Continue reading
Who owns your content?
The internet is an infinite portal for expression. While I am somewhat of a social networking rat, I’ve unfortunately never given considerable thought to who owns whatever I make public. Until recently. I naturally assumed that whatever ridiculous thing I posted on Tumblr was mine (unless, of course, it is another reblogged cat-in-a-suit picture, which wasn’t mine in the … Continue reading
If lady sings and lives by the blues, then she dies by them
Nearly every obituary I’ve seen for Amy Winehouse has attached words like “troubled,” to her name. I am disturbed, but not surprised, by the liberties newspapers have taken with headlines, using adjectives that have successfully pigeonholed Winehouse before any conclusive evidence of the cause of her death has been released. The tragic, troubled star is no … Continue reading
Kathryn Brenzel 