Fighting for Life

After scoping out all my options, Bloggingheads,Short Vlog etc, to write about, I decided I'd stick to what I know is a legitimate and entertaining source, The New York Times. The story I chose was on Boxing in the Philippines. Like many other countries, the Philippines is a very poor country, so boxing ends up being a way to literally fight out of poverty. This story can be characterized as an editorial rather than a feature story because of its controversial nature. Just hearing the term fighting, I believe, stirs negative thoughts, but when you watch the video the fighting perspective becomes much more vivid. The story I chose is an effective video because it displays the reasoning behind boxing and why people partake in the physical action. The video demonstrates how poor the country is and fighting saves families lives. When reading a paper, people can see pictures and people can easily twist the story to make it look like a lush area with no troubles. When video production is present though, nothing can be hidden and the truth can easily be portrayed. The ineffectiveness that could be present with a piece like this, is editors only showing the boxing nature and cropping out what the people must deal with on a daily basis. The video side of this short film is what was effective, so reading the info I would believe to be just another blurb on a page. Fight For Life baby!!
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/11/12/sports/1247465653943/boxing-in-the-shadow-of-pacquiao.html

Fist to Face Tradition Without Submission

When looking at various slideshows I was excited to stumble upon one that related heavily to my lifestyle, BOXING! What the slideshow showed me was the process of brutal strength and determination. The Men and Women of the US Army who are willing to lay down their lives for us learn a technique in life, which just so happens to be a fighting style. This article is very newsworthy because the U.S Army is in its 100th year, A decade, of boxing. Not only is this a great workout for these individuals, it is also a useful skill and required feat to have in order to proceed in the U.S Army. To be honest I think this story would have just as strong of a meaning without captions. The Army is known worldwide for having boxing tournaments in order to pass time and to get in shape. However, what the captions do that the pictures don't is, express who the individuals in the pictures are and why Boxing is such a necessity as a soldier in the Army. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/04/08/sports/20100409_BOXING_index.html?ref=sports

Tyler is in a relationship with Twitter, You and two others like this

I started tweeting literally the day before our Journalism 111 class started. I was so flippin’ confused on how to use it at the beginning, but this past week I have been tweeting my brains out. I love the fact that you can connect it to anything and everything. I get Twitter updates to my phone, which has been extremely useful. For Example, I was headed down to Seattle this weekend and received an update from KRKO 1380 about a terrible accident. So, plans changed, which is ok, better than driving 35 miles for nothing. As a journalist I think Twitter is exceptionally useful by directing individuals to my blog. As I said before Twitter connects you to so many opportunities. Once I tweet people on Facebook can see what is going on, people following on my website http://www.fightforlyfe.com get info, and people strictly following my blog are updated. In overall generality I think Twitter is useful to get word out quick without having to wait for newspapers to be printed or for the news to bring their story together. Twitter is definitely a new addiction ;).

Seattle PI= Seattle Porn Industry

The wide world of sports amazes me these days. Not only is their the normal day to day sports, for example football, baseball, and soccer, but also there is the uprising of the UFC and Lacrosse. After reading through the Seattle Pi's Seattle Sports Blog, I was very impressed by the structure and unique style. The blog right away caught my attention with its large picture view and quick, to the point blurbs underneath each individual picture. Also, for those who wanted to read a little more, links are available to click on for a more in depth outlook. The blog is very strong when it comes to picking out the largest and most appealing sports stories at the time. One which caught my eye was a group of girls in the up and coming lingerie football league. I was appalled as I kept reading, only to learn that the girls would be getting in trouble, to the point of team suspension, for wearing too much clothing and football gear while off the field. Dear God, what has this world come to with these sex driven industries? How degrading and uncouth can the environment thrive on? This blog also did an awesome job at allowing users to say all they needed to get out. From what I saw people didn't like reading about the story, but they also weren't good writers themselves, so it was easy to just blow those over opinionated fools off. Finally, on the right side of the blog was a useful setup of other similar stories and top of the line writers. Thanks for reading all you Studmuffins ;) http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/archives/199470.asp#comments