Track Two - Spring 2017 (https://michaelddwyer.com/cm385/spr17/page/7/)
This installment of Criminal was very interesting. The story that is told in Episode 33: Deep Dive, is about Sgt. David Mascarenas, who is a dive specialist for the LA Police Department. In Episode 33, the Dive Specialist is sent into the Tar Pits to find some evidence that was believed to be dumped there in a high profile murder case. Mascarenas took it upon himself to dive into the Tar Pits in search of the evidence.
Frances Dumlao graduated from Arcadia in 2015, with a BA in Global Media. She is currently an assistant social media editor with Bustle, with a particular focus on Romper, a Bustle vertical for young moms.
Prior to her work at Bustle, Frances interned with Mashable, Grid Magazine, Grandparents.com, USA Today, and Showtime, as well as working with public relations at Arcadia. She also was a key figure in the evolution of LocoMag, and ran her own blog WanderlustNotes. Thanks for coming back, Frances!
What Does It Mean To Be A Lesbian In 2017? By Shannon Keating
While I liked the premise of this article and agreed with a lot of what Keating said, I wasn’t surprised about what I found when I scrolled too far down and ended up in hell the comments section. Everyone was attacking her for what they perceived as an attack on lesbians. And honestly, that wasn’t too surprising to me. As someone who has occasionally called myself a lesbian in the past, I usually just say ‘queer’ for simplicity’s sake now.
Liza Hearon is a Deputy Editor at MashableUK in London, where she's worked since 2015. Before that she was a Homepage Editor at the Wall Street Journal in London, and a subeditor for the Kyodo News in Tokyo, Japan. She's also lived and worked in St Petersburg, Russia, and Miami, Florida. You can read Liza's Mashable pieces here, and follow her on Twitter here. Thanks, Liza, for introducing me to vegan hot dogs back in 2002, and for talking to our class this week!
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After reading this article I have never wanted to complain more about how terrible high school was than right now. I didn’t have the worst high school experience, but I definitely hated high school. I know that so many people had it (and continue to have it) worse and they’re forced to just deal with it. That is why I hate the idea of high school even though I’ve been out of it for almost four years, You. Never.
Becoming Ugly by Madeleine Davies
I'm becoming tired. I'm tired of having to read stories like this one by other angry women who are becoming tired and becoming ugly because of the exact same reasons spewed out in this piece. Davies starts by recounting her first taste of disdain after being continuously assaulted by one of her "friends" and goes on to recount her life experiences that have made her want to become ugly. Women in our day and age have been taught over and over to not trust men, don't trust the guy at the bar who wants to buy you a drink, don't trust the group of men walking towards you on the street, don't trust the man you turn down after he suggests the idea of going out to dinner. Why is this on us?
9/11: The View from the Midwest by David Foster Wallace
I feel the need to come clean right off the bat and admit to crying at this piece, which makes 2 cries out of the 3 pieces I’ve read so far for this class. Pride isn’t quite the right word. DFW starts out by telling us all about Bloomington, and then about his experience of the day it happened. And yet it was somehow...relatable? It made me think of my own - totally disconnected, innocent, and unaware - experience.
A Deal with the Devil is nothing short of amazing. The content, the atmosphere, and the style all create an impactful podcast. While listening to the Crimetown podcast, I could not help but feel as though I am in the courtroom, or in the jail because of how perfectly these three aspects flow together. The narration paints a beautiful picture of the places the story takes place, and the interviews are nothing less than breathtaking. To hear about the world of organized crime, that is not fictional, really opens the listener's ears to what is being said.
Liza Hearon is a Deputy Editor at MashableUK in London, where she's worked since 2015. Before that she was a Homepage Editor at the Wall Street Journal in London, and a subeditor for the Kyodo News in Tokyo, Japan. She's also lived and worked in St Petersburg, Russia, and Miami, Florida. You can read Liza's Mashable pieces here, and follow her on Twitter here. Thanks, Liza, for introducing me to vegan hot dogs back in 2002, and for talking to our class this week!
A collection of links on audio packages and preparing for interviews
After reading this article I have never wanted to complain more about how terrible high school was than right now. I didn’t have the worst high school experience, but I definitely hated high school. I know that so many people had it (and continue to have it) worse and they’re forced to just deal with it. That is why I hate the idea of high school even though I’ve been out of it for almost four years, You. Never.
Becoming Ugly by Madeleine Davies
I'm becoming tired. I'm tired of having to read stories like this one by other angry women who are becoming tired and becoming ugly because of the exact same reasons spewed out in this piece. Davies starts by recounting her first taste of disdain after being continuously assaulted by one of her "friends" and goes on to recount her life experiences that have made her want to become ugly. Women in our day and age have been taught over and over to not trust men, don't trust the guy at the bar who wants to buy you a drink, don't trust the group of men walking towards you on the street, don't trust the man you turn down after he suggests the idea of going out to dinner. Why is this on us?
9/11: The View from the Midwest by David Foster Wallace
I feel the need to come clean right off the bat and admit to crying at this piece, which makes 2 cries out of the 3 pieces I’ve read so far for this class. Pride isn’t quite the right word. DFW starts out by telling us all about Bloomington, and then about his experience of the day it happened. And yet it was somehow...relatable? It made me think of my own - totally disconnected, innocent, and unaware - experience.
A Deal with the Devil is nothing short of amazing. The content, the atmosphere, and the style all create an impactful podcast. While listening to the Crimetown podcast, I could not help but feel as though I am in the courtroom, or in the jail because of how perfectly these three aspects flow together. The narration paints a beautiful picture of the places the story takes place, and the interviews are nothing less than breathtaking. To hear about the world of organized crime, that is not fictional, really opens the listener's ears to what is being said.
In a discussion with Professor Dwyer on Friday, the multimedia publication “Blue Feed, Red Feed” was brought up and really sparked my interest. As soon as the discussion was finished I ran home to read/interact with this publication. “Blue Feed, Red Feed” uses analytics to show the differences between what news articles one might see on a liberal’s Facebook feed vs. the Facebook feed of a person who is more conservative. I thought this was a really interesting way to present both the issues with Facebook’s algorithm, as well as showing the views you might not get to see because of the algorithm.
My Mom by Mary H K Choi
Growing up, Choi was a seemingly horrible child. When she was 13, she kicked her mother across the room and ran away for a few days. When she was five, she yelled at her mom for showing up to her school with McDonald’s for her and her friends to eat. When she was two, she stole hundreds of dollars from her mother’s wallet and then got on a bus to go buy candy from a deli. From these accounts of Choi’s childhood, one is easily left with the impression that she was a very hateful child who never cared at all about her kind and loving mother.
Frankie was an Arcadia DMC student in 2010, before transferring to Penn State to do a degree in broadcast journalism. Since then she's worked in television, radio, public relations and event management. She's now a social media professional with a specialty in SnapChat. You can read more about Frankie here and read an interesting interview with her here. Thanks for coming, Frankie!
Unfollow by Adrian Chen
In an in-depth piece that wavered between heartbreaking, disturbing, shocking and uplifting, Adrian Chen answered all of the questions I ever had about the Westboro Baptist Church - and then some. He introduced me to Megan Phelps-Roper through a tweet she had made celebrating AIDS, but by the end, I cried with happiness when she left the church. In the beginning, when he was laying out who Megan is and what kinds of things she had tweeted and believed in the past, I didn’t like her. I didn’t find her sympathetic and didn’t want to root for her. It was especially hard to try to forgive the picketing of soldiers’ funerals, and the celebration of horrible events like 9/11.
