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Blog 9: Newsy
From my exploration of the news site, Newsy, I’ve seen that they are a site focused mainly on accessible, unopinionated, and concise news stories. Originally starting as an aggregator to direct people to other sources of news, it now produces its own content that attempts to be much more up-to-date and fact-based than its opponents.…
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Blog 7: Photo Journalism
For my “Photo Journalism” project, I plan to focus on my trip to Atlanta, Georgia, and the things that I will recommend as well as how they may compare to Tampa’s attractions. I specifically want to focus on Doll’s Head Trail, a walking trail with eery art installations that encourages visitors to keep open space…
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Blog 6: Service Journalism
The article I am choosing to focus on is a Tampa Bay Times story about Phoebe Bridgers’ political comments made during her Ybor City concert. According to Tampa Bay Times, at the event, she yelled out to the crowd “F— Ron DeSantis… everybody say gay!” She referenced an abortion she had received the year prior,…
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Blog 5: The Importance of Local Music
Tampa has always had a culture of creativity: the Tampa Museum of Art, multiple small art galleries within storefronts, and graffiti murals lining the sides of multi-story buildings. To be in Tampa is to be surrounded by art. However, in recent years a new art form has been growing in popularity, and that is local…
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Blog 4
What I’ve learned from these last few weeks is that interviewing is HARD. Scheduling with one person is a challenge, but I am juggling three groups of people and my own issues with remembering schedules. My original time to interview Sorry Barb was 7pm last Thursday, but due to my own forgetfulness and bad time…
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Blog 3
Big shocker! Alex G was not at all available, in fact, his management team did not even respond. This wasn’t unexpected, as I know that he is a largely famous musician that is about to embark on a national tour. So I have decided to look into the next best thing: local music stores and…
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Blog 2
As a large fan of music, I have many people that I would love to interview. However, I have one artist that I spend hours listening to weekly, so much so that I have ended up in his top 0.5% of listeners on Spotify: Alex G. His music impacts me deeply: his soft vocals on…
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Blog 1
My name is Morgan Bridges. I am 19 years old and I have aspirations to work as an independent pop culture and political journalist. When I started college, I planned on being a theatre major, but as I went through the first semester, I realized that it was no longer my dream. As I have…
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