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Assignments for Week 14 (Nov. 29)
• Project #2—Hollywood or editorial cartoons—due Monday (Dec. 6).
READINGS:
• Ted Pease switches seats with Larry King and interviews one of the greatest interviewers of all time. This was in 1994, so some of the references and assumptions are a bit dated. But given that this conversation about the role of the mass media and what was then “new media” in politics was pretty on-target. See “Larry King—The Father of ‘Talk Show Democracy.’”
• More to come.
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Wow - I love this. I learned a lot about the importance of historical archives while I was working on my second project -- it was very interesting to see how events were portrayed then in comparison to how they are portrayed now. Assuming those past accounts are more accurate, we're learning a history that almost contains more tall-tale than fact. With the Larry King article, I really enjoyed his comments on Al Gore's invincibility if he were to run from president.
ReplyDeleteI also like who he pointed out that new forms of media are pushing the old forms to evolve and, ultimately, become better. Sure, television is a lot faster, but they don't have the time to get as in depth as print journalism.
My favorite part-
ReplyDelete"Larry King: There’s no “traditional” anymore. In fact, in a couple of years, we’re going to be called traditional, and something new will have come along."
Forecasting, much?
There's definitely a reason King is still around today. The man is very wise and great at forecasting what is to come with journalism as well as what we need to work on. I'm impressed that you actually had a chance to interview him.
ReplyDelete--Chelsea Ebeling
What an exciting opportunity to interview such a fascinating person. I personally would have been way to nervous to do the job! What an amazing chance to sit down and learn from one of the greats!
ReplyDeleteStephanie Harries
I wish I could have experienced Bill Clinton's presidency even, Reagan's. These men were the last "good presidents" that America has had and I wasn't even born during Reagan's time, and I was really little during Clinton's. But I loved reading this interview. Larry King has interviewed many people and his opinions on the media are accurate when you look at 2010 compared to 1994. Larry was talking about how people (back in 1994) are well informed with all the new technology. Now, we're even more informed but our privacy is at risk. To me, everything that Larry was talking about relating to media, is today's media! My favorite part of the interview was was when Larry said, "There is no illiteracy with television." You just watch and listen, and you are informed about the world. Next one was getting the perspective from the individual being interviewed, not his perspective, but theirs. I put that as a side note so it can be useful when I'm working. lol Lastly, "Nobody is irrelevant." Doesn't matter where the person comes from, age, ethnicity, whatever, they are important. Larry King has had some scandal in his life this year, but he said some wise things back in 1994.
ReplyDeleteRomina Nedakovic
I feel like it's amazing that I know (through the internet) someone who has talked to Larry, let alone interviewed him! I learned so much about why he is such a respected journalist and has been around for so long.
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