Chapter2

Life as a Journalism and Business student. My other blog is daylightandashes.tumblr.com it's a bit different... And if I follow you back it will say that daylightandashes followed you :) Enjoy!

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When we write, especially for an online audience, we must remember that in a short amount of time our words can spread harmony and truth, or they can spread confusion and pain.

Rashunda Tramble, Editor-in-Chief of Swissre.com, discusses how yoga principles can be applied to journalism. Tramble talks about her transition to her new corporate job after a career in radio and television in this week’s featured member profile. 

Learn more about the benefits of becoming an ONA member and sign up to become a member on journalists.org.

Editor’s note: The original version of this post listed Rashunda Tramble as Managing Editor of ISN Security Watch. Since publication, she informed us her correct title is Editor-in-Chief of Swissre.com. This post has been updated to reflect that. 

(via onaissues)

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Power

Seeing the KONY 2012 campaign really unfold over the past day has made me realise just how POWERFUL social media is. Wow.

And what do you know... I just checked my QUT email account and there was an email from the JMC lecturer encouraging us to watch it and think about user-generated content and how it can be used to promote social awareness. 

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Marketing this afternoon... This is what was going through my mind:

problem children's dogs nuclear power plants cash cows stars question marks..... surely must = NUCLEAR EXPLOSION because none of these words make sense together.

Images of cows and money and smoke and shooting stars and angry children and dogs were running through my mind... 

Yep.

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Today I had my first tutorials for Global Business and Introduction to JMC. I enjoyed them both, but to be honest I found the Global Business tute a bit intimidating because there were hardly any first years... Most people were in their third year or were mature aged students. It's very different to anything I'm used to, but I guess that's uni! I found it funny that most people were only doing Global Business because they had to, when for me it's my major. I guess that kind of makes me want to do really well at it. We'll see how it goes! 

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If I could entrust you with one piece of advice during your time at what I consider the best journalism school in the country, I would tell you this: fail. No, not your classes, because — let’s face it — your professors won’t appreciate that and neither will your parents. But I want you to experiment with what you do, try different forms of storytelling, take a class in something completely foreign, get in front of the camera if you’re more comfortable behind it — all with the knowledge that you might not succeed.

Juana Summers, National Political Reporter for Politico and ONA Board Member, wrote a letter to journalism students at her alma mater Mizzou with great advice for young journalists. Read the full letter: ONA Mizzou: Letters Home - Juana Summers (via onaissues)

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There will always, one can assume, be need for some selling. But the aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself. Ideally, marketing should result in a customer who is ready to buy. All that should be needed then is to make the product or service available…

Peter Drucker

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The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.

Ted Levitt

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Day 1

Today I had my first lectures: Digital Journalism, Global Business and Marketing.  

All of the lecturers were funny and engaging and seemed so passionate about what they were teaching - which makes me excited and inspired to learn as much as I can. 

To be honest, I was skeptical about whether I would enjoy the Business subjects, but from what I experienced today I found that they were actually very interesting!  There's a lot more to Global Business and Marketing than I initially thought.  

Unlike school, it's really great to be able to study all the things that I'm actually interested in, which makes me very keen to learn as much as I can. 

On another note, I'm getting to know both of the campuses better, which is excellent!  I also unexpectedly found a friend in one of my lectures and caught up with her.  Lovely times.

I think as long as I can organise myself, I'll be off to a good start!  Yay!

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First uni lectures tomorrow. I’m actually a bit scared of uni, not gonna lie…

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O-Week

Here's an update on things thus far.

My uni orientation consisted of...

A Business Welcome about nothing important.

A Creative Industries Welcome, also about nothing important and including a ridiculous drama that went for over 30mins about how not to fail at uni.

Bailing on a Journalism lecture after 2mins assuming that it would also be about nothing important (a pretty safe bet) in favor of an earlier train home.

Finding out that one of my lectures was changed to a very inconvenient day and time because the lecturer "did not realize how many students were enrolled in the course." Are. You. Kidding. Me? They've been telling us all week about being organized... and they can't even count.

On another note...I feel slightly overwhelmed with the fact that I am receiving about 20 emails a week that I actually don't know what to do with. I haven't gotten the hang of how to use my online student account. And I am scared of most of the people in my course, particularly Journalism... they all seem so smart and good looking. Eh. 

I think I missed the fun in O-Week.

Yours Sincerely,

Confused first year uni student

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Welcome!

This is my second blog - the one that I have decided to dedicate solely to university life.

I'm a first year student studying a double degree in Journalism and Business.  After bursting out of the protective bubble of my school, all holidays I've been looking forward to starting uni - and now it's finally upon me.  I'm so excited to study something that I am actually passionate about!  However I will admit that at the same time I am completely terrified.  Probably one of the only things that really stuck with me from orientation were the words "average is no longer acceptable."  The field that I'm studying in and one day hope to become apart of is extremely competitive with so many people who are absolute creative geniuses.  This scares me just a bit... Or maybe a lot.  

Well heres to uncertainties of the present and dreams of the future!  I hope you enjoy following me through this crazy new adventure.