My Mastery Journal

My name is Manasseh Morris (McGee). I am in the New Media and Journalisim Program. I currently live in Macon, GA. My dream is to be a television producer, preferably in news, and posibly more. I am very hardworking and will do what it takes to make my dreams come true.  My facebook and twitter are linked to this. My Linkedin name is Manasseh Morris. I'm pretty sure it will be easy to find me on all lol. 

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Mastery Journal NMC

This month has been a very trying one for me. It seemed like so many things were being thrown at me all at once and I didn’t fully know how to handle it all. I really dreaded having to take this course because I was so tired of having to keep doing the same things over and over again just to finally get my degree. I have taken this course twice at this point and I was just feeling defeated and seriously contemplated giving up on everything. I thought that I would just start the class, do all of my work and somehow still end up with a grade that wouldn’t get me to my goal.

I am happy to say that I was wrong. Taking this course over the past month actually renewed my love for writing and media. I completely changed my outlook on everything and it made this go-round feel a lot different for me. Being able to work on my website and come up with a lot of different story ideas was very cathartic for me. For a while, I didn’t take the time to do what I want and love because of other obligations but taking this course has definitely helped me.  

I have been able to fully reassess what I want to do when it comes to my journalism career and figure out the lane that I want to be in. I have been able to fully figure out who I am gearing my stories to and not just give the blanket statement that I am trying to cater to everyone. Through this past month I have refound my love for writing and I am ready to make my website and content what I always wanted it to be.

I cant thank my advisors and Greg Powers enough for working with me and taking a chance on me this month. I greatly appreciate the help that I have received and it definitely can’t wait to see what my future has in store.

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Making the world more open for some

Making the world more open for some

“Making the world more open and connected,” a slogan that Facebook has used for years but is it more open and connected for everyone or just who will benefit the business? Facebook is supposed to be a sort of safe space for all but in recent months there has been an increase of people being placed into “Facebook jail” for…

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My Last stand

This month has really flown by for me. I am in a much happier place overall than I was when I first started this course. This past month has helped me to realize what I really want my website to be about. When I first saw that I had to take this class I was not happy in the slightest. I thought that it would be a big headache and that I would have the worst time redoing the entire class all over again. Now I am very thankful for having to re-take the course. Every story that I wrote, each assignment, made me realize the direction that I actually wanted to go in with my journalism. The one thing that I feel as if I could have done better with was definitely within myself. I feel that if I had just gotten out of my own way and embraced the journey, I would have been a lot better off. This prepares me for my career because it fully helped me realize that I want to write about the Black community and finding ways to uplift the community through my work. I have learned that I am able to work within what the guidelines ask of me while also writing about what is important to me. I feel as if this course has helped me to be a better journalist by showing me how important loving my work is and how that effort shows in my work. I now see the importance of building relationships early with my peers in order to better assist each other further down the road. Each course that I have taken while being a student at Full Sail has made me a lot stronger with my writing and my confidence. I have become a more well-rounded individual from the courses that I have taken and have no doubt that I will be a great journalist after I graduate.  

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Celebrating Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a holiday that a lot of people around the world are finding out about. This year has brought on a lot of Juneteenth celebrations especially in America. From BBQ’s to parades no matter where you looked there was some type pf celebration going on. So, what is Juneteenth and why are people celebrating it? 

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The Revolution Begins

“All lives will matter once Black lives matter” is the chant that has been heard around the world for the past week. Since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police the largest civil rights movement in world history has begun. America is known to be the land of the free, even though the history of this country speaks otherwise. Built from genocide and slave labor America has been land of the…

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Tipping My hat

This month has really flown by for me. I am in a much happier place overall than I was when I first started this course. This past month has definitely opened my eyes to a lot in regard to where my website currently is and where I want to take it. When I first saw that I was signed up to take this course I didn’t really know what to expect as far as what I would learn so I went into the course completely blind. While looking at the syllabus for the course I thought that I would be learning more about the public relations side of journalism. I thought that I would learn more about building relationships with public relations specialists and t get a better perspective on how they think.

After taking the course I defiantly looked at how I manage my website a lot differently. I was treating my website as more of a job instead of seeing it as a project that takes time to grow. I realized that I need to put more effort into what I post onto my website and that my site will grow as I put more effort and love into my work and what I post. I learned that building and maintaining relationships with my peers can help me down the road and help me grow in the future.

I feel as if this course has helped me to be a better journalist by showing me how important loving my work is and how that effort shows in my work. I now see the importance of building relationships early with my peers in order to better assist each other further down the road. Each course that I have taken while being a student at Full Sail has made me a lot stronger with my writing and my confidence. I have become a more well-rounded individual from the courses that I have taken and have no doubt that I will be a great journalist after I graduate.  

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Seeing a little clearer with Coca-Cola

Seeing a little clearer with Coca-Cola

Coca- Cola is a drink that has been around since 1886 and hasn’t lost its spot at the top since its debut. Through the years people have found lots of uses for that include more than just drinking. The acidic properties of the drink make it so powerful that you can use it for just about anything from cleaning your house to gardening Coke can be used for just about anything. For my fellow…

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Healthy and Natural

I have been natural for about ten years now and finding the right hair care products for my hair has been the biggest hassle and honestly made me think of going back to a relaxer. That is until I found the NaturALL Club and their amazing line of products. I have never had a line of products that just make my hair feel so refreshed…

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Mastery Journal

In the past month I have learned a lot about the legal aspects that come with journalism. I’m happy that I had the opportunity to take this course again because it was a really great refresher for me. I also noticed things from the first time that I took the course and I feel that it shows that this is a really great class. Before taking this class, I assumed that a lot of the so-called news sites were protected under freedom of speech when it came to things that they stated. I never really thought about how the articles that I wrote on others potentially coming back to haunt me in the form of a lawsuit.  I have read through a lot of court cases where all the person has done was simply not state if the things stated in the articles were opinion based or not. This has seriously made me rethink how I write as well as who and what I write about. My favorite assignment in the class was between the publication assignment and the copyright assignment. I liked both of these assignments the most because I have been to so many events in the past couple of weeks, but it never fully occurred to me that I should write about it. I feel as if it was also a nice break from all of the legal jargon that we have been having to read. I also loved the copyright assignment because I never thought of my work being copyrighted at all. So just being able to see what the application looked like and being able to fill one out made me feel as if I am a little closer to being important enough to have my work published and copy written. I believe that the defamation topic was the most helpful to me because I got to see how you can be sued over just stating something about someone even though it is written as an article. That topic definitely made me look at the way that I have been writing about certain topics and change the way that I write in the future so that I can be better overall. The class overall has definitely prepared me for legal issues in the communication industry by just showing me that things that can get me sued. I love journalism and I definitely don’t want to have to stop to be in a court room for any reason.

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No More

I am finally done and I finally crossing that finish line. Having to take this course all over again was definitely not something that I wanted to do but I’m glad that I did because I had gotten a better grade in the course. I in a sense dreaded it because it seemed as if I would never be done with school but once I finally read through everything, I got a little more frustrated and scared that this would prolong me from getting my diploma again. I am very happy that it didn’t turn out to be that way though. Writing my thesis seemed to be easier than actually writing the actual final project. I feel that it was easier for me because I didn’t have to do a whole lot of research and everything that I needed I already had done. It was really just a matter of me compiling all of the work that I had done and organizing it. I feel as if I had gotten way more out of this course and this journey than I thought that I would. I thought that it would be easy, but it definitely turned out to be challenging. Everything that could have gone wrong did but I kept at it and now I am finally getting to the place where I need to be. I am happy and better than I could have ever imagined. I am forever grateful for the Full Sail team that has been helping me along the way and making sure that I have everything that I need to be successful. I honestly don’t think that I would have been able to do this without them. I know and am already working towards the goals that I set out for myself. I have no doubts that I will be great in all that I do thanks to Full Sail and their continued support.

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Crossing That Line

I am finally done and I finally crossing that finish line. This last class sort of snuck up on me and I really didn’t know what to expect when I saw that I had yet another class. I in a sense dreaded it because it seemed as if I would never be done with school but once I finally read through everything, I got a little more frustrated and scared that this would prolong me from getting my diploma again. I am very happy that it didn’t turn out to be that way though. Writing my thesis seemed to be easier than actually writing the actual final project. I feel that it was easier for me because I didn’t have to do a whole lot of research and everything that I needed I already had done. It was really just a matter of me compiling all of the work that I had done and organizing it. I feel as if I had gotten way more out of this course and this journey than I thought that I would. I thought that it would be easy, but it definitely turned out to be challenging. Everything that could have went wrong did but I kept at it and now I am finally getting to the place where I need to be. I am happy and better than I could have ever imagined. I am forever grateful for the Full Sail team that has been helping me along the way and making sure that I have everything that I need to be successful. I honestly don’t think that I would have been able to do this without them. I know and am already working towards the goals that I set out for myself. I have no doubts that I will be great in all that I do thanks to Full Sail and their continued support.

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The Hidden Gems of Sin City

The Hidden Gems of Sin City

Las Vegas is definitely a city where there is food everywhere you turn. There are super extravagant and off the wall restaurants that you can find in the world but what about the regular restaurants? Surely the locals can’t eat at these types’ of​ restaurants every day or else that would lead to​ a super expensive lifestyle.

Andiron Steak & Sea: Has been seen as one of the best places to get…

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I’m done............. For real this time!

I originally thought that this journey would be easy for me but I quickly found out that it wasn’t. As many times as I have taken this class, I thought that there was something wrong with me and I was so close to just giving up and throwing everything away. I blamed everyone including the professor for me having to take this course again and after I finally sat down and did a full evaluation of everything that was going on around me I finally realized that it was me and that I had to make the change in order to finish this course and get my masters degree. 

When I first started this course, I thought that it would be all about finding ways to monetize our work after graduation. With this being the third time of taking this course I thought that it would be a little easier but there were a lot of schedule conflicts and miscommunication. I thought that we would be learning about the business side of our profession and learning how to be our own newsroom. I expected to come up with more of a business plan for myself and to find a better way to brand myself to have a better social media presence and to build up my website.  The class expectations of me were to work solely on perfecting my capstone project and making sure that the presence of that project was absolutely perfect. I was expected to turn my projects in a timely manner. I was expected to fully engage with my classmates and working with them to better my project as well as myself. I was expected to work in a professional manner as if I am in a professional work setting. I felt that the assignment for week one was the most helpful for me because it got me to really look at the direction that I wanted to take my project. I hadn’t planned on really working on my project until this class was finished. I was prepared to spend the entire next month just working on my project and how to make it the best that I possibly could. This assignment made it so that I would stop procrastinating and actually buckle down and get my project done. This course has definitely been a lot for me for and has shown me just how demanding being a journalist can be. This past month has been very hard for me professionally and personally. I have been through many ups and downs that I never saw myself going through but I am so happy to say that I am finally done with my master’s degree and I feel more prepared than ever before. I am forever grateful for my professors and everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life.

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“Last” Journal

When I first started this course, I thought that it would be all about finding ways to monetize our work after graduation. With this being the third time of taking this course I thought that it would be a little easier but there were a lot of schedule conflicts and miscommunication. I thought that we would be learning about the business side of our profession and learning how to be our own newsroom. I expected to come up with more of a business plan for myself and to find a better way to brand myself to have a better social media presence and to build up my website.  The class expectations of me were to work solely on perfecting my capstone project and making sure that the presence of that project was absolutely perfect. I was expected to turn my projects in a timely manner. I was expected to fully engage with my classmates and working with them to better my project as well as myself. I was expected to work in a professional manner as if I am in a professional work setting. I felt that the assignment for week one was the most helpful for me because it got me to really look at the direction that I wanted to take my project. I hadn’t planned on really working on my project until this class was finished. I was prepared to spend the entire next month just working on my project and how to make it the best that I possibly could. This assignment made it so that I would stop procrastinating and actually buckle down and get my project done. This course has definitely been a lot for me for and has shown me just how demanding being a journalist can be. This past month has been very hard for me professionally and personally. I have been through many ups and downs that I never saw myself going through but I am so happy to say that I am finally done with my master’s degree and I feel more prepared than ever before. I am forever grateful for my professors and everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life.

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Almost to that finish line. #Mastersdegree #fullsailuniversity #blackqueen #blackandeducated (at East Macon, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brdw6W2FqYH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6jgz1pijxz3d

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Last Mastery Journal

When I first started this course, I thought that it would be all about finding ways to monetize our work after graduation. I thought that we would be learning about the business side of our profession and learning how to be our own newsroom. I expected to come up with more of a business plan for myself and to find a better way to brand myself to have a better social media presence and to build up my website.  The class expectations of me were to work solely on perfecting my capstone project and making sure that the presence of that project was absolutely perfect. I was expected to turn my projects in a timely manner. I was expected to fully engage with my classmates and working with them to better my project as well as myself. I was expected to work in a professional manner as if I am in a professional work setting. I felt that the assignment for week one was the most helpful for me because it got me to really look at the direction that I wanted to take my project. I hadn’t planned on really working on my project until this class was finished. I was prepared to spend the entire next month just working on my project and how to make it the best that I possibly could. This assignment made it so that I would stop procrastinating and actually buckle down and get my project done. This course has definitely been a lot for me for and has shown me just how demanding being a journalist can be. This past month has been very hard for me professionally and personally. I have been through many ups and downs that I never saw myself going through but I am so happy to say that I am finally done with my master’s degree and I feel more prepared than ever before. I am forever grateful for my professors and everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life.

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The Hidden Gems of the Windy City

The Hidden Gems of the Windy City

The city of Chicago has been mainly been known for the violence that erupts throughout the city which causes people that to be scared to even visit. With the city being under constant scrutiny it’s hard to see or hear the good that there actually is in the great Windy City. Ranked as one of the top ten food places in America by the Washington post the cities great culinary qualities are often…

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