Friday, September 26, 2008

Freelancing Questionaire

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working independently?
You get to be your own boss, work on your own time, take as many breaks as you want, go to work in your underwear or even naked if you're into that kind of thing. You dont have to listen to another guys orders about what to do for each day. You make your own plan and get to follow it in your own method.

How does your occupation/ position/ or status affect your potential opportunities or career direction?
Opportunities are usually only given to the best and brightest in a crowd. A lowly janitor isnt going to be given a chance to become the CEO of Starbucks. One obviously needs to have some sort of status to recieve a good opportunity for their future career.

How does the frequency or infrequency of payment from freelancing affect t the budget of a writer?
If given the very infrequent pay of a freelancer, one must learn how to effectively budget their income You would need to get used to be being somewhat poor for most of the year and only buy what you need. If you become a better writer though, your budget will grow and you will make more money more often.

How do flexibility, organization, and discipline affect a freelancer’s capacity to research, generate and produce quality work?
If they aren't organized or properly disciplined, then they will never be able to complete an article they are currently writing so it would take forever to get one publushed and then it would take forever to finally get a paycheck.

How does one’s expertise or ignorance affect a freelancer’s choice ofassignment?
Freelancers tend to write in genres or categories they have an expertise in. If they are ignorant to a topic, they obviously will not be able to produce an adequet article worthy of a paycheck.

Should you say no to an assignment? Why or When (at what point)?
Yes but only when you are sure you have a backup assignment so you will be able to eventually recieve a paycheck and not be poor for a long time.

Questionaire

What Pique’s Your Interest?
pop culture and freezepops

What have you liked lately?
The Office, Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia, Scrubs, other TV shows, new movies, new video games, music

If you need some help here, ask yourself these questions:Do you have a new favorite Hobby, TV show, book, type of music, film,website?
hanging out with friends, playing video games, watching tv, listening to music

What are your pet peeves?
country music, fried chicken, red necks, people talking in 2 different languages in the same sentance, crappy cereal, orange freezepops

What makes you really angry?
no more freezepops, cookie crisp, british accents, texas accents, red necks

What things in the world do you really wish you could change?
the war and all the hunger and poverty that is happening

What people, places, and ideas are in the news at the moment?
Travis Barker, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, John McCain

Are there any events coming up in the next six months or in the nextyear that are sure to be newsworthy and that you can get the jump on now?
election

What’s new in your city?
elections just happened

What’s new in your school?
re-dedication ceremony is soon

What’s new in your immediate neighborhood?
Evan got a new basketball

What’s new with your family?
my dog got attacked by at cyote

Is your generation, ethnic group, or racial group facing changes,hardships, or freedoms that have not been addressed in the past?
yes, no one understands the election and a lot of kids these days do drugs

Friday, September 12, 2008

First Assignment

Apple iTunes Interactive Album

Who?- iTunes, Snow Patrol

What?- Sell albums that include more album art, videos, and lyrics

Where?- on iTunes

When?- Upon the release of Snow Patrol's new album

Why?- to try to halt physical album sales and drive more customers to iTunes albums.

How?- instead of just selling an album with music, they include more album art, pictures, videos, and lyrics to the songs on the album

Kanye West Arrest

Who?- Kanye West

What?- He was arrested in an airport due to his short temper

Where?- At Los Angeles International Airport

When?- Thursday, September 11, 2008

Why?- He smashed a $10,000 camera owned by a papparazzo

How?- He ahd a short temper, grabbed the camrea, and smashed it profusly.

OJ Simpson Trial

Who?- OJ Simpson

What?-OJ Simpson is on trial againt

Where?- Las Vegas, Nevada

When?- Wednesday September 10, 2008

Why?- Accused of burglary, robbery, and assault after the elleged robbery

How?- He stole OJ Simpson memerobelia from a Las Vegas casino

Brady Out For the Season

Who?-
Tom Brady

What?- Tom Brady was tackled in a sunday game and is out for the season

Where?- Gillette Stadium, Foxboro Massachusetts

When?- Sunday September 7, 2008

Why?- He was tackled by defense lineman D. Pollard and tore his ACL and MCL in his knee

How?- He was tackled hard and had a previous leg injury

New Ipods and “Let’s Rock” event

Who?-
Apple

What?-
Apple is to host an event this week and speculation of a new ipod model to fuel holiday sales has sprung due to the scheduling of this event.

Where?- San Francisco, California

When?- Speculation began on September 2, 2008, event began on the week of September 8, 2008

Why?- The new iPod may be made to boost lacking holiday sales this year

How?- Creating a new iPod will surely spur the consumers to buy the new iPod, thus fueling holiday sales

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

test

this is just a testing entry for journalism class to make sure this thing actually works correctly.