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Blog 3

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Pandemonium was arising at the parking garage with loud car exhausts echoing. Blaring music played as crowds emerged, preparing to watch the illegal street races. Sean was a rookie who had never been apart of the Tokyo drift scene. Sean’s head swings as soon as he hears tires screeching. Neela exits the vehicle and immediately Sean pursues Neela. The two exchange playful banter, while D.K. glares with jealousy from a distance. D.K. becomes agitated and immediately takes action. D.K. and Sean bicker with each other until D.K. challenges Sean to a drift race. Sean becomes tense as he realizes he does not know how to drift. Sean gets in his car and looks at the smirk look on D.K.’s face as he revs his charcoal Nissan 350z. As the race begins Sean hesitantly takes the lead with confidence. However, the crowd’s eyes are filled with fear as they see a blur of Sean’s car accelerating swiftly towards them. D.K. lurks in the distance as he watches the crowd disperse amused by Sean’s amateur...
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Blog 2: Code of Ethics

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The movie, Nightcrawler debuted in 2014 and was directed by Dan Gilroy. Nightcrawler takes place in Los Angeles, California, focusing on capitalism in the journalism industry. The movie follows the lead, Lou Bloom who witnesses an accident right before his eyes and a man pulling up to the scene to record the incident. Bloom, realizes that he could make money by making a profit by just selling film to local new station. Bloom sells the footage to Nina Romina, who works for a local news station. Bloom purposely alters the media he gives to Romina to make a higher profit. There are many incidents where Bloom, Romina and others violate the Code of Ethics.     There are three forms of ethics from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics that are violated throughout the movie. The violations throughout the film are stereotyping, distortion of visual information and not showing compassion for those who are affected by the event. Stereotyping is when someone ins...
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Blog 1

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Nicole Bhagwandin Professor Doyle Intro to Media Writing 02/19/2019 Blog 1: Plagiarism Plagiarism is a form of writing where the writer takes another person’s ideas that are either spoken or written by claiming them as their own words without establishing credit. Plagiarism varies in different forms such as, copying directly from the source, substituting a few words and not acknowledging the source used (DePauw University). Common strategies to avoid plagiarism are paraphrasing, using quotations and establishing credit. Paraphrasing is a method used when you are using another person’s ideas in your writing by citing them as a source (Indiana University). The use of quotations allows the writer to use spoken or written words directly from a source without paraphrasing. However, when using quotations, you must include the source by establishing credit so that your writing shows that you are not claiming the quote as your own writing or spoken words. Establishing credit shows...
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