Monthly Archives: July 2009
Spoken Word vs Radio vs Music vs Rap
| July 29, 2009 | Posted by caroline under Uncategorized |
Someone asked me today why I am so enamoured by spoken word, and what the difference is between spoken word and rap, or why I would listen to spoken word and not simply listen to music, which is in abundance, he asked me why I’m so into spoken word but not so into rap. He…
Canadian Internships, new grads from journalism get exploited
| July 27, 2009 | Posted by caroline under ethics, in the news |
Some months back, my journalist friends and I noticed a trend with “internships.” It was at the height of recession fear-mongering. Media agencies were dealing with their own financial reaction to the economy alongside the shift from traditional journalism to the web, desperately scrounging for revenue through new sources. So everyone was getting laid off.…
