JRMC 7340

The class blog for the JRMC 7340: Graduate Newsroom course taught at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Monday, October 20, 2014

2 news videos

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2014/sep/23/yak-polo-pakistan-government-support-video

This first video is on The Guardian's website. It's about a Pakistani yak polo player who is trying to gain government support for his beloved sport. I think what makes this video interesting is the unusualness of the topic being covered. I like the use of subtitles instead of narration because the video is short and narration would distract from the overall feel of the video.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/tech/2014/09/11/pkg-build-tomorrow-prosthetics-bionic-legs-exoboot-hugh-herr-crane.cnn.html

On a more serious note, this second video is about a man who's father was one of terrorists that planned the 9/11 attacks. He's being interviewed about his book "A Terrorist's Son". A lot of times I get bored pretty quickly by news interviews, but this one kept me engaged. I enjoyed his message of how he chose peace and nonviolence rather than following his father's past. The questions were engaging and it made me want to read his book.

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