In the essay, “The Case for Reparations” Ta-Nehisi Coates is aware that people are against his ideas from the start. However, he uses this ideas to further his argument. He takes a research-based topic and makes it more persuasive. I can use this in my writing because not everything has to be neutral. If you …
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Ehrenreich principles applied to Summers
Common-Sense Understanding Summers begins her essay with a common-sense understanding. She talks about her personal experience and how much she has spent of skincare. She includes her routine and the multitude of products involved. She then relates her personal experience to that of others. She includes statistics about the beauty and skincare industry. Summers also …
Longform Essay: Inside the Playlist Factory
I liked the personal interviews and stories that relate to the topic. It is right off the bat and personalizes the technology. People and names helps with a nice flow of an essay. It becomes a story. It reminds me of my first assignment article “everything you know about obesity is wrong”. I like the …
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An essay about lobsters that can question the meaning of life
David Foster Wallace writes an essay for Gourmet Magazine about the Maine Lobster Fest. He was given an assignment of covering an event of “fun, sun, and fine food”. If you know anything about DFW, you would know that this is not his usual platform or topic. He usually writes postmodern nonfiction that is often …
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Who wants to hear about sex garbage? …..me
Right off the bat, the platform, Medium, allows the author, Elizabeth Royte, to be more creative in terms of presenting. Her heading is a photograph of stairs ,and her title “The Remains of the Night: sex, trash and nature in the city” is placed upon it. This aesthetic is intriguing. Royte is a very descriptive …
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Essays and Narratives
In The Age of The Essay by Paul Graham, the topic of traditional essay writing is dissected. In high school, we learned to write about others’ work instead of producing our own. Personally, I felt like my writing was one of a robot’s in high school, and the author agrees. His text explains why this …
Niche Journalism
Jay Rosen writes an article on Pressthink about the basis of journalism. Some may believe that to get your foot in the door, a niche topic can help kick start your career. Rosen says, start a niche news service on a subject “some people care a lot about”. He says “know everything about something.” He …
Short Form Interview
I interviewed a friend and posted it on soundcloud Here is the link! https://soundcloud.com/jill-shaughnessy-919859393/interview-with-taylor-podcast
Terry and Marc
The best question Marc asked Terry was: “do you get something out of that emotionally?” The best question Terry asked Marc was: Was when she asked him what its like when comics get together. Both questions spiraled into good content with a purpose. In Gross’ case that purpose is pure conversation.
Laugh Tracks
The two podcasts have the same topic and are incredibly entertaining. However, the way that this is executed is with different methodology. “How does laughing affect us” begins with two men casually discussing the Nanny. Then the host starts weaving in clips and sound bytes of interviews, examples, and music. The first part is background …
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