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Gen Y’s Guilty Pleasure

Friday February 26th 2010

Whether or not we care to admit it, our generation is utterly obsessed with reality television. Ever since MTV hooked us to the Real World, we’ve been transfixed by the industry and have grown up watching the phenomenon flourish.
It goes way beyond simply watching TV; the reality culture is ingrained in our daily lives.
Lingo from [...]

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Art in the Digital age

Monday February 22nd 2010

No area of society is exempt from the power of the internet. Art defines our culture and our culture is defined by its art. If our twenty-first century society is based on connectedness, our culture is being brought closer together even if we aren’t in the same country.
Art, as much as every other part [...]

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Will Millennials Pay For News?

Thursday January 21st 2010

The New York Times announced yesterday that they would begin charging for online content in 2011. The Times will allow each reader a set number of reads on nytimes.com per month. When a reader reaches their limit they will have to pay a flat rate price. The Times is calling this method of charging its [...]

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Websites That Choose Function Over Design

Wednesday December 30th 2009

I came upon TED.com accidentally. Searching for something entertaining in the cornfield maze that’s YouTube, I found a video about an MIT professor ‘s research and development of a technological sixth sense, a way to access information online using our environment.
The nine minute video captivated me and led me to the website, where I found [...]

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I Watch TV With Your Mom

Friday December 11th 2009

It’s prime time on a Tuesday night. I’m sitting with a few friends as we settle in for another episode of the hit reality series, NBC’s The Biggest Loser.
With soft drinks and comfort snacks in hand, fittingly ironic while tuning into a show that revolves around overweight contestants trying to lose weight, we share [...]

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I’ve got 10 minutes. Gimme the skinny. And make it good.

Tuesday December 1st 2009

Think of us like you would a C-suite. Not because we’re rich (yet). Not because we run the world (or do we?). Not because we’re entitled (we’re just smarter).
Because we’re busy as hell.
So, how do we keep ourselves so informed and so immersed in brands and culture and current events? Between classes or our entry-level [...]

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Journalism Murdered, Killer Wishes To Remain Anonymous

Friday November 20th 2009

What will journalism look like when our generation seizes the reins of responsibility? It’s impossible to know! We barely understand how it functions now, with the Baby Boomers still safely holding all positions of power.
What we do know is that the traditional authorities who have been the final arbiters of what is worthy of investigation [...]

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The Question: Would you ever pay for a newspaper?

Monday November 2nd 2009

This week’s question is from photographer Mark Harmel, a 55-year-old Los Angeles-based photographer. In a recent encounter with a pre-med student in LA, the future doctor told Mark he had never once in his life bought an actual newspaper. Why would he? The content is free online. So this week’s question [...]

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