I thoroughly enjoyed watching “Shattered Glass” in journalism class. When the movie first started, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought the movie was just the biography of a successful journalist; however it ended up being about a man who wrote nothing but libel in the magazine he was working for. I found it shocking that Steve was able to write so many false articles and get away with it while working for The New Republic. If the stories go through so many editors and fact checkers, I don’t know how so many un-true articles could have been released. The movie was both suspenseful and interesting- I couldn’t believe it was a true story!
I thought journalism class was very beneficial to me this quarter. I want to go into broadcast journalism in college, so working a little bit on my writing skills didn’t hurt. I also really enjoyed learning how to use photo shop. Even though I’ve spent lots of time in the TV studio over the last year, I never knew how to use photo shop! It will be helpful to know how to use the program next year when I need to make graphics for studio one!
