The Morning Call (Blog 2)

Hello again, today I’m going to post my thoughts about an article I read in The Morning Call, from September 10, 2014 on page “news 2.” The article discussed how Mayor Michael Nutter and City Councilman James Kenney reached an agreement to decriminalize small amounts marijuana in Philadelphia. The article stated that people who possessed amounts under 30 grams, which is slightly over an ounce, would only have to pay a fine of up to $100 or nine hours of community service. To me, this article seems like it was written by someone who can keep a level head about pot in today’s society. It was written fairly, and did not seem to hold any prejudice in its words about people who are caught possessing it. To me, most media seems to hold some kind of favoritism to it about almost any topic. And Marijuana certainly has been a wide spread controversy since municipalities have begun to reduce its negative stigmatism amongst law enforcement. It would be quite easy for an author to take a trip down prejudice lane about this touchy topic, however, it remained fair all the way through. To me, this article shows what journalism is all about. It gave the reader a topic, explained the situation in sufficient detail, and wrapped it up with more information on the topic on a national level. I greatly appreciate media that doesn’t have a twist implemented on it to express the feelings of the writer on the topic. This author seems to understand what marijuana means to the average citizen today, and avoided offending readers about the topic. He stuck to what he was supposed to do without stepping on any toes, which will continue his likelihood of readers following his work. Neutrality is a beautiful thing in the news; it allows people to see a story how they want.   

Introduction

Hello everyone! I’m going to start off my blog by first introducing myself. My name is John Scheers and I am a senior at Kutztown University, not including the “victory lap” I’ll be taking. I am a Communication Studies major and a Public Relations minor, and I aspire to go deep within the Public Relations field. I love that PR is involved with everything in the world today, especially since that means there are plenty of job opportunities out there. My dream is to work in the Public Relations department of the Baltimore Orioles front office. To me, nothing would surpass my ability to help my all-time favorite sports team off the field. With that being said, it’s quite obvious that I’m a huge Orioles fan. I forever represent my devotion to this team, because I have an Oriole tattooed on my right arm for everyone to see. This brings me to my other passion in life, collecting amazing art work on my skin, forever to be cherished by me, no matter where I go. Being tattooed is a slow, painful, and expensive process, but to someone like me, it’s worth every little bit. 

Next, I’m going to discuss my reflection of my professor’s blog. I find the words he has spoken to be quite true concerning most of the media today, mainly the internet. A considerable amount of effort and time is put into irrelevant activities on the web. Numerous people on a daily basis go through huge amounts of stress and discomfort because of social media. I find it to be unfortunate, but media as we know it today is here to stay, and there are many positive advantages of it. From a PR perspective, I have quite the fond view of social media. If used properly, it can be one of the best free or cheap tools a company can take advantage of to help boost their image.