My dreams of becoming a writer have splattered like bugs on a windshield. Why? Because like millions of others, I have done what society tells me to do; and it’s no longer to “follow my dreams,” it's to re-evaluate my decisions for the future, because the field of journalism is no longer immune to outsourcing. For an individual that seeks success in a workforce that is continually outsourcing more and more skilled jobs, education is no longer the solution to finding a “safe” job. “Your Local News” by Barbara Ehrenreich argues the disaster that sending jobs overseas is creating for Americans, which encourages the article “The Rise of the Rest” by Fareed Zakaria to challenge Americans to adapt to a “post american world” by globalizing. Ehrenreich …show more content…
She shows how the “snowball effect” has taken place in that now even the most skilled jobs are being outsourced. She elucidates, “Writing was believed to be safe, the last stronghold of Western creativity” (609). She examines how the website pasadenanow.com is now recruiting Indian reporters, which only pays $20,800 a year for two workers. Ehrenreich questions, “Is there nothing an actual, on-site American can do better than anyone else?” (609). Zakaria predicts that only legitimacy can define worth, which means that in order for America to stay in the game, it must have something important to provide. He suggests, “As power becomes diversified and diffuse, legitimacy becomes even more important-because it is the only way to appeal to all the disparate actors on the world stage” (618). Zakaria sees that American jobs are continually being outsourced, but he predicts that they are no longer serving a legitimate purpose. Therefore, in order for America to continue having importance, it must contribute something meaningful to the rest of the world, and see itself not as the king but as a single entity in a game with more
Gilbert, Daniel. “Reporting Live From Tomorrow.” 2007. Emerging: Contemporary Readings For Writers. Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martins, 2010. Print.
Reminiscing is almost like a hobby for people, to be lost within another world of nostalgia and simplicity is something we all yearn for as we grow up. We miss those days of less and full understanding, of active and worn out adventures of children, of anxious anticipation of a the flat lands. Debra Marquart in her 2006 memoir “The Horizontal World” illustrates those memories in a hint of nostalgia. Through the use of imagery, allusions, and satirical yet nostalgic tone Marquart’s memoir demonstrates a lucid dream of North Dakota as an area of no interest that yet emboldens an American ideal of the Jeffersonian farming could occur for those who are willing to take up the offer.
The nature of a person’s behavior is determined by their values and one's actions are guided by those beliefs. In “The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society,” Janet A. Flammang, writes about the importance of personal civility and its ability to make a civil society. She argues that the civil manners are practiced around the table and do not lead to the dismissal of necessary conflict. Flammang discusses that not only is civility necessary but conflict is the reason civility exists. Personal civility are the beliefs on how one should act, talk, or express their feelings. Some individuals struggle with using personal civility to their advantage, this is something both Flammang and Orr employ. Gregory Orr’s experience in “Return
You know the economy is bad when a person is working 40 hours a week and they are still not making enough to get by and living in poverty. When there are more foreclosed and vacant homes, but an increase in the opening of motels and efficiencies. And recent college graduates are settling for mediocre jobs that do not require much skill. Yet, we brainwash them to obtain an education to avoid such occurrences. Who is to blame for the misfortune of such a vast amount of people? This is one of the questions Barbara Ehrenreich sought to answer as she went undercover to see if the wages the unskilled earn in certain jobs are livable.
In the last half of the nineteenth century, Victorian ideals still held sway in American society, at least among members of the middle and upper classes. Thus the cult of True Womanhood was still promoted which preached four cardinal virtues for women: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. Women were considered far more religious than men and, therefore, they had to be pure in heart, mind, and, of course, body, not engaging in sex until marriage, and even then not finding any pleasure in it. They were also supposed to be passive responders to men's decisions, actions, and needs. The true woman's place was her home; "females were uniquely suited to raise children, care for the needs of their menfolk, and devote their lives to creating a nurturing home environment." (Norton, 108). However, the tensions between old and new, traditional and untraditional, were great during the last years of nineteenth century and there was a debate among male and female writers and social thinkers as to what the role of women should be. Among the female writers who devoted their work to defying their views about the woman's place in society were Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Kate Chopin.
In the month of March 2016, Women of the World Poetry Slam had Rachel Wiley, a poet and body-positive activist, present her now viral poem called “The Dozens” (Vagianos 2016). This poem was about slams white feminism as a clear indication of whiteness self-defense mechanism. In this poem Wiley included various kinds social events that have occurred in the past years and just to name two: Raven Symone on blackness and Miley Cyrus and Nicki Manji at the VMAs. White feminism continues to become more problematic as the media continues to allow it to be because whiteness makes money; however, intersectionality about race, public imagery, and actual feminism also continues to go viral as the diversity of American become more and more productive.
Fallows starts his article by explaining the context of his analysis to the reader and by providing some background information. He explains that there have been fears throughout America that the nation the claim of world leader at an alarming rate. This issue has been exacerbated by the recent economic crisis that resulted in thousands of home foreclosures, downsizing in various large industries, and the complete shutdown of some of America’s largest companies. The combination of his own childhood memories and the experiences that he had in China and India provide the backdrop for Fallows analysis as he co...
Adelina Amouteru, survivor of the blood fever, murderer of her father, ex-member of the Dagger Society, and ex-lover of a dead prince. For a girl who feeds off pain and fear, she has caused a lot for herself. From the death of her beloved prince, Enzo, the betrayal of her friends, Adelina is an outcast among the outcast, only that she is wanted dead by both sides. Unwilling to lay low, Adelina is ready to strike back, hurting all who ever dared to touch her, and cause misery for the rest.
There are many themes that occur and can be interpreted differently throughout the novel. The three main themes that stand out most are healing, communication, and relationships.
Amir’s conquest in the art of writing indicates how the opportunities he has found in America have better shaped him to reach his entire capabilities, than in Kabul. When Amir marvels over how life in America has been better for him, he ponders o...
Frontiers of Change by Thomas Cochran is an educational book about early industrialism in America. In the introduction Cochran informs the reader that the coming of industrialism to America is selected as an example of how societies in general evolve new structures, new beliefs, and new patterns of action. People's experiences with life, the knowledge gained by these experiences and people's aspirations all result in new innovations and ways of life(3). Cochran's main thesis stresses that cultural forces shaped the early Republic's economy and the nation's industrial development more than specific individuals or market forces, like labor costs. Cochran argued that many of the new Americans were natural risk takers and that the settlers did not have a strong class based society so that failure was more acceptable and more risks were taken. This was an era that without such risks, new developments and innovations could not have came about.
The Friday Everything Changed” written by Anne Hart describes how a simple question challenges the
Journalism is a craft that involves veracity, humanity, and tenacity. As a child, I never thought I would pursue journalism as a profession; I wanted to become a radio personality or an architect. After attending a summer journalism program at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism, I was almost certain that I would never work in media, but, after a trip to Washington, D.C. to represent Morehouse College at the Human Rights Campaign’s HBCU Leadership & Career Summit, destiny met preparation. Because of that experience, I now contribute for various publications such as Black Enterprise, YourMusicMyWorld.com, CollegeData.com, and MUSEDMagOnline.com. As a result, my outlook on journalism has transformed from apathy to passion. Being selected as a 2014 recipient of the NIKE/Spike Lee Journalism & Sports Scholarship would be both a blessing and an honor, and the financial assistance provided by this scholarship would lessen both my family and I’s financial worries and encourage me to pursue my aspiration to become the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of nationally recognized...
Hirst, M, Little, J, Hayes,M & Treadwell, G 2012, So You Want to be a Journalist?: Unplugged, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne.
As we know, the Internet has a great contribution to globalisation. At the same time, globalisation shows its impact on economy and culture. Held and McGrew rightly defined globalsation is “[…] a widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life, from the cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual (Held and McGrew 1999 P.2)”. On the other hand, business journalism is facing opportunities and threats which globalisation brings them.