CURRENTLY READING: Decidí Vivir: Buscando la Muerte Encontré la Vida por Julie K. Hersh
Soy fanática de la lectura. Desde pequeña siempre he dedicado mucho de mi tiempo libre a leer. Mis tipos de libros favoritos son las autobiografías, así que esperen muchas de esas aquí en esta sección de mi página web. La mayoría de las cosas que publique aquí serán en inglés, debido a que en estos momentos de mi vida estoy tratando de expandir mi vocabulario en ingles, por lo tanto, los libros que ando leyendo no están en español.
I have always been a fan of reading. Ever since I was little, I used to dedicate a great amount of my free time to reading. My favorite types of book are autobiographies, therefore; expect to see a lot of those in this section of my website.
I have always been a fan of reading. Ever since I was little, I used to dedicate a great amount of my free time to reading. My favorite types of book are autobiographies, therefore; expect to see a lot of those in this section of my website.
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting” (Coelho, 1993).
Such a beautiful story! The Alchemist completely captured me from the begging with its beautiful metaphors and incredible plot.
The Alchemist, a little boy named Santiago, decides to travel the world with his sheep, where he encounters a gypsy woman tells him that there is a treasure in the Pyramids in Egypt.
In his journey, he finds love, adventures, meets new people who help him and also try to sabotage him. He finds a lone alchemist in his trip, who teaches him about Personal Legends.
This book was first written in 1988 and has been translated into approximately 60 languages. It is an international bestseller and will touch your heart and mind in many ways.
I'd recommend this book to anybody. I am usually more into biographies, but this book will stay in my library until I have children, whom I will pass this book to.
References:
Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
Such a beautiful story! The Alchemist completely captured me from the begging with its beautiful metaphors and incredible plot.
The Alchemist, a little boy named Santiago, decides to travel the world with his sheep, where he encounters a gypsy woman tells him that there is a treasure in the Pyramids in Egypt.
In his journey, he finds love, adventures, meets new people who help him and also try to sabotage him. He finds a lone alchemist in his trip, who teaches him about Personal Legends.
This book was first written in 1988 and has been translated into approximately 60 languages. It is an international bestseller and will touch your heart and mind in many ways.
I'd recommend this book to anybody. I am usually more into biographies, but this book will stay in my library until I have children, whom I will pass this book to.
References:
Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday" (Yousafzai & Lamb, 2013)
I Am Malala is one of the most inspiring books I have ever read.
Malala, a Pakistani female activist, started battling the Taliban to defend human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, since she was around 11 years old.
Her family ran a few schools there that admitted women. They were attacked and threatened by the local Taliban several times. Malala became known in her community; New York Times was working on a documentary about her.
In October 9th, 2012 a gunman got inside a school bus where Malala was in and asked for her. He pointed a pistol at her and fired three shots.
Days passed by and she remained unconscious and in critical condition, but her popularity tremendously grew after the incident.
People from all over the world started paying attention to her story and defending her.
Malala was the winner of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize in 2013 and the recipient of the 2013 Sakharov Prize.
This book will give you a new perspective on life. This young girl is braver than most people in this world and she has been able to change people's way of thinking, which is the biggest challenge for human kind.
References:
Yousafzai, M., & Lamb, C. (2013). I am Malala: The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. Little, Brown and Company.
I Am Malala is one of the most inspiring books I have ever read.
Malala, a Pakistani female activist, started battling the Taliban to defend human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, since she was around 11 years old.
Her family ran a few schools there that admitted women. They were attacked and threatened by the local Taliban several times. Malala became known in her community; New York Times was working on a documentary about her.
In October 9th, 2012 a gunman got inside a school bus where Malala was in and asked for her. He pointed a pistol at her and fired three shots.
Days passed by and she remained unconscious and in critical condition, but her popularity tremendously grew after the incident.
People from all over the world started paying attention to her story and defending her.
Malala was the winner of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize in 2013 and the recipient of the 2013 Sakharov Prize.
This book will give you a new perspective on life. This young girl is braver than most people in this world and she has been able to change people's way of thinking, which is the biggest challenge for human kind.
References:
Yousafzai, M., & Lamb, C. (2013). I am Malala: The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. Little, Brown and Company.
“One of today’s most powerful current trends is the use of twitter as a PR weapon – how else can you describe something that is fast, free, and approaching ubiquity?” (Solis, 2009).
Putting the public back in public relations enhances the socialization of the Web, marketing, and product development. It also helps anyone responsible for creating and managing the brand on behalf of any company. It assists brands navigate the social economy, while improving their future. This book teaches readers about multiple PR-related topics like: Social media releases, video news release, corporate blogging, among others.
Brian Solis is an analyst at Altimeter Group. He is also an award-winning author, blogger, and keynote speaker. A digital analyst, anthropologist, and futurist, Solis has studied and influenced the effects of new technology on business, marketing, and culture. His research and his books help executives and also everyday individuals to better understand the relationship between the evolution of technology and its impact on business and society (Solis, 2006).
Social media has changed the way we measure relationships and the PR world. The number of online friends and followers you have indicates the relationships you or your team maintains on social networks (Solis, 2009, p. 255). As a public relations professional, it is your job to make sure that anything you do within these networks reinforces your brand or company’s value instead of boring clients with spam or mailing lists.
Nowadays, every public relations agency should have a social media manager. “It's important that PR and social teams work together to establish an environment in which businesses can build relationships with brand advocates,” (Walden, 2014). A key element of this process is keeping a close eye on the continuing, online conversation about your brand and company. Another element is to have a trained person who is in charge and ready to respond to both positive and negative feedback consistently.
A great tool for broadcasting voice, video, images or text to improve the communications you have with you clients is micromedia. Micromedia is “any form of concentrated content created using social tools that broadcast voice, video, images or text to followers within dedicated Web and mobile communities,” (Solis, 2009, p. 177). This tool is rapidly evolving. Now we can publish audio and video from mobile devices and the embedded cameras in laptops to trusted networks. There is more evolution to see of text to these micromedia formats (Owyang, 2007).
Journalists, PR professionals and citizens are using different kinds of technologies to communicate with the world. Mashall McLuhan believed that electronic media allowed people to stay and be connected worldwide. That everybody everywhere is connected by radio, television, cable and satellites (Lull, 2000, p.37). Nowadays the Web and social media is also a big, if not the biggest, contribution to this process of staying connected and informed.
The whole point of adding social media to your company is adding more human connection. Is improving all kinds of communication with your clients and followers. Is enhancing your brand’s popularity through gaining more followers and making them feel engaged in your company.
This book does an amazing job of teaching public relations professionals how to integrate social media to their company and use it for their advantage. It gives readers the opportunity to re-invent themselves and their brand. Solis covers what is wrong with the old PR model and the power of the new one. I consider this book essential for any and all communication professionals.
Citation List
APA
Baran, S. J., & Davis, D. K. (2009). Mass communications theory. (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Lull, J. (2000). Media, communication, culture. (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
Owyang, J. (2007, July 29). Trendwatch: “micromedia” provides bite-sized voice and video to micro audiences. Retrieved from http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/07/29/trendwatch-micromedia-provides-bite-sized-voice-and-video-to-micro-audiences/
Solis, B. (2006). About. Retrieved from http://www.briansolis.com
Solis, B. (2009). Putting the public back in public relations. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
Walden, S. (2014). Social media, marketing and pr: Who's responsible for what?. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/2014/03/26/social-media-marketing-responsibilities/
Putting the public back in public relations enhances the socialization of the Web, marketing, and product development. It also helps anyone responsible for creating and managing the brand on behalf of any company. It assists brands navigate the social economy, while improving their future. This book teaches readers about multiple PR-related topics like: Social media releases, video news release, corporate blogging, among others.
Brian Solis is an analyst at Altimeter Group. He is also an award-winning author, blogger, and keynote speaker. A digital analyst, anthropologist, and futurist, Solis has studied and influenced the effects of new technology on business, marketing, and culture. His research and his books help executives and also everyday individuals to better understand the relationship between the evolution of technology and its impact on business and society (Solis, 2006).
Social media has changed the way we measure relationships and the PR world. The number of online friends and followers you have indicates the relationships you or your team maintains on social networks (Solis, 2009, p. 255). As a public relations professional, it is your job to make sure that anything you do within these networks reinforces your brand or company’s value instead of boring clients with spam or mailing lists.
Nowadays, every public relations agency should have a social media manager. “It's important that PR and social teams work together to establish an environment in which businesses can build relationships with brand advocates,” (Walden, 2014). A key element of this process is keeping a close eye on the continuing, online conversation about your brand and company. Another element is to have a trained person who is in charge and ready to respond to both positive and negative feedback consistently.
A great tool for broadcasting voice, video, images or text to improve the communications you have with you clients is micromedia. Micromedia is “any form of concentrated content created using social tools that broadcast voice, video, images or text to followers within dedicated Web and mobile communities,” (Solis, 2009, p. 177). This tool is rapidly evolving. Now we can publish audio and video from mobile devices and the embedded cameras in laptops to trusted networks. There is more evolution to see of text to these micromedia formats (Owyang, 2007).
Journalists, PR professionals and citizens are using different kinds of technologies to communicate with the world. Mashall McLuhan believed that electronic media allowed people to stay and be connected worldwide. That everybody everywhere is connected by radio, television, cable and satellites (Lull, 2000, p.37). Nowadays the Web and social media is also a big, if not the biggest, contribution to this process of staying connected and informed.
The whole point of adding social media to your company is adding more human connection. Is improving all kinds of communication with your clients and followers. Is enhancing your brand’s popularity through gaining more followers and making them feel engaged in your company.
This book does an amazing job of teaching public relations professionals how to integrate social media to their company and use it for their advantage. It gives readers the opportunity to re-invent themselves and their brand. Solis covers what is wrong with the old PR model and the power of the new one. I consider this book essential for any and all communication professionals.
Citation List
APA
Baran, S. J., & Davis, D. K. (2009). Mass communications theory. (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Lull, J. (2000). Media, communication, culture. (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.
Owyang, J. (2007, July 29). Trendwatch: “micromedia” provides bite-sized voice and video to micro audiences. Retrieved from http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/07/29/trendwatch-micromedia-provides-bite-sized-voice-and-video-to-micro-audiences/
Solis, B. (2006). About. Retrieved from http://www.briansolis.com
Solis, B. (2009). Putting the public back in public relations. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
Walden, S. (2014). Social media, marketing and pr: Who's responsible for what?. Retrieved from http://mashable.com/2014/03/26/social-media-marketing-responsibilities/
“Without further ado: It’s a ridiculous cliché. Even when you don’t make the mistake of spelling it adieu,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 269).
Yes, I Could Care Less provides readers an entertaining way of learning grammar. It gives them the opportunity to correct grammar Nazis after reading it. This reading is a personal look at Bill Walsh’s complicated journey of learning and teaching grammar. The author disagrees sometimes with the AP Stylebook or Merriam-Webster, but he always backs up his choices with logic and humor.
Bill Walsh is a copy editor at The Washington Post since 1997. He is a regular presenter at the annual conferences of the American Copy Editors Society. He is also the author of Lapsing Into a Comma and The Elephants of Style and different blogs at www.theslot.com (Bill Walsh, 2013). Walsh wrote this stylebook in 2013 with St. Martin’s Press publishers in New York.
“Click away from the Fake AP Stylebook tweets….where you’ll learn that caring less and not caring less are, in fact, the same thing… Copy editors? Morons. The Elements of Style? A “little piece of trash,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 1). The author conveys this type of bold honesty throughout the entire book.
The book starts with an entertaining discussion about the phrase I could care less. Some writers say that a careless stylist would write I could care less instead of I couldn’t care less. Others believe language is what speakers make it, and they handle that responsibility just fine. When someone says I couldn’t care less or I could care less, “how often is the subject the one thing the person cares less about in the whole wide world?”(Walsh, 2013, p.8).
So why does society say phrases like this when they really mean the opposite? Some defenders of could care less make sense of the phrase by saying that the expression is sarcastic, or at least, ironic. But critics say that the expression’s “n’t” of couldn’t has been muddled in poor speech and writing. Individuals say I could care less because the original phrase developed and created a new expression where the n’t/not disappeared. (Walsh, 2013, p. 15). The reason why writers disagree with could care less even if its superior in speech for purposes of sarcasm, it is because it is extremely hard to be sarcastic in print.
Walsh is very specific about pointing out the most common grammar mistakes writers, editors and people in general often make when writing:
Deceptively: “if it’s a hill is deceptively steep, it’s steeper – not less steep – than it looks” (Walsh, 2013, p. 219).
Ex- : “Write ex-French president, not French ex-president. There are tax ex-collector, mail ex-carriers, beauty ex-queens and copy ex-editors. The sane thing to do is to treat ex- as a proxy for former” (Walsh, 2013, p. 225).
Laptop: “Yes everybody knows it means laptop computer. No, the word isn’t used to mean the top of no one’s lap. Yes, the latter would be redundant anyways; a lap is a top. Still, just humor me and toss the word computer at least once if you’re using it in actual writing (Walsh, 2013, p. 235).
Long-standing, longtime: “One takes a hyphen, and the other does not. Don’t ask why, just memorize,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 237).
Misplaced: “It means, of course, put in the wrong place, and often lost,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 241). The phrase “people displaced from their homes” is not correct. “Google found more than 7,000 examples of this usage… For the record: people are displaced from their homes,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 241).
These are just a few examples but the stylebook covers way more of these like the double possessive, the use of hopefully, disinterested and uninterested, who and whom, subject-verb agreement with collective nouns, and many more. His amusing way of explaining each misusage makes the information stay in your head. He uses humor not only to attract his readers, but also to magnetize them.
Walsh adds in chapter six of this book how he thinks people should not make a habit of correcting innocent errors. He also says sometimes being humorous while correcting friends is enjoyable. He adds that people do not need to be “jerks” when correcting someone else.
““Smart Quotes That Outsmart Us,” “Hyphens That Should Be Dashes,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 149). These are just a few examples, from this stylebook, of the many punctuation problems most individuals usually struggle with. But this stylebook is supposed to be about common grammar errors journalists, editors and people make when writing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary grammar is “The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.” Hyphens, commas, periods and quotes are related to punctuation, not grammar.
I would advice any copy editor, journalist, writer and grammar lover to read this book. For a copy editor it would be useful to have around since the mistakes pointed out are very common, and, as a copy editor, you would want to stand out by knowing the correct usage of all these expressions and words.
I believe his objective with this stylebook was to improve everyone’s grammar in a way that the information given would stay in the readers’ heads. He is informal and funny in his way of writing, which makes everything easier to understand. His strongest point is that writers should know the conventions of written English and know their audiences. Walsh was able to reach his target audience and main objective.
Citation List
APA Style
Bill Walsh. In (2013). Yes, I could care less. Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved from http://us.macmillan.com/author/billwalsh
Walsh, B. (2013). Yes, I could care less. (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
Yes, I Could Care Less provides readers an entertaining way of learning grammar. It gives them the opportunity to correct grammar Nazis after reading it. This reading is a personal look at Bill Walsh’s complicated journey of learning and teaching grammar. The author disagrees sometimes with the AP Stylebook or Merriam-Webster, but he always backs up his choices with logic and humor.
Bill Walsh is a copy editor at The Washington Post since 1997. He is a regular presenter at the annual conferences of the American Copy Editors Society. He is also the author of Lapsing Into a Comma and The Elephants of Style and different blogs at www.theslot.com (Bill Walsh, 2013). Walsh wrote this stylebook in 2013 with St. Martin’s Press publishers in New York.
“Click away from the Fake AP Stylebook tweets….where you’ll learn that caring less and not caring less are, in fact, the same thing… Copy editors? Morons. The Elements of Style? A “little piece of trash,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 1). The author conveys this type of bold honesty throughout the entire book.
The book starts with an entertaining discussion about the phrase I could care less. Some writers say that a careless stylist would write I could care less instead of I couldn’t care less. Others believe language is what speakers make it, and they handle that responsibility just fine. When someone says I couldn’t care less or I could care less, “how often is the subject the one thing the person cares less about in the whole wide world?”(Walsh, 2013, p.8).
So why does society say phrases like this when they really mean the opposite? Some defenders of could care less make sense of the phrase by saying that the expression is sarcastic, or at least, ironic. But critics say that the expression’s “n’t” of couldn’t has been muddled in poor speech and writing. Individuals say I could care less because the original phrase developed and created a new expression where the n’t/not disappeared. (Walsh, 2013, p. 15). The reason why writers disagree with could care less even if its superior in speech for purposes of sarcasm, it is because it is extremely hard to be sarcastic in print.
Walsh is very specific about pointing out the most common grammar mistakes writers, editors and people in general often make when writing:
Deceptively: “if it’s a hill is deceptively steep, it’s steeper – not less steep – than it looks” (Walsh, 2013, p. 219).
Ex- : “Write ex-French president, not French ex-president. There are tax ex-collector, mail ex-carriers, beauty ex-queens and copy ex-editors. The sane thing to do is to treat ex- as a proxy for former” (Walsh, 2013, p. 225).
Laptop: “Yes everybody knows it means laptop computer. No, the word isn’t used to mean the top of no one’s lap. Yes, the latter would be redundant anyways; a lap is a top. Still, just humor me and toss the word computer at least once if you’re using it in actual writing (Walsh, 2013, p. 235).
Long-standing, longtime: “One takes a hyphen, and the other does not. Don’t ask why, just memorize,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 237).
Misplaced: “It means, of course, put in the wrong place, and often lost,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 241). The phrase “people displaced from their homes” is not correct. “Google found more than 7,000 examples of this usage… For the record: people are displaced from their homes,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 241).
These are just a few examples but the stylebook covers way more of these like the double possessive, the use of hopefully, disinterested and uninterested, who and whom, subject-verb agreement with collective nouns, and many more. His amusing way of explaining each misusage makes the information stay in your head. He uses humor not only to attract his readers, but also to magnetize them.
Walsh adds in chapter six of this book how he thinks people should not make a habit of correcting innocent errors. He also says sometimes being humorous while correcting friends is enjoyable. He adds that people do not need to be “jerks” when correcting someone else.
““Smart Quotes That Outsmart Us,” “Hyphens That Should Be Dashes,” (Walsh, 2013, p. 149). These are just a few examples, from this stylebook, of the many punctuation problems most individuals usually struggle with. But this stylebook is supposed to be about common grammar errors journalists, editors and people make when writing. According to the Oxford English Dictionary grammar is “The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.” Hyphens, commas, periods and quotes are related to punctuation, not grammar.
I would advice any copy editor, journalist, writer and grammar lover to read this book. For a copy editor it would be useful to have around since the mistakes pointed out are very common, and, as a copy editor, you would want to stand out by knowing the correct usage of all these expressions and words.
I believe his objective with this stylebook was to improve everyone’s grammar in a way that the information given would stay in the readers’ heads. He is informal and funny in his way of writing, which makes everything easier to understand. His strongest point is that writers should know the conventions of written English and know their audiences. Walsh was able to reach his target audience and main objective.
Citation List
APA Style
Bill Walsh. In (2013). Yes, I could care less. Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved from http://us.macmillan.com/author/billwalsh
Walsh, B. (2013). Yes, I could care less. (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press.
“I don't feel like I can change the world. I don't even try. I only want to change this small life that I see standing in front of me, which is suffering,” (Mam, 2009).
Somaly Mam is a Cambodian author and human rights advocate who focuses primarily on sex trafficking. She is also the cofounder of AFESIP (Acting for Women in Distressing Situations) in Europe and The Somaly Mam Foundation in the United States. These organizations' goal is to save and socially reintegrate victims of sexual slavery in Southeast Asia.
In her memoir, The road of lost innocence, she tells the story of how she was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was only a child.
"In 1986, when I was sold to a brothel as a prostitute, I was about sixteen years old. Today there are many far younger prostitutes in Cambodia. There are virgins for sale in every large town, and to ensure their virginity, the girls are sometimes as young as five or six," (Mam, 2009).
Mam was a victim of Southeast Asia's sex trade for several years. She was brutally beaten and raped until she managed to escaped in her twenties.
After witnessing this tragedy, and unable to forget, she started to fight against human trafficking, rescuing sex workers. She offered them shelter, rehabilitation, food, love and guidance.
This is a very graphic and powerful book. It's incredibly eye opening. I finished this book in less than a week. Once you start it you can't stop reading about this amazing and empowering woman. It is a very difficult book to read; she describes dirty-living conditions in the low-end brothels, where some girls were raped more than 20 times per day. She describes Cambodia men as dirty, violent, mean and heartless Prostitutes are forced into sex trade by their family members, sometime by their own mothers and fathers.
In Cambodia, brothels are owned by powerful people. She narrates how national security and policemen have shares in the brothels and constantly enjoy their services. She tells they are usually the most violent clients.
In 2007, she founded a non-profit organization called "Somaly Mam Foundation", which focuses on the abolishment of sex slavery and the empowerment of its survivors. I recommend this book to everyone, women and men, this stills happens in Cambodia everyday, the least we can do about it is to be informed.
Citation list:
APA
Mam, S. (2009). The road of lost innocence: The true story of a cambodian childhood. New York: Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
Somaly Mam is a Cambodian author and human rights advocate who focuses primarily on sex trafficking. She is also the cofounder of AFESIP (Acting for Women in Distressing Situations) in Europe and The Somaly Mam Foundation in the United States. These organizations' goal is to save and socially reintegrate victims of sexual slavery in Southeast Asia.
In her memoir, The road of lost innocence, she tells the story of how she was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was only a child.
"In 1986, when I was sold to a brothel as a prostitute, I was about sixteen years old. Today there are many far younger prostitutes in Cambodia. There are virgins for sale in every large town, and to ensure their virginity, the girls are sometimes as young as five or six," (Mam, 2009).
Mam was a victim of Southeast Asia's sex trade for several years. She was brutally beaten and raped until she managed to escaped in her twenties.
After witnessing this tragedy, and unable to forget, she started to fight against human trafficking, rescuing sex workers. She offered them shelter, rehabilitation, food, love and guidance.
This is a very graphic and powerful book. It's incredibly eye opening. I finished this book in less than a week. Once you start it you can't stop reading about this amazing and empowering woman. It is a very difficult book to read; she describes dirty-living conditions in the low-end brothels, where some girls were raped more than 20 times per day. She describes Cambodia men as dirty, violent, mean and heartless Prostitutes are forced into sex trade by their family members, sometime by their own mothers and fathers.
In Cambodia, brothels are owned by powerful people. She narrates how national security and policemen have shares in the brothels and constantly enjoy their services. She tells they are usually the most violent clients.
In 2007, she founded a non-profit organization called "Somaly Mam Foundation", which focuses on the abolishment of sex slavery and the empowerment of its survivors. I recommend this book to everyone, women and men, this stills happens in Cambodia everyday, the least we can do about it is to be informed.
Citation list:
APA
Mam, S. (2009). The road of lost innocence: The true story of a cambodian childhood. New York: Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
“Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage," (Hirsi Ali, 2007).
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born American, formerly Dutch, feminist and atheist activist. She is a famous writer and politician known for her critical views about Islam and its repression of women.
Her book Infidel is about her journey from Somalia to the Netherlands. She narrates how she escaped from her violence-filled past to be free and encourages women all over the world to demand respect and to speak up.
“Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline over herself in the living room, with everyone there, and burned herself alive. Of course, if she hadn't done this, her father and brothers would probably have killed her anyway,” (Hirsi Ali, 2007).
She also describes her journey where she went from being very close to her faith to being an atheist or what she calls "from the world of faith to the world of reason." Now she is one of today's most admired and controversial female political figures. Millions of women and men all over the world have read this book and now are aware of the reality of this religion.
Ms. Hirsi Ali’s strong opinions about Islam and the need for Muslim women to oppose being submissive, brought increasing Muslim anger directly at her. She has received multiple death threats since then and has had to acquire personal security.
This is my favorite book of all, I would definitely recommend it to anyone. It's incredibly eye opening and humbling. It's an amazing autobiography. It could get very graphic, especially, when mentioning the process of female genital mutilation but the experience of reading this is completely worth it.
Citation list
APA Style
Hirsi Ali, A. (2007). Infidel. New York: Free Press.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born American, formerly Dutch, feminist and atheist activist. She is a famous writer and politician known for her critical views about Islam and its repression of women.
Her book Infidel is about her journey from Somalia to the Netherlands. She narrates how she escaped from her violence-filled past to be free and encourages women all over the world to demand respect and to speak up.
“Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline over herself in the living room, with everyone there, and burned herself alive. Of course, if she hadn't done this, her father and brothers would probably have killed her anyway,” (Hirsi Ali, 2007).
She also describes her journey where she went from being very close to her faith to being an atheist or what she calls "from the world of faith to the world of reason." Now she is one of today's most admired and controversial female political figures. Millions of women and men all over the world have read this book and now are aware of the reality of this religion.
Ms. Hirsi Ali’s strong opinions about Islam and the need for Muslim women to oppose being submissive, brought increasing Muslim anger directly at her. She has received multiple death threats since then and has had to acquire personal security.
This is my favorite book of all, I would definitely recommend it to anyone. It's incredibly eye opening and humbling. It's an amazing autobiography. It could get very graphic, especially, when mentioning the process of female genital mutilation but the experience of reading this is completely worth it.
Citation list
APA Style
Hirsi Ali, A. (2007). Infidel. New York: Free Press.
“You may have some idea of what it is to work in a TV newsroom. Probably the overwhelming impression is: chaos!” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 2). The broadcast journalism handbook gives readers tips on how to get a job in journalism and also tips for once they have found one. It enhances the importance of being a one-man band and to be in touch with local businesses and government agencies. It is a television news survival guide.
Robert Thompson is an award-winning reporter/anchor with fifteen years of on-air experience (Thompson & Malone, 2004). Cindy Malone is an award-winning news producer, co-owner of the production company Malonie Media Group, and a former television news reporter and anchor (Thompson & Malone, 2004).
The authors of this book interviewed many authors, anchors and reporters as their research strategy. They used real-life examples and compilations of events and incidents that have happened to journalists in the past. “Nothing can teach better than real life experience and what other learned from it,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004).
One aspect enhanced in this TV survival guide is that a journalist does not usually has a high salary for his or her fists jobs. The authors believe a starting salary of $20,000 a year is common (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 61). A more current income “[a]ccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts earn a median salary of $36,000,” (Goudreau, 2012). A contradicting aspect about this business is that usually, the more journalists get promoted, the less responsibilities they have.
Usually those who start as reporters have to be one-man bands, especially on small or medium markets. A one man band is a “reporter, photographer, assignment editor, and a videotape editor all in one,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004). The smaller the market, the harder the work. There are fewer resources, fewer toys, less money and just as important stories as the big markets (Pollone, 2011).
Also, the more journalists work, the more they get promoted and move up to bigger markets, where they usually have fewer responsibilities. Like a news anchor working on a big market, who usually just makes sure to know all the stories that are going to be covered in the newscast and be the on-air talent.
Now, not all journalists move up the ladder. Some just know what they are good at and decide to stay in the same part of the field with bigger or smaller tasks. “Some journalists remain reporters for their entire careers, getting bigger and bigger assignments. Some become editors and move up the ladder as managers and editorial decision-makers,” (Goudreau, 2012).
When it comes to actually start producing a news story the most important questions the story has to answer are “Who? What? When? Where Why? And How?” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 85). If a story does not answer these simple questions, it is not complete. In a newsroom the reporter has to gather as much information as possible about everything. “To be great storytellers, [reporters] must dig up information no one else is looking for, and then produce the package with clarity and cohesiveness,” (Wallace, 2004).
A crucial aspect in this business is to be up to date on everything and stay connected to local businesses and people. To stay in touch with local papers and TV and radio stations is vital when it comes to actually find a job (Marshall, 2013). This will also help when working on a newsroom as a reporter or a producer, because to know people in local government departments is a big help when covering stories. Every reporter should “compile a basic list of contact including police, fire and city leaders,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 13).
The truth is that being in a newsroom is usually chaotic, and working in one is not an easy job. There are long hours and not a lot of sleep. There are low salaries and high expectations. “You will be overwhelmed, you will have a huge learning curve, and you will do things to make yourself look stupid,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p.165).
But all journalists do not do this for the money or because they think is an easy job. Being a journalist is a beautiful job because it lets you learn new things every day, meet great and interesting people and, at the end of the day, when you can see your story helped someone or made a difference in someone else’s life, all the hours of staying awake are worth it.
The authors’ writing is very conversational and dynamic. They attract readers from the beginning with humor, and their tone, testimonies and dynamic way of informing makes it difficult to put the book down. This book does an outstanding job of letting those who are new to this business know what to expect when they get their first job. In his review, broadcast news professor, Lee Hood, says this book “presents many realities of TV news in frank, straightforward terms—you can tell it’s written by people who have been there,” (Hood, 2004).
I would recommend this book to students, professionals, and anyone interested in learning about how the newsroom works and what to do once you are working in one. It is very easy to understand, and it leads readers through the steps of getting that first job and keeping it, how to put stories together and how to do it right.
Citation list
APA Style
Goudreau, J. (2012). Top 10 tips for young aspiring journalists. Forbes, Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/11/09/top-10-tips-for-young-aspiring-journalists/
Hood, L. (2004) [Review of the book The broadcast journalism handbook, by Thompson, R., & Malone, C.] Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Marshall, S. (2013). How to: get started in journalism.Journalism.co.uk, Retrieved from http://www.journalism.co.uk/skills/how-to-become-a-journalist/s7/a553933/
Pollone, C. (2011). "Welcome to the big leagues kid." a reporter's perspective. Survive Your Job In Television News, Retrieved from http://survivetvnewsjobs.com/tag/newsroom/
Thompson, R., & Malone, C. (2004). The broadcast journalism handbook. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Wallace, W. (2004). Tips for getting started in broadcast journalism. Poynter, Retrieved from http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/27244/tips-for-getting-started-in-broadcast-journalism/
Robert Thompson is an award-winning reporter/anchor with fifteen years of on-air experience (Thompson & Malone, 2004). Cindy Malone is an award-winning news producer, co-owner of the production company Malonie Media Group, and a former television news reporter and anchor (Thompson & Malone, 2004).
The authors of this book interviewed many authors, anchors and reporters as their research strategy. They used real-life examples and compilations of events and incidents that have happened to journalists in the past. “Nothing can teach better than real life experience and what other learned from it,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004).
One aspect enhanced in this TV survival guide is that a journalist does not usually has a high salary for his or her fists jobs. The authors believe a starting salary of $20,000 a year is common (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 61). A more current income “[a]ccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts earn a median salary of $36,000,” (Goudreau, 2012). A contradicting aspect about this business is that usually, the more journalists get promoted, the less responsibilities they have.
Usually those who start as reporters have to be one-man bands, especially on small or medium markets. A one man band is a “reporter, photographer, assignment editor, and a videotape editor all in one,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004). The smaller the market, the harder the work. There are fewer resources, fewer toys, less money and just as important stories as the big markets (Pollone, 2011).
Also, the more journalists work, the more they get promoted and move up to bigger markets, where they usually have fewer responsibilities. Like a news anchor working on a big market, who usually just makes sure to know all the stories that are going to be covered in the newscast and be the on-air talent.
Now, not all journalists move up the ladder. Some just know what they are good at and decide to stay in the same part of the field with bigger or smaller tasks. “Some journalists remain reporters for their entire careers, getting bigger and bigger assignments. Some become editors and move up the ladder as managers and editorial decision-makers,” (Goudreau, 2012).
When it comes to actually start producing a news story the most important questions the story has to answer are “Who? What? When? Where Why? And How?” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 85). If a story does not answer these simple questions, it is not complete. In a newsroom the reporter has to gather as much information as possible about everything. “To be great storytellers, [reporters] must dig up information no one else is looking for, and then produce the package with clarity and cohesiveness,” (Wallace, 2004).
A crucial aspect in this business is to be up to date on everything and stay connected to local businesses and people. To stay in touch with local papers and TV and radio stations is vital when it comes to actually find a job (Marshall, 2013). This will also help when working on a newsroom as a reporter or a producer, because to know people in local government departments is a big help when covering stories. Every reporter should “compile a basic list of contact including police, fire and city leaders,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p. 13).
The truth is that being in a newsroom is usually chaotic, and working in one is not an easy job. There are long hours and not a lot of sleep. There are low salaries and high expectations. “You will be overwhelmed, you will have a huge learning curve, and you will do things to make yourself look stupid,” (Thompson & Malone, 2004, p.165).
But all journalists do not do this for the money or because they think is an easy job. Being a journalist is a beautiful job because it lets you learn new things every day, meet great and interesting people and, at the end of the day, when you can see your story helped someone or made a difference in someone else’s life, all the hours of staying awake are worth it.
The authors’ writing is very conversational and dynamic. They attract readers from the beginning with humor, and their tone, testimonies and dynamic way of informing makes it difficult to put the book down. This book does an outstanding job of letting those who are new to this business know what to expect when they get their first job. In his review, broadcast news professor, Lee Hood, says this book “presents many realities of TV news in frank, straightforward terms—you can tell it’s written by people who have been there,” (Hood, 2004).
I would recommend this book to students, professionals, and anyone interested in learning about how the newsroom works and what to do once you are working in one. It is very easy to understand, and it leads readers through the steps of getting that first job and keeping it, how to put stories together and how to do it right.
Citation list
APA Style
Goudreau, J. (2012). Top 10 tips for young aspiring journalists. Forbes, Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/11/09/top-10-tips-for-young-aspiring-journalists/
Hood, L. (2004) [Review of the book The broadcast journalism handbook, by Thompson, R., & Malone, C.] Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Marshall, S. (2013). How to: get started in journalism.Journalism.co.uk, Retrieved from http://www.journalism.co.uk/skills/how-to-become-a-journalist/s7/a553933/
Pollone, C. (2011). "Welcome to the big leagues kid." a reporter's perspective. Survive Your Job In Television News, Retrieved from http://survivetvnewsjobs.com/tag/newsroom/
Thompson, R., & Malone, C. (2004). The broadcast journalism handbook. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Wallace, W. (2004). Tips for getting started in broadcast journalism. Poynter, Retrieved from http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/27244/tips-for-getting-started-in-broadcast-journalism/