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My Response To Isabella Bonilla's: A Reflection Of the Past 72 Hours

My Response To Isabella Bonilla's: A Reflection Of the Past 72 Hours

Isabella (http://isabelladorafirstblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-reflection-of-past-72-hours-classes.html) gave a compelling blog entry about our discussion talking about the current events going on in America. Though this did not happen in our official Journalism 1 class, I found this to be an amazing well thought out article. Isabella mentioned what we learned from Mr.Miller, quoting the point where he said, "It's okay to be scared, but we must stick together." She not only applied some elements of the seven yardsticks of journalism, but she also pointed out things she noticed. This was especially helpful since I hadn't realized some of the things she had made points on.

In one section of Isabella's blog she talks about how some news sources and forms of media make things seem more extreme than they are, stating, "but sometimes they overindulge in descriptions and blow proportions out of the water." I had never considered this, especially while dealing with crime stories like the ones from this week. Isabella had pointed this out in a way that made it seem more obvious, and when she did I realized that journalists often do this.

 Isabella also adressed issues regarding equality in the US, explaining what many are afraid to say; people go against people for the soul reason that their different, and it's not fair. This was a good fact to bring up since it's quite obvious. Overall Isabella made an extremely strong entry about the events that took place within the past week.


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