This is why I love short films
The short film industry is booming- thanks to online video sharing sites (such as YouTube). The art of short filmmaking itself, is growing in popularity as equipment becomes cheaper and more amateurs...
View ArticleDon’t stop Music Monday
Given the recent news of Osama Bin Laden’s death, it seems appropriate for both the United States and some nations in the mid-East to rejoice over this event. Why not? It’s great news for us! Justice...
View ArticleThe Shake Weight hits news on a local level
We’ve all seen The Shake Weight parodied by just about every daytime, prime time, and late night show. However, I never thought I’d see the day when a local news station would cover The Shake...
View ArticleBus driver “driving” while using two cell phones
Despite it being extremely dangerous and outlawed in some instances, people still seem to use cell phones while driving. It’s hard not to- with all the social networking, texting, and talking that we...
View ArticlePresident Obama dropping his phone IS news worthy
How often do we drop our phones? Unless you’re me and drop your phone on a daily basis, you probably drop it a few times a month. When President Obama drops his blackberry that he’s oh-so-attached to...
View ArticleCourt date for a DUI? Don’t show up drunk.
We all know courtroom etiquette pretty well by now: dress up nicely, don’t chew gum, turn off cellphones, and show respect for everyone in the courtroom- especially the judge. Oh yeah, and don’t show...
View ArticlePaying in pennies is considered disorderly conduct
A man from Utah was cited on a charge of disorderly conduct for paying for a disputing medical bill with 2,500 pennies. As reported by the Desert News of Salt Lake City, Jason West of Vernal went to...
View ArticleLet’s talk Graduation
“We did it.” Today marked the New Visions: Journalism & Media Studies Program Class of 2011 (New V1s1ons) Graduation. Our graduation ceremony took place on the second floor of the Albany Times...
View ArticleThe death of books, commence!
Who would have ever thought they would see the day paper books died. It’s not 2011, the death of paper books has started. In May of this year, Electronic books passed the sale of paper books on the...
View Article“It was like watching the Blair Witch Project…on acid”
That basically explains my year at New Visions…just kidding. And yes, that’s in quotations because it’s one of the many infamous words said by our teacher (we have a whole list of quotes, but we aren’t...
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