Tuesday, April 13, 2010
VISUALS!
Okay, so this is kind of over the top I'm sure but I figured this is a fun way to look at women in journalism and Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live had some of her funniest moments on the Weekend Update skits. It shows the lighter side to journalism whether it be real or fake, and I could potentially use this or an explanation about Weekend Update as an example somehow in my paper.
This is a lot closer to where I want to go in my career. In this video, At a Michigan State game Erin Andrews interviews Michigan State coach Tom Izzo. I like how she exudes a certain sense of humor even when its obvious that she is in a potentially stressful environment. Erin Andrews shows what kind of charisma is needed in order to have a successful interview with someone like Tom Izzo. Not an easy feat, I'm sure.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Mitchell, Kylie
Eng. 101
Darrow
4/7/10
Annotated Bibliography
Clifford, Sadie. "Women and Journalism." Rev. of: Feminist Review: War 88 (2008): 177-179. Women's Interest Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article also touches on the trials and tribulations that women tend to face when pursuing a career such as journalism and how they have to constantly compete with men. It touches on how in a lot of stations and newspapers women are strictly used to write about feminine things such as celebrity gossip, make up, clothing and so on, while in the mean time the men get to write about everything else. In other words, they get the juicy stuff and therefore get more of an audience and gain more respect in the workforce. The article is written by a more feminist movement and explains how this is simply unfair. Now I am not a feminist by any means and while I do have my own independence I was raised in a more equal environment when it came to gender roles. I was not restricted to being either only a girly girl, or a tom boy. However, I do believe that a lot of men have an unfair advantage and most especially in the sports world. I would use this article as evidence in order to help demonstrate both sides of the argument starting with the very extreme feminist point of view and then later incorporate my own, not so extreme, views and possibly along with those of men who work in the journalism career and use their perception of women in the media and see if they notice a struggle.
Everbach, Tracy, and Craig Flournoy. "Women Leave Journalism For Better Pay, Work Conditions. " Newspaper Research Journal 28.3 (2007): 52-64. Humanities Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article also covers what the previous one does, but seems to be more statistical and also covers some other issues. It touches on how women actually have outnumbered men in some journalism fields, however they don't maintain the longevity that men do in this profession, and mostly because of an increase in family obligations along with the glass ceiling in news rooms across the country. It goes on to discuss how men see the world of journalism differently than women, and that women constantly feel the need to be "one of the guys" when at work despite the fact that women have different concerns on what should be covered then men. There is a constant feeling of the need to conform to what men want, and most especially in sports journalism since it is technically a subject that is more embraced by men rather than women. This article also discusses a possible solution for news rooms to keep women on board, and to possibly help attain more women. This article can be of great help to me and mostly because of the statistics brought forth along with actual time frames and compare/contrast subjects when comparing journalism today and journalism throughout history. Having these facts and using them affectively will help the reader take my point seriously because they will be comforted in the fact that I actually did my research and could possibly know what I'm actually talking about and could subsequently help the reader to basically see things my way.
Hardin, Marie, Stacie Shain, and Kelly Shultz-Poniatowski. ""There's No Sex Attached to Your Occupation": The Revolving Door for Young Women in Sports Journalism. " Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal 17.1 (2008): 68-79. Arts Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
The majority of my sources are from the library database at Yavapai College, but in this particular article the authors go through in depth interviews and research in order to determine the longevity of women in a sports journalism career. It goes on to discuss how women tend to turn the other cheek to this career choice or ultimately leave the career as a whole. Many people believe that women in sports journalism are often plagued with condescending attitudes from men who believe that women are inferior when it comes to a career in sports journalism and in some cases, face sexual harassment issues. However, despite popular belief, most women choose to leave a journalism career because of other issues such as a growing family, inflexible schedules, lack of pay, and etc. I hope to use this article in order to help solidify my argument in my paper by helping the reader to understand why women only take up about 37% of the journalism careers today, and even less in the sports fields.
"SHE'S GOT IT COVERED." Scholastic Scope 6 Mar. 2006: Children's Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article is a rather short article that I may or may not use. It discusses womens roll in news rooms and gives a list of examples and pictures of successful women whom we see on TV every day. It says that throughout history women in journalism have paved the way for younger women, and have inspired younger women to go out and pursue a predominantly male profession. It presents mini biographies of powerful women in the media from the late 1800's through today. I can use this to help prove a point, and to help my audience relate. If they correlate journalism, and the steps needed in order to become successful in such a career, with a woman that they know or have at least heard of once or twice, they could possibly be more open to hearing my point of view and pick a side of the argument.
Eng. 101
Darrow
4/7/10
Annotated Bibliography
Clifford, Sadie. "Women and Journalism." Rev. of: Feminist Review: War 88 (2008): 177-179. Women's Interest Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article also touches on the trials and tribulations that women tend to face when pursuing a career such as journalism and how they have to constantly compete with men. It touches on how in a lot of stations and newspapers women are strictly used to write about feminine things such as celebrity gossip, make up, clothing and so on, while in the mean time the men get to write about everything else. In other words, they get the juicy stuff and therefore get more of an audience and gain more respect in the workforce. The article is written by a more feminist movement and explains how this is simply unfair. Now I am not a feminist by any means and while I do have my own independence I was raised in a more equal environment when it came to gender roles. I was not restricted to being either only a girly girl, or a tom boy. However, I do believe that a lot of men have an unfair advantage and most especially in the sports world. I would use this article as evidence in order to help demonstrate both sides of the argument starting with the very extreme feminist point of view and then later incorporate my own, not so extreme, views and possibly along with those of men who work in the journalism career and use their perception of women in the media and see if they notice a struggle.
Everbach, Tracy, and Craig Flournoy. "Women Leave Journalism For Better Pay, Work Conditions. " Newspaper Research Journal 28.3 (2007): 52-64. Humanities Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article also covers what the previous one does, but seems to be more statistical and also covers some other issues. It touches on how women actually have outnumbered men in some journalism fields, however they don't maintain the longevity that men do in this profession, and mostly because of an increase in family obligations along with the glass ceiling in news rooms across the country. It goes on to discuss how men see the world of journalism differently than women, and that women constantly feel the need to be "one of the guys" when at work despite the fact that women have different concerns on what should be covered then men. There is a constant feeling of the need to conform to what men want, and most especially in sports journalism since it is technically a subject that is more embraced by men rather than women. This article also discusses a possible solution for news rooms to keep women on board, and to possibly help attain more women. This article can be of great help to me and mostly because of the statistics brought forth along with actual time frames and compare/contrast subjects when comparing journalism today and journalism throughout history. Having these facts and using them affectively will help the reader take my point seriously because they will be comforted in the fact that I actually did my research and could possibly know what I'm actually talking about and could subsequently help the reader to basically see things my way.
Hardin, Marie, Stacie Shain, and Kelly Shultz-Poniatowski. ""There's No Sex Attached to Your Occupation": The Revolving Door for Young Women in Sports Journalism. " Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal 17.1 (2008): 68-79. Arts Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
The majority of my sources are from the library database at Yavapai College, but in this particular article the authors go through in depth interviews and research in order to determine the longevity of women in a sports journalism career. It goes on to discuss how women tend to turn the other cheek to this career choice or ultimately leave the career as a whole. Many people believe that women in sports journalism are often plagued with condescending attitudes from men who believe that women are inferior when it comes to a career in sports journalism and in some cases, face sexual harassment issues. However, despite popular belief, most women choose to leave a journalism career because of other issues such as a growing family, inflexible schedules, lack of pay, and etc. I hope to use this article in order to help solidify my argument in my paper by helping the reader to understand why women only take up about 37% of the journalism careers today, and even less in the sports fields.
"SHE'S GOT IT COVERED." Scholastic Scope 6 Mar. 2006: Children's Module, ProQuest. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
This article is a rather short article that I may or may not use. It discusses womens roll in news rooms and gives a list of examples and pictures of successful women whom we see on TV every day. It says that throughout history women in journalism have paved the way for younger women, and have inspired younger women to go out and pursue a predominantly male profession. It presents mini biographies of powerful women in the media from the late 1800's through today. I can use this to help prove a point, and to help my audience relate. If they correlate journalism, and the steps needed in order to become successful in such a career, with a woman that they know or have at least heard of once or twice, they could possibly be more open to hearing my point of view and pick a side of the argument.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Collected Links
Mitchell, KylieEng. 101
Darrow
4/2/2010
Collected Links Assignment
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/
This link will take you to the web site of the show that basically inspired me to become a news anchor. I enjoy this show and I try and watch it as much as possible, but I usually can only catch the late night re-runs on TV. I really like how this show takes sports, which can usually be a more one track topic of discussion, and twists it into a more interesting and fun topic. The show encourages audience participation by utilizing polls, viewers suggestions, and ideas. While talking about every sport, they also talk about the comical things behind sports like the goofy things that coaches and players do or say. They also discuss the more simple things behind sports,like whether the throw back jerseys that were used this past football season should stay or go. A topic such as this isn't really of much interest to the die hard sports fan, but I'm sure that everyone, including that guy sitting in front of the TV for hours on a Sunday morning, can agree that sometimes a twist to the everyday sports conversation is greatly appreciated. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to incorporate this into my paper just yet but I think that I might be able to use it as an example so my readers can get an idea of what I'm specifically shooting for. In my previous blog post, I posted a link to a youtube video of one of the main anchors on this show and it goes through her previous castings as a sports analyst from before she landed the extremely popular show that she is on now.
http://www.espnmediazone.com/bios/Talent/Andrews_Erin.htm
This article or mini biography on Erin Andrews wasn't really required for this assignment, but I thought I'd give you an idea of the steps that someone as successful as Erin Andrews had to take in order to get where she is today. Erin Andrews works for ESPN as a sideline reporter and has been moving up the ESPN ladder since 2004. She is pretty well respected by her viewers and is extremely popular, and not only for her good looks. She actually knows what she is talking about when she talks about sports, which in the "mans world" of sports, is most definitely necessary. I'm still trying to decide if sports journalism is really the exact way I want to go when I pursue my journalism career, but if it is I hope to someday be like Erin Andrews, maybe better. Women are still somewhat absent in the sports world even though they are fully capable of attaining the knowledge necessary if they are at all interested. I'm quick to use a woman like Erin Andrews as an inspiration to help achieve my overall career aspirations. Erin Andrews has also recently undergone some media scrutiny. Because of her beauty and intelligence, a man chose to stalk her and ended up recording her changing her clothes in her hotel room when on assignment and posting it on the Internet. To much surprise, she came out of it all and wiped the dust off her shoulders and continued with her career and never looked back. I can also use this as evidence towards how women aren't really respected in the sports field, and are seen simply as sex objects no matter where their intelligence may lie.
http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/tag/candy-reid/
This is a link to a female sports analyst that works for CNN World News/Sports. She is another exception to the "All man" sports rule. In her blog, Candy Reid discusses practically every sport known to man. She goes through hockey, American football, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, and so on. She is extremely knowledgeable at what she does, and she chose to take the less glamorous approach to discussing her passion for sports. She writes blogs, and articles rather than being in front of the camera. This is another route that I have been considering. I enjoy writing, so why not write about something I love and have the ability to put my own spin to things through my writing. Candy Reid's blog isn't a personal blog, and therefore doesn't really tap into what she does at work on a regular basis, it can prove to be a prime example of the time and commitment needed in order to be successful in a career such as sports journalism.
http://proquest.umi.com.proxy.yc.edu/pqdweb?index=3&did=1610525681&SrchMode=2&sid=4&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270095662&clientId=1407
This is a direct link to an article that was part of a journal that is absolutely perfect to the issue I want to address in my paper. It talks about women in journalism and more specifically sports journalism which makes it ideal for my paper. Today in English class we were taught exactly how to use the library's databases and the lady who was showing us how to do so happened to use journalism as an example. Long story short, this article popped up and the little light in my head went on. It directly addresses women in the journalism in the workforce and not only touches on the idea that its a more manly profession, but also explains how because of family obligations and/or the yearning for a family restricts the number of women in this field. All this can be and WILL be extremely helpful in my quest to solidify the point I'm trying to make when presenting my issue within the career and possibly my argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_broadcasting
This is just a link to a wikipedia article on sports broadcasting. It discusses its history and its role in countries around the world including the United States. I doubt that I'll use this source but it may come in handy so I might as well add it to this assignment.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Topic Proposal
Mitchell, Kylie
3/29/10
Eng. 101
Darrow
Topic Proposal
Throughout my life, I have wanted to be many things when I "grew up.” My career goals ranged from being an FBI agent, a judge, a professional football quarterback (No joke) and many other things. However, ever since I hit high school, my passion for sports became even more relevant than before. I knew all throughout my four years of high school that I was not by any means a terrific athlete, and more than likely wouldn’t make it to a professional athletic level. One day I was watching a show called Sports Nation. You may or may not have heard of it, but they are similar to what you see broadcasted on ESPN and Sportscenter but they put a more fun and unorthodox spin to sports talk. One of the main anchors was a woman, and she was very good at what she did and was extremely knowledgeable. Ever since then, I have had the dream of becoming a prominent sports anchor. I’d be perfectly content with working for a local news station but my ultimate goal is to someday work for ESPN or Sportscenter and become a well respected anchor. I figured, I love sports and I have no problem talking or being on TV. Why not work with what I love.
However, I can’t help but wonder how hard it is for a woman to become a respected sports anchor. The sports world is most definitely dominated by men, and therefore a woman can seem like she wouldn’t be up to par to discuss sports as if it were second nature and the men (and women) who watch sports, and sports news shows may not take her seriously. These are some points that I hope to touch on in my essay.
Through this assignment I hope to learn the exact criteria and steps that need to be taken in order to achieve this career aspiration. In the end this assignment could also help me determine whether or not I really want to pursue this career in the long run by becoming more knowledgeable about the career as a whole. I can’t wait to actually talk to someone who is in the field, most especially a woman.
Here is a link to the show "Sports Nation" I was talking about... The Anchor on this show is the one who helped me to decide to become a sports anchor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkVekimzkwc&feature=channel
3/29/10
Eng. 101
Darrow
Topic Proposal
Throughout my life, I have wanted to be many things when I "grew up.” My career goals ranged from being an FBI agent, a judge, a professional football quarterback (No joke) and many other things. However, ever since I hit high school, my passion for sports became even more relevant than before. I knew all throughout my four years of high school that I was not by any means a terrific athlete, and more than likely wouldn’t make it to a professional athletic level. One day I was watching a show called Sports Nation. You may or may not have heard of it, but they are similar to what you see broadcasted on ESPN and Sportscenter but they put a more fun and unorthodox spin to sports talk. One of the main anchors was a woman, and she was very good at what she did and was extremely knowledgeable. Ever since then, I have had the dream of becoming a prominent sports anchor. I’d be perfectly content with working for a local news station but my ultimate goal is to someday work for ESPN or Sportscenter and become a well respected anchor. I figured, I love sports and I have no problem talking or being on TV. Why not work with what I love.
However, I can’t help but wonder how hard it is for a woman to become a respected sports anchor. The sports world is most definitely dominated by men, and therefore a woman can seem like she wouldn’t be up to par to discuss sports as if it were second nature and the men (and women) who watch sports, and sports news shows may not take her seriously. These are some points that I hope to touch on in my essay.
Through this assignment I hope to learn the exact criteria and steps that need to be taken in order to achieve this career aspiration. In the end this assignment could also help me determine whether or not I really want to pursue this career in the long run by becoming more knowledgeable about the career as a whole. I can’t wait to actually talk to someone who is in the field, most especially a woman.
Here is a link to the show "Sports Nation" I was talking about... The Anchor on this show is the one who helped me to decide to become a sports anchor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkVekimzkwc&feature=channel
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Warm Up Welcome Note.
I really can't say that I know what to write, but I'm testing this out so far. It was kinda fun to make something my own, and know that I have the opportunity to decide who gets to see what, and who can read what. Its a cyber diary. :-) Enjoy what I have to write, even though I don't know what that is yet.
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