A crash course in changing the world.
Out of the five secrets of crisis communication, I feel that coming to terms with uncertainty is the most surprising and important. As a budding journalist, I am oftentimes met with article subjects that I'm not familiar with. If I were covering a breakout of influenza viruses as suggested in the example, I wouldn't know where to begin. Similarly, I would be scared to report incorrectly or insufficiently because I was uncertain about the subject matter. But as the Nieman Guide suggests, if…
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During my time spent reporting for WUFT News last semester, I met the amazing team at Alachua County Growth Management Department who's working to lower costs for Alachua County residents to install solar panels. While many people would assume that the major cost involved with using solar panels is the actual installation, Alachua County Growth Management Department planner Holly Banner realized that many people are deterred from installing panels because of the costly and confusing permit…
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For this mission I chose "problems are not always obvious from afar." We've spoken extensively in our class about how outsiders often analyze issues from their own point of view or their own consciousness of self instead of looking at foreign problems from the stance of the people actually experiencing them. As Dr. Stedman did with her international trip, sometimes activists must literally immerse themselves in the communities they're attempting to assist in order for them to truly…
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