Week One - Journalism Homework - Due Midnight 9/14/05

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

You have till midnight next Wednesday to get these submitted. If you want to be certain of the requirements for each course, they can be found here.

Journalism 101
100 words on the topic of your choice.

Journalism 201
150 words on alcohol.

Journalism 301
200 truthful words on the topic of your choice.

Advanced Journalism
100 riveting, truthful words on a topic of personal interest.

Combat Journalism
100-150 words in a slanted article on legalizing child labor. Pro or Con is your choice – the object is to stir up a heated reaction.

Photojournalism has no homework until I’ve been informed what sort of equipment the students have gotten hold of.

Please be sure to put which course your response is for in the subject line of your comment for easier grading. This post and all other homework posts will be added to the memories section of my journal so that you can find it again to post when your homework is complete. On Tuesday morning of next week I’ll post a reminder and a link back to this entry.

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Journalism 301 Homework

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

The Societal Make-Up of Pre-Roman Celts

One of the many interesting things about Celtic culture as it survived on the British Isles (not the Continental Celts, who were more Gaulish than what is typically considered Celtic) is that their society was bipartisan, like that of the Minbari. Each culture had three distinct classes or castes, a warrior class, a religious or priestly class, and a worker class, usually comprised of artisans, farmers, merchants, and, in the case of the Celts, slaves. The warrior caste is headed by a tribal king, who then answers to his over-king, who answers to the provincial king, who answers to the high king; however, the existence of this high king has been in doubt for quite a while, and is seen as merely literary propaganda by one province (Ulaid/Ulster) to support their claim to rule Ireland. This rather sharp demarcation of society is in direct contrast with the prevalence of magic realism in their art, literature, and society. While there are two 'worlds', the real and the 'other' (not to be confused with the Classical underworld), often the line between the two becomes irrevocably blurred. Kings become gods; gods appear no more than human; shapeshifting abounds; the sidhe (fairy-folk) run rampant.

Re: Journalism 301 Homework

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Pass. Including the fact that I found this interesting. Well done.

Re: Journalism 301 Homework

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sir.