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It once again wouldn’t allow me link the website so I screenshotted the title line and linked it above. Out of the 6 articles I chose to use for this blog, this one hit me the hardest. Just reading simply the title, you know that how the news was spread after Kobe’s death is “TheContinue reading “Inside Sources: The New Ugly Normal”

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-kobe-bryant-death-rocked-sports-questions-celebrity-grieving-2020-2 For this article, it was one of the first one’s that brought a question to my mind. How do you truly handle grieving a public icon right away? I know the wrong way to do it, is to release the news before any kin finds out or even before first responders arrive on theContinue reading “Business Insider: How to Grieve a Public Icon”

For some reason it wouldn’t let me link the website so I posted a picture of the website above. For this article, I had to dig deep through a google search until I found this one and all I can say is, I’m glad I kept looking. Keith Dempsey does a great job using hisContinue reading “The Post: A Reminder of What Today’s media is”

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/26/media/tmz-death-report-kobe-bryant/index.html As many know by now but TMZ was the first media outlet to report on the death of Kobe Bryant. Although, they didn’t report any fake news, they were still way too early to report on the tragic event. Just imagine sitting at home and having the TV on or your phone open andContinue reading “TMZ: the first to report”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/media-coverage-of-kobe-bryants-death-was-a-chaotic-mess-but-there-were-moments-of-grace/2020/01/27/d825ade4-4106-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html What I like the most about this article is the title, “Media coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death was a chaotic mess, but there were moments of grace.” The reason I like this article’s title so much is that, that’s the perfect way to describe that day or even the week. At first, it wasContinue reading “Washington Post”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2020/01/28/rush-report-kobe-bryant-news-led-some-confusion-and-misinformation/NUtyPbjDeMvQupCA9C9AdO/story.html The media is always constantly looking to be the first to report any breaking news there could be and often, some of the first sources to come out, often do not have all of the correct facts. In the example I will be using to show this, I chose to use Kobe Bryant’s death.Continue reading “How the Media Handled Kobe’s Death”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”