Blogging: Now with more Bullshit.

With a gun against my head, I am contributing to our class' bullshit multiplatform blog, that is nothing more than a walking joke, for a class that I rarely attend, and a teacher without any qualifications, whatsoever. (He's the mulitiplatform journalism teacher. He doesn't know how to work a video camera. The multiplatform journalism teacher cannot use one of the platforms of the media. No biggie. Who's really watching video anyways. AUDIO IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE!!!) So, you can click here to go to the site. I'd rather you not. I'm aware no one reads this site, but that's really due to lack of marketing. No one should visit the multiplat site, due to lack of good journalism. Oh, but for a laugh, check THIS STORY out. Lol, this chick works at the Toronto Star, and thinks she's thebombdiggidy!

CBC embraces multiplatform journalism

Cathy Perry (right) poses at the Finch Bailey Bridge with my mother, Penny Blake, circa 1977.

When Cathy Perry was asked to speak to journalism students at Centennial College about multiplatfrom journalism, she was afraid she'd bore them to tears. Cathy Perry went to high school with my mother. But more importantly, she works as the planning desk editor at the CBC's hub. "It's the centre of intelligence for CBC news," Perry said. The hub consists of 3 desks: for planning, live now, and daily news. This gives journalists a single point of contact. Multiplatform journalism is where the industry seems to be going. The hub speeds up communication, which is necessary in a profession with shrinking deadlines. Perry showed us a video about the hub, spoke for a few minutes, and then opened up the floor to our questions. Perry used the example of the disaster in Haiti to illustrate how the hub works. I finally feel like I know what multiplatform journalism looks like in action. And am reassured that the CBC won't expect me to grow a third arm in order to file a story for online, radio and TV all in the same day. And none of us were bored. At least not to tears.

I'm allready envisioning my future office

For our February 5th issue of the East Toronto Observer I was a production editor. Our faculty coordinator, Lindy gave me a colour printout of the front page. My immediate thought: Yay! I'll have something to hang in my office...one day. Second thought: Shit. I'm going to have to frame this. Third thought: What a wonderful new project to procrastinate on. We put out a pretty damn good issue, if I do say so myself... I'll figure out a way to post it on the blog... after much procrastination. Am also teaching a production workshop to some TDCB kiddies over my reading week. Because I really have too much free time on my hands, I need to throw another ball into the air! Oh, and just an FYI, loyal readers (haha). I will be posting a homework assignment tonight. For my multiplatform journalism class, Cathy Perry from the CBC gave a presentation to my class. Incidentally, she went to high school with my mother, and crazier still, I went to Cathy's 50th birthday party the next day.