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2014 Midterm Election

November 5, 2014 by Matthew Semrau

Abstract

The United States 2014 Midterm Election has been historic on many accounts. There have been a lot of interesting stories coming out of it. So, I've compiled some of the most interesting here. I'll update it regularly as new stories emerge, also, feel free to suggest them on Facebook or Twitter.

Updated

2014-11-06 6pm


 

Historic Republican Victories

2014-11-05 - Republicans now have every congressional seat for Arkansas for the first time in 141 years | by Hunter Shwarz | The Washington Post

 

Youngest Woman Ever

Elise Stefanik

2014-11-05 - New York elects 30-year-old Republican as youngest woman EVER in congress just weeks after she became old enough to stand | By AP and Josh Gardner | Daily Mail

2014-11-03 - Meet the Republican who may become the youngest-ever woman in Congress | by Marisa Schultz | New York Post

2014-11-03 - This 30-Year-Old Rising Star Is Already Being Touted As The Future Of The GOP | by Brett LoGiurato | Business Insider

Saira Blair

2014-11-04 - West Virginia Elects America’s Youngest State Lawmaker | by Kris Maher | The Wall Street Journal

Defiant Obama

2014-11-05 - Day after defeats, Obama strikes defiant tone | by Julie Pace | Associated Press

2014-11-05 - Obama in denial, says he doesn’t feel repudiated in last night’s Republican wave election… | by The Right Scoop

2014-11-05 - Krauthammer: Midterms ‘A Nuclear Explosion,’ ‘The Worst Wall-To-Wall Shellacking You Will Ever See’ [VIDEO] | by Al Weaver | The Daily Caller

Democrats Defeated

2014-11-06 - Wounded Dems look for answers | by Mike Lillis | The Hill

Democrats on the Defense

2014-11-03 - Harry Reid’s Fateful Evening | by Jon Ralston | Politico

Filed Under: Blog, Writing Tagged With: 2014, election, midterms, politics, US

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Genocide on Campus

April 17, 2014 by Matthew Semrau

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Oakland University is talking about genocide after a student group presented provocative images of death camps, executions, and abortions to campus, last week — April 7th and 8th, 2014.

The Genocide Awareness Project

The exhibit, called the Genocide Awareness Project, was hosted by Students for Life at Oakland University. The exhibit belongs to and is sponsored by The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform which is based in Lake Forest, California.

“I would say that before this display was up here, say a week ago, very few people were really talking about abortion,” Mark Wolf said, a volunteer representing the center. “I would say right now the whole college campus is talking about this.” Mark adds, “It’s started conversations going that weren’t going before.”

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Filed Under: 411, Blog, Writing Tagged With: Activism, Events, Genocide Awareness Project, Graphic, journalism, Kresge Library, Mature, Mature Content, Oakland Center, oakland university, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, ProChoice, ProLife, Student, Students, Students for Life, Voices for Choices

A Tutorial for the Photojournalist

March 11, 2014 by Matthew Semrau

A quick and easy guide

The folks at the Journalists’ Toolkit have compiled a list of articles from Photo Composition Articles into an easy to understand guide to the basics of photojournalism. In seven links, they address several important aspects of photography that should be considered by every photojournalist (or photographer for that matter.)

The tutorial covers:

  • Simplicity

  • Rule of Thirds

  • Lines

  • Balance

  • Framing

  • And how to avoid mergers

 Included, with each step of the tutorial, are photos and captions briefly explaining the principles covered in the article. This makes the subject material easy to digest and understand. Taking a cue from its first tutorial, the articles are simplistic. There is not large sections of text to digest, but rather a few sentences to each photograph. Most of the photos concisely pull together the concepts being discussed. The entire tutorial should take you no more than half an hour to fully-digest.

 The articles combine technical tips with aesthetics to make sure the photos you select (and take) are aesthetically pleasing. This means that in the process of understand the technical aspects of the photographic concepts, but that the overall impression of the photo to your average audience is pleasing and fitting.

 All of these articles are provided free of charge. They can be easily accessed via the Journalists’ Toolkit website at http://www.jtoolkit.com/photojournalism/ If this tutorial isn’t enough, the Photo Composition Articles website has a plethora of other content regarding photography at http://photoinf.com/

 If you’re looking for an even more succinct overview of the lessons you can checkout my slideshow embeded below.

Filed Under: 411, Blog Tagged With: journalism, JRN 411, photography, photojournalism

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