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The Future of News

Brandon — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:52:27 +0000

A discussion of the future of news with Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine, Steve Coll of the New America Foundation (ex of the Washington Post) and John Sturm of the Newspaper Association of America:

Read the full story on the BuzzMachine

This is Bullshit. (Lecture by Jeff Jarvis)

Brandon — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:43:51 +0000

Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine gave a lecture about how lectures are outmoded forms on education and news. Listening to his talk I remembered being in Junior High School feeling like I was getting the cookie cutter education that Jeff talks about in this video.

I like when he pointed out that in this age of information at our fingertips, learning memorisation is a waste. I believe Jeff is correct. If you can find the facts and conduct research on your own doesn’t that show you have truly learned something? Jeff also talks about how standardized tests are not needed. I will never forget the day when we stopped reading literary works in twelfth grade literature class to get ready for the test coming up at the end of the year. I often wonder what great stories I could have read.

Interview With David Paterson

Brandon — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:51:55 +0000

David Paterson is the screenwriter and producer of the film “Bridge to Terabithia”. David was one of our presenters at the Arkansas Filmmakers Workshop 2010 in Hot Springs Arkansas. The local Arkansas’ students watched the film and had a Q&A with David Paterson afterward. David sat down with me and talked about the story behind “Bridge to Terabithia”, offered advice to young filmmakers and artists, and gave us some information on some of his upcoming projects.

Thank you again David.
Katherine Paterson’s website can be found here.

Interview With Suzi Yoonessi

Brandon — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:30:20 +0000

The Arkansas Filmmakers Workshop was held February 18th-20th 2010 in Hot Springs Arkansas. The venue was the historical Arlington Hotel. Suzi Yoonessi was one of the presenters that conducted workshops for film and design students from local schools in Arkansas. Suzi took time to sit down with me and talk about her upcoming movie she directed “Dear Lemon Lima” and give some advice to young filmmakers.

Thank you again Suzi.

Connect with Suzi:
Movie Site
Twitter
Facebook Group

Robot festival in Tokyo

Brandon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:05:43 +0000

An international robot exhibition in Tokyo showcases the changing face of robotics.

Full Reuters News Story here.

Hackers Versus Cyber Criminals

Brandon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:47:09 +0000

Darren Kitchen, hacker and host of tech show Hak5, says why hacking isn’t the same thing as cyber crime. Jorge Ribas sits down with him to find out the difference.

My Project Made The Local News!

Brandon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:06:48 +0000

In my last post I told you about my new job. Well the project that I am working on made the local news.The news spot was short and they left a lot of details out but it was exposure none the less.