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Blog 11

  Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh Hello everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On November 9, 2021, the day my class is studying English for journalism.  The activities that our class does that we held a virtual meeting with Miss Novy using the Microsoft Teams application to discuss what we had learned while studying English for journalism. In the virtual meeting we discussed all the topics that had been studied, then Miss Novy asked us individually about what material we were most good at. I am personally interested in the material on the topic History and Principles of Journalism. So many stories started from the introduction to the history of journalism for the beginnings and talk ways which was originally used by governments to show the news of their messages.  first time during the times people received the news of the Roman Empire before the year zero.  people can read about births, deaths, marriages and the results of legal trials from the...

Blog 10

  Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh.. Hello everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On November 2, 2021, the day my class is studying English for journalism.  The activities that our class does are we must doing the tasks we have to do the task given by Miss Novy, which is to make a summary of the 5 unit topics in this English for Journalism course. Below are the 5 topic units: 1. History & Principles of Journalism 2. How to Research, Pitch & Interview 3. Words in Print 4. Broadcast News 5. Journalism in the Digital Age. The five topics are summarized into one file using Ms. word and each one is made a power point per unit. Above are some of the material that I have learned in the this meeting. Thank you. Wassalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh..

Blog 9

Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh.. Hello everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On October 26st, 2021, the day my class is studying English for journalists.  The activities that our class does are still the same as usual, namely watching videos on youtube and then leaving comments so that they can continue the next quiz. The first material is about the "Digital Divide" meaning the way that some people around the world have access to technology and others do not. They are explain about how this digital divide occurs and why it is important to bridge the gab to create a situation where everyone can use digital technology. There are some reasons why the divide occurs: 1. Infrastructure means the basic structures needed to run a society. 2. Equipment hardware such as laptops, tablets and cell phones is expensive, so not everyone can afford it. 3. Literacy means that we can communicate by reading and writing by using technology to know how to type on a keyboard and h...

Blog 8

Assalamualaikum Warrah matullahi Wabarokatuh hello everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On October 19, 2021, the day my class is studying English for journalists.  The activities that our class does are still the same as usual, namely watching videos on youtube and then leaving comments so that they can continue the next quiz. The first material is about "The Origins and Current State of the Digital Age".  Digital means electronic technology and the technology age is the time of that. Digital media refers to the news that is transmitted over the internet which includes words, pictures, audio and video.  1. The first computer - 1940s. Thinking about global communication in the world.  2. 1960s people worked on ways to share information using telephone lines to transmit data. 3. 1980s people got personal computers at home. However this was very slow and expensive and they are could not print pictures but only words.  4. 1989 - invention of the world wid...

Blog 7

Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh Hi everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On October 12, 2021, the day my class is studying English for journalists.  The activities that our class does are still the same as usual, namely watching videos on youtube and then leaving comments so that they can continue the next quiz. The first material is about "Broadcast Journalism". Broadcasting is the process for displaying the news this way which means to use a video camera or microphone for radio and send that recording to television sets radio and computers. In broadcast, journalists deliver the news using videos that are shows on TV or internet. Creating for news television internet or radio is similar to print media generally called news programs. Program is a regularly scheduled broadcast news show. News programs are live which means seeing and hearing what broadcast journalists are saying. The next is segment means that a news story that's broadcasted rather than printed....

Blog 6

  Assalamualaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarokatuh Hello everyone, how are you?  I hope well.  On October 5, 2021, the day in my class is studying English for journalists.  The activities that our class does are still the same as usual, namely watching videos on youtube and then leaving comments so that they can continue the next quiz. The first material is about "Associated Press (AP) Style". There are three parts of AP style. 1. Capitalization which means when to use a capital letter in the beginning of a word such as in the sentence and for certain nouns like the names of people, countries, and cities. 2. Numbers in AP style from 1 through to 9 should always be spelled out. When numbers get very large who need to spell out millions and billions of those numbers words. 3. Dates regarding the months of the year some should be abbreviated and some should not. The next material is about "The Structure and Meaning of the Active and Passive Voice". Active voice which means ...