Friday, 19 December 2008

At a glance......

It's been six weeks since the online project started and it seems impossible it's over already. So I guess it's time for overall evaluations. The course was interesting, most of the times, and I really feel my online skills have improved. Well, they were non existent so basically anything can constitute an improvement. What improved, weren't mere online skills such as hyper linking or using RSS. I have learned how hard it is to keep an up to date interesting blog while fighting with the minor issue of immediacy and how sometimes it doesn't matter how unhappy you are with what you wrote, the article must be posted at the given time.

I discovered a whole new aspect of journalism which never truly appealed to me because I didn't understand how unbelievably cool it was. Not to mention that this module has been particularly enjoyable because it has been one of the few modules, in a journalism course, where the recquirements were writing articles almost on a daily basis. The only downside is that six weeks are not enough to really get to grips with the whole online deal.

I probably should also evaluate my self as a part of this module. Although lazy, as stated previously, the passion I have for journalism balances that out and even if at the moment I'm not sure what exactly I'm passionate about the search has just begun. Easily distracted and still with a lot to improve as far both the english lexic and writing skills are concerened but well aware of that and not giving up: as I said earlier if I wasn't so lazy Id be a perfectionist. So overall positive mark for online journalist Flaminia.

Thankyou Jim for these six weeks, you have been a great teacher and I look forward to this next couple years with you as our course leader.

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