Throughout this course, I learned the practicality of Journalism and gave a perspective into the work that professionals in the field of Journalism do every day. I learned how to take better shots, what to film or photograph, working with lighting, how to approach people I wanted to record or photograph. Finding the precisely precise moment to take a shot, seeing different parts of the local neighborhood I never knew existed. Getting experience with editing audio and video, publishing stories online, and creating my blog site are tools I can carry with me for the rest ofContinue reading “Reflection Essay”

Charles Churchill is an artist who has published work through studios such as the one he’s currently publishing for Studio 7. He arrived at the Jersey City, Studio 14C art show to draw free sketches of any attendees along with displaying one of his paintings at the show. After Charles sets up his table, numerous attendees arrive to have illustrations of themselves drawn, some of those are personal friends of Charles such as Marc Carmen and Moriah Cohen or strangers such as Amandeep Singh and Sanjita Gupta. Conversations throughout the sketches gradually developed as Charles and hisContinue reading “Studio Sketching by Francis Churchill”

I took these photos as representations of nouns and verbs. Walking around the Montclair State University campus, there was an insane amount of material. Various people in action or in portrait photos became a common theme. The subjects were very interesting including unique actions by several of the people photographed. They all were in ideal in environments to be shot in ranging from inside University buildings, restaurants, train stations, and outside train stations themselves throughout the areas of Montclair and Secaucus New Jersey. The Montclair State University Sprague Library and School of Communication and Media had greatContinue reading “Marvelous Photos”