(LinkedIn, 2016)

PRACTICAL: Establish a Storify Account

A Storify account has been created with connections to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google profiles https://storify.com/ClintGrossmann

Storify enables its user to create stories or time lines using the account holders existing social media platforms.  I am looking forward to creating a Storify story for assessment 2.

I reviewed the exemplars provided for the Storify element of assessment 2.  I particularly enjoyed Michelle Freeman’s story on Australia’s first regional comic convention.  The story was unique in the amount of engagement with participants at the convention.  The use of a small whiteboard with personal messages in pictures was engaging and effective.

Amanda Fryer’s story, ‘A prize exhibit of natural science art fusion’ used a series of picture and text tweets to provide a description of the event.  Fryer included quotes from an interview with the Art Prize Manager which added a depth and authenticity to the story.

INQUIRY: What social media network site is best suited?

I have been an active member of LinkedIn since August 4, 2011 and have found it to be the most valuable social media platform for my corporate interest.  My profile acts as a curriculum vitae on line providing viewers with details of my work and employment profile, experience and qualifications.  https://au.linkedin.com/in/clint-grossmann-a1490738

“LinkedIn operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 450 million members in over 200 countries and territories.” (LinkedIn, 2016)

I have built a network of over 1,650 professional people through LinkedIn’s network invitation platform.  Invitees are directly related to the market and corporate demographic that suits my business and professional interests.  LinkedIn provides me with a profile that can be viewed by others and enables me to research and communicate with those whom I wish to do business with.

LinkedIn profiles are a quick way to determine a persons credibility and authenticity prior to meeting or engaging for business purposes.  The email function provides a platform to communicate with anyone in my network, providing a mutual foundation that is always responded to.

It is assumed that the person being invited is known in some professional context and the invitee has the option to accept the invitation or ignore it.  My experience shows that provided the invitee is in a mutually aligned profession or industry, most will accept the invitation even without previous personal connection.

LinkedIn also allows me to keep up with information published by organisations and thought leaders of my choosing.  This social media networking platform has proved to be an invaluable tool for my professional and corporate interests and the most suited to my needs.

Reference:

LinkedIn, 2016. LinkedIn Brand Resources. [Online]
Available at: https://brand.linkedin.com
[Accessed 14 August 2016].

LinkedIn, 2016. LinkedIn About Us. [Online]
Available at: https://linkedin.com/about-us
[Accessed 14 August 2016].

TECHNICAL: Complete Quiz 5 – Punctuation

I have completed the week 5 – punctuation quiz, achieving 100% after the second attempt.

Here’s my tip for the week.  Do not attempt to do a quiz on grammar when you really just want to go to bed.  I attempted this quiz late at night and received a score of 40%, fatigue does not assist concentration or achievement.

I am researching all answers in the textbook which has increased the rate of learning retention.

Reflection:

I enjoyed this weeks blog writing.  It was nice to just write from my own thoughts without having to research and reference material for the blog.  Because I am an avid user of LinkedIn I was able to write about its application and benefits from personal experience.

PRACTICAL – Interview two people …

Happiness and family are the essence of what is important for eleven-year-old Darcy Grossmann and his seventeen-year-old sister Ciara when asked “What things are most important to you?”

Darcy didn’t hesitate stating that family is the most important thing to him, “family is everything to me,” he said.

When asked to describe his important moments with his family, Darcy said, “I love walking on the beach with my family, I feel so safe and secure and happy when we are all together just having fun.”

Ciara Grossmann, a psychology student at James Cook University described her most important thing as happiness, “doing things that make me happy keeps me going in life,” she said.

When asked to describe one of the happiest moment in her life, Ciara described her recent graduation experience, “the whole family were together, all of us in one place, and also because I had worked really hard and achieved something, a goal that was important,” she said.

Family, experiences and goals were the top of the list when asked to describe their top three important moments in life.

Ciara said, “for me, being with people I care about, achieving my goals and dreams, and experiencing things that bring me joy are my top three.”

Nodding in agreement with Ciara’s ideas, Darcy talked about AFL as one of his important moments, “I love playing AFL, I love the adrenaline rush of the game and the strategy, it makes me feel amazing,” he said.

As the interviewer and Ciara and Darcy’s Dad, it was a wonderful to talk about the important things in life.  As a parent it is reminder that time with family, creating happy moments and experiences is what life is truly about.

In his TEDx talk, Robert Waldinger a psychiatrist and the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, describes the importance of relationships, “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.” (Waldinger, 2015)

Filmed is November 2015, Waldinger further describes, “It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.”

Ciara and Darcy Grossmann in depths of their answers have have hit on the core needs of all humans, the need for relationships and connection.

References:

Waldinger, Robert, 2015. TED – Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons formt he longest study on happiness.. [Online]
Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness/transcript?language=en#t-364840
[Accessed 7 August 2016].

REFLECTION:

I researched how to formulate a quotations before I commenced writing the news report.  The examples provided in part B of the blog assignment were invaluable in my learning and greatly appreciated as a guide.

Whilst there is a lot of work and time going into the weekly blog, it is providing to best form of practical learning.

TWEETS:

A link to this blog was included in the following tweets, posted shortly after publishing.

TECHNICAL: Complete Quiz 4

Quiz 4 is complete – 100% achieved on the second attempt, after a shaky start and 60% achievement.  The first round I thought that I would rely upon my experience, which got me nowhere fast, so it was back to the English for Journalists text book to research and find the correct answers.

The quiz is the best way to instil the practical learnings from the text book theory.   Whilst there is a mountain of writing, the more I write the better I feel and perhaps the better I get.

PRACTICAL: Plan your stories for assessment 2

I have chosen a charity event and a public exhibition as the subject of the assessment 2 stories. Both events are being held in Cairns during August as inaugural events and spawning a great deal of public interest.

1. Vinnies corporate and community sleepout

The innaugaral Cairns Vinnies Coporate and Community Sleepout will raise vital funds in support of the 2000 homeless people in Cairns. St Vincent de Paul are behind the initiative that will see participants brave the elements and sleep rough for one night.

The event is held on the night of the 12^th August, and will be attended by a diverse group of corporate and community figures.  Cairns Mayor, Bob Manning is an advocate of the event and will be in attendance.

(The Cairns Post, 2016)

The Plan: The plan is to attend the event and select a high profile group of people or public figure,  like Mayor Bob Manning to interview.

I will report on the inspiration for this group / person attending the event in assisting to raise awareness of the plight of the estimated 100, 000 homeless in Australia.

2. Spirit of Anzac Centenary Exhibition

Cairns is one of only five Queensland towns to host the acclaimed Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience, part of the Australian Governments Anzac Centenary program.

The Virtual Immersive Experience is an exhibition of artefacts, still photos and videos of Australia’s involvement in the wars, conflicts and peace keeping operations from World War 1 to present.

The multi-million-dollar exhibition is a state of the art virtual tour of Australian’s at war, providing an immersive experience that reveals the courage and sacrifice of Australians soldiers through time.

(The Spirit of Anzac – Australian Government 2016)

The Plan:  This exhibition is run between the 14^th to 20^th August and is open to the public.  I will attend the event and identify a family with up to three generations present.  I will interview, quote and photograph the of each generation to understand and report their motive, perspective and experience from the exhibition.

Reference

The Cairns Post, 2016. The Cairns Post – News. [Online]
Available at: http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cairns-mayor-bob-manning-challenges-his-colleagues-ahead-of-charity-sleepout-event/news-story/5046b169a3f85ddbf2867ef4723a88fd
[Accessed 29 July 2016].

Spirit of Anzac – Australian Government, 2016. Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience – What to Expect. [Online]
Available at: http://www.spiritofanzac.gov.au
[Accessed 29 July 2016].

Kate Ames’- Why You Need a Plan:

Kate Ames in for video ‘why you need a plan’, explains the importance of planning for the successful reporting of an event.  Kate explains the three key points to build into the plan

1 Time Flies –have a plan of what you need to do when you need to do it.

2 Source the Event Schedule – have a plan for the main programmed events that you wish to report on.

3 Ask for Accreditation – ensure you have permission or accreditation from the event organisers / appropriate person to attend and report.

INQUIRY: Find a Short Media Story …

‘AQUIS: CITY’S NEXT MOVE’ was the front page headline of today’s Cairns Weekend Post.

After three years, the multi-billion-dollar resort and casino development is in limbo and it’s now time for Cairns to move on. (Bateman, 2016)

The article written by Daniel Bateman, is challenging a paradigm of hopeful thinking that has surrounded the project since it’s announcement in 2013. Bateman (2016) suggests that “several civic leaders”  recommend that it time to focus and support other projects for the region.

The lead sentence reads;  This week marks the third anniversary since a proposal for the Aquis mega-resort and casino was formally submitted to the Queensland Government, and it is still unknown wether the multi-billion-dollar development is going ahead. 

• What: The Aquis mega resort and casino.

• Where: FNQ – Cairns and specifically Yorkey’s Knob (beach front suburb of Cairns).

• When: Three years ago this week

• Why: The project is in limbo “stuck in the pipeline’ of the Queensland Government’s approval processes

• Who: Cairns Mayor, Bob Manning.

• How:  Carin’s Mayor, Bob Manning is meeting with Aquis proponents this week to determine how to play their hand while still fighting for the casino.

This is a story of interest for the Cairn’s community. For years the hopes for economic development and progress have been pinned on the success of the project’s approval.

At 4pm today the ‘Aquis: City’s Next Move’ article could not be found on-line at http://www.cairnspost.com.au.  It seems News Limited online took journalist Daniel Bateman’s advice and have literally moved on.

Reference:

Bateman, D., 2016. AQUIS: CITY’S NEXT MOVE. Cairns Weekend Post, 30 July, p. 1 & 6.

TECHNICAL: Complete Quiz 3 – Grammar …

a) Chapter 4 of Hicks, English for Journalists is complete.

b) Quiz is complete and 100% achieved on the second attempt.  This was a challenging quiz and proved to be a lengthy process of text book review prior to answering.

I have not been asked to review and consider the elements of writing grammar since high school, which was a long time ago.  Challenging and enlightening.

Reflection:

This weeks blog provided the opportunity to discover how an article is created using the theories outlined in this weeks study guide.  The structural frame of who, what, when, where, who and how in writing is also the frame of questioning.

This will provide to be an important understanding was we plan and prepare for assignment 2.

PRACTICAL: Register a Twitter account

I have an established twitter account at Clint Grossmann@ClintGrossmann , currently following 119 people and organisations that are of interest to me.

I have not used Twitter extensively due to my lack of understanding of the social media platform, its real value and how it works.   I am looking forward to learning what a hashtag is and how it is used. #noidea

INQUIRY: Review the top Twitter trend

Todays top trending twitter subject is the release of the movie trailer for ‘Justice League’.

Unknown to anyone, the new ‘Justice League’ movie trailer was released on Sunday July 24th causing mass online media hype amongst superhero fans.

Within hours online media outlets including Screenrant, Gamespot, Daily Genesis, The Verge, and Den of Geeks reported the release of the trailer.   The official Warner Bros You Tube channel had received 1.4M views.

(Warner Bros Pictures, 2016)

Warner Brothers Pictures offical twitter site posted this tweet.

(Warner Bros Pictures, 2016)

The Daily Genesis is one example for tweets for the Justice League Trailer.

(Daily_Genesis, 2016)

Due for release in November 2017, the Justice League movie trailer release was a surprise release adding to hype of the new Wonder Woman movie trailer release.

(DCU Movie Page, 2016)

It is evident that Twitter is about fast information.  The Twitter top trending items have a short life before the next news worthy item is taken up.  Online organisations need to be on the ball, ensuring they are at the front of the pack when it comes to this type of surprise media release.

TECHNICAL: Complete Quiz 2 – Grammar Rules

Finally got to 100% of the blog Quiz for this week.

Reflection:

In reflection of the blog; I found this difficult to understand the interlinking aspects of the twitter posts. I found myself attempting to understand where, who and how the originating tweet was posted.

Investigating further, where I thought there would be tweets, there wasn’t.  Gamespot, and Screenrant both posted articles on their web sites and were high ranking when googled, yet neither had actually used twitter on this issue. I was also expecting Warner Bros twitter site to have a formal tweet, yet it was a shared tweet.  Frankly, and I will be honest here, I really am confused how this all works.

It appears that, the trailer was released on You Tube by Warner Bros to their offical subscribers, who went mad on twitter and every other social media platform to let their followers and subscribers know.  The subscribers include the media outlets previously mentioned who grabbed the story and ran with it on their web sites.

I don’t use twitter because I don’t currently understand it.  I am however looking forward to learning more about this social media tool in the coming weeks.

So a question of my own – what would be the point in me retweeting the Justice League tweet that the Warner Bros Movies site or anyone else for that matter have already retweeted?  Hopefully these questions and more will be answered soon.

Reference:

Daily_Genesis, 2016. Daily_Genesis@Daily_Genesis. [Online]
Available at: https://twitter.com/Daily_Genesis/
[Accessed 23 July 2016].

DCU Movie Page, 2016. DCUMoivePage@DCUMoviePage. [Online]
Available at: https://twitter.com/dcumoviepage/
[Accessed 23 July 2016].

Warner Bros Pictures, 2016. WarnerBrosPictures@WarnerBrosPictures. [Online]
Available at: https://twitter.com/warnerbrospictures/
[Accessed 23 July 2016].