Author Archives: Savanna
Three arrests after man has ear bitten off during attack
For real? What I’ve noticed around here is that large Irish newspapers enjoy writing about ALL of the news instead of writing about the really important stuff. But sure, earless men are worth the front page of the website. *reads article* This article was so not worth the front page! It doesn’t list the names, […]
Mervyn and Tommy
An interesting person that I have met in Northern Ireland…every person I have met in Northern Ireland has been interesting! I suppose the ones who stuck out to me the most were Tommy McKearney and Mervyn Jess. Mervyn is a reporter for the BBC and has been there for 37 years. For the majority […]
A little slice of journalism pie
Trying to compress the entire slavery/segregation struggle in the U.S. down to two pages is really hard. Like really hard. And tomorrow I have to work on the Irish history of the troubles/Protestant and Catholic segregation and narrow it down to two pages. Which I know even less about, so that will also be very […]
Let’s call a frog a frog and a spoon a spoon
I think as a journalist being neutral is the key to successful writing. People don’t care what you have to say, they care about having the facts presented to them in a fair way that makes them understandable. This is a challenging task in Belfast. As an outsider I feel I have no right to […]
Experiencing Belfast
Belfast is just that…fast. Cars zip past you and people are constantly hustling around trying to get to their next destination as fast as possible. I wouldn’t call it as fast as New York but Chicago is a pretty similar comparison. Two things stuck out to me today. The tour we had with Neil around […]
Hey dude, will you pass the salt?
Huge portions. 32-oz soft drinks. Cheeseburgers, greasy pizza, and chili cheese fries. Salt. Paying for services you’ll never see. Our flat “O” accent. And in the case of being from Illinois, multiple arrested governors. These are my first thoughts when talking about being an American. But there’s so much more to it than […]
Discovering “home”
I think there are two versions of home, the one that will always be there waiting for you, and the home that is where you make it. When you’re in one place you always miss the other. Right now I am living in a foreign county, and although we are gradually becoming closer, essentially I […]
There’s a dinosaur in the backyard
This may sound odd…but I haven’t had a memorable dream in over a year. I often have trouble falling asleep, but when I do I pass out, never a dream to be had. I actually have a theory that I don’t dream because I don’t have the time to read the fiction that I love […]
Lets talk journalism
Today was our first day of official class for the ieimedia journalism students. We did a lot of brainstorming and talking about what we wanted our blogs to focus on. Pictures are such a big element in multi-media journalism and Katie, James and I are going to try very hard to capture the beauty of […]
First Flight Adventures
So today was the day I finally arrived in Ireland! I had a 22 hour layover in Philadelphia and almost had to sleep in the airport but I made it. And let me tell you it is beautiful. I’ve really never seen anything like it, which is kind of a problem when my professors are […]
