Saturday, September 17, 2011

There vs Here


As I was on youtube, I was searching for videos that related to the world of media. Then I came across this video about two bears talking about journalism. Cute, right? In actuality, it slightly crushed my dreams into a blender and poured it into a sundae glass called reality. They didn't even give me a cherry. 

During high school and in college, I spent my time watching the news, reading the papers and admiring the work reporters put in to make it out there. But where is there? There to me was CNN. CNN Asia actually. Imagine walking up the Great Wall of China, exploring the beautiful city of Tokyo while covering a feature story about authentic Korean cuisine. There to George (I decided to name the bear, George) was at the New York Times. But in actuality, how many of us really do get there? In this industry maybe some of us never get there, but instead just stay...here.
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3 comments:

  1. ....J.Michael RobertsonSeptember 20, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    I've seen this before and (sigh)I guess I've never shown it to a class. Well, what does not destroy us makes us strong. Poor George.

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  2. Stellar CassidySeptember 20, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    Akina, I've seen a video very similar to this made by the same people. Interestingly enough, they use no "voices" for their cartoons. The makers just type the words into a somewhat "reading robot" and that's why the characters sound the way they do. The one I saw was called "So you wanna be an English Professor." I was funny and smart, but heartbreaking as well. So I most definitely empathize with you on this one.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    This cartoon really brings to light the real world of journalism. The monotone, robotic voices really show the contrast between the aspiring journalist and the devil's advocate (aka the experienced journalist who's all too familiar with rejection). I almost feel like as students are all George – we all aspire for a far-fetched, bright future ahead of us. The devil's advocate here is talking about all the petty, miniscule jobs that a journalist gets stuck with. As much work goes into writing and reporting, there are many dead ends that come ahead, but I think to survive in the industry, one needs to be persistent, motivated and prepare for the unexpected.

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