Newspapers are dead. NOT

A quick little post here before I leave work and get going on my weekend exploits. I take the train into the city two days a week, and have noticed a reoccuring trend. Granted, newspapers are slowly moving into an almost completely online industry, the abilitiy to get the news for fifty cents and keep your self occupied on a train is something that will never go away. Almost half of hte people on the morning train have a paper in their hands. There's just something about that smell of coffee and fresh newspaper ink that gets epople going in the morning. Nothing substancial here, but a worthy observation none the less.

Welcome to the Real World

On Wednesday, I started working at a Public Relations/Marketing firm in the city called the Rosen Group. As soon as I found out I had been awarded this internship, which was only about two weeks before I began, I couldn't wait for it to start. I viewed this as a chance to escape the college life for two days a week, and get on with the rest of my life. The internship is nothing less than I hoped it would be. I am immersed in the public relations culture, calling companies, measuring online data and inputting it into an excel spread sheet. Despite my overall excitement, I came to a stark realization as I was crammed on the Metro North Train at 6:54 A.M: Fairfield is an absolute country club compared to reality.
My two years at Fairfield have been what I thought were hectic, stressful, and an overall hassle in many respects. My first dip into the concrete jungle where I will hopefully spend the majority of my professional career has quickly decimated that original view. Pressure to get work done, being a novice in an office full of veterans, and not having a sure idea of what your doing but doing it anyway have been my routine throughout the workday. I am in a cab at 6:45 am and do not arrive back on campus till after eight. This grueling schedule is not only draining physically, but also financially.
In the past three days I have learned that no matter what happens on the Fairfield campus (aside from power tripping resident assistants and glorified mall security officers better known as public safety) it is a cake walk compared to what awaits us after our final walk down the graduation aisle.

Look Everyone! There's the recession

As a member of a collegiate news media corporation, I am quick to stand behind the society of journalists as one that stands boldly in the face of a tyrannical democracy and does everything in their collective power to learn the truth.
But not this time
A quick glance a a morning paper, a daily news program, or trendy car advertisements will have you hiding your piggy-banks quicker than McCain can declare war. But before you go yank everything out of the market and throw it in the bricks, think about who it is declaring this economic downturn, as seen on site such as this
They key to the growth of the currently slumping economy lies in the pockets of the people. Every dollar spent is one more dollar freely flowing from one hand to another. Once easy spenders are now clamming up on day trips to the mall, vacations, and any major or minor purchases from electronics to the morning grande late. Their irrational impetus for this is the balding heads and make-up overloads blaring from the television.
The broadcast media must realize that they are currently the number one catalyst for the countries economic woes. Quarterly losses, chapter eleven bankruptcies, and jobless Americans have been gracing the screen for months and have caused a widespread financial panic. Instead of always being the dark cloud, highlight some of the gains certain companies have made, the progressions of alternate fuel technology and the strides being made by NASA.
Well NASA is actually a galactic black hole in the national budget, but that's neither here nor there.
There are plenty of thriving, hard working people in the country both young and old that are doing more than holding their own in this supposed economic slump. Let's stop being so starved for news and not run that "What YOU Need To Do To Survive" type program and put something out there that this country is undoubtedly in need of; Confidence

JC