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A Cobbled-Together DIY Mount for “Overhead” Videos Using an iPhone

Sarah White February 15, 2017 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

Yesterday I really wanted to do a knitting video. To shoot knitting properly to be able to show how its done, you really need to shoot from behind or above, so you can see what the hands are doing in the same orientation you would see if you were knitting. …

Media Literacy 101: Reporting in the Age of Alternative Facts

Sarah White January 23, 2017 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

A lot happened in this first weekend of the new administration that might have people wondering about the state of press freedom, access and coverage coming out of Washington. Even before the inauguration the new administration was talking about changes to the way things are communicated to the press, with …

I Wasn’t Going to Write about Today

Sarah White January 20, 2017 Writing and BloggingOne Comment

The girl is quite literally an Obama baby. I had a doctor’s appointment — after which I’d given myself permission to start trying to get pregnant — the day before his first inauguration. We talked about that amazing concert on the Mall that had me in tears, so full of …

Media Literacy 101: Evaluating Sources for Bias

Sarah White December 20, 2016 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

There’s a lot that goes into evaluating sources for bias — both the source of a news story and the sources quoted or cited in that story — but I’m going to cover what I can here in this media literacy 101 overview. What is Bias? Bias means that the …

Media Literacy 101: Communicating with the Media

Sarah White December 6, 2016 Writing and Blogging2 Comments

One of the things that I think is going to be so important in the coming years, regardless of what political views you espouse, is for people to really work hard to stay informed about what is going on, a sort of media literacy 101 on a level a lot …

A To-Do List for Where We Are Now

Sarah White November 18, 2016 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

It’s probably no surprise that I’m disappointed by the election results and have been feeling, like so many others, that I should have done more to prevent what has happened and what is going to be happening. I can’t change the election results, but I can take heart in the …