PRESS BMUN LXVII

Hi everyone! Hope your week has been going splendidly. First of all, thank you to everyone who has turned in a position paper already! My dias and I truly appreciate the effort you put in since I know it’s not easy writing a research paper like this. For those of you who still have not turned it in, don’t worry! There’s still time until BMUN to turn in your position paper, and even though you won’t be eligible for a research award, you will still be eligible for a committee award and you will get some valuable feedback from us before committee actually starts! I have gotten a few questions about how the open agenda portion of PRESS is going to be run. For the most part, open agenda is very flexible and is meant to be a learning experience for everyone on how to construct a well-written editorial without forgetting the subtle nuances that each media outlet carries with them. To achieve this goal, open agenda will be run as a perpetual unmoderated caucus. This means that there wil

Hi delegates! For your first topic I wanted to give you a some background on citizen journalism and its place on social media as this kind of media is now on a higher standing because of the lack of trust in mainstream media. Pew Research Center for Journalism and Media suggests that 68% of American adults have said that they occasionally got their news on social media. Now even though 57% of these people believe that stories online may be inaccurate, they all still use it as a news platform. The questions to consider are how did social media transform from an interaction platform to a news outlet and how has it given a voice to billions of people to do their own “reporting?” Citizen journalists can be found everywhere, reporting giving breaking news and keeping the entire world updated with their cameras. However, the ease of doing so has been revolutionized by social media. 43% Americans get their news of Facebook (Pew) and even news outlets have started breaking news

Hi everyone! For one of the first blog posts, I thought it would be great to discuss editorial writing, as this may not be a style that everyone is familiar with. In this post, I'll be giving you all an example editorial piece from the New York Times and breaking it down for you all, pointing out the strengths of this paper. Here is the article:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/brazil-dam-break-environment-bolsonaro.html . This editorial was taken from the New York Times, a popular American newspaper. The New York Times editorial page is considered to come from a "liberal" viewpoint. It's important to take into account voice and perspective for each news syndicate because editorials must represent these viewpoints. Don't forget to research this before coming to conference!  Now, lets move onto the article. The first thing to note is the title. "Brazil's Lethal Environmental Negligence" is a very provoking title. As you can see here,