This is just a data dump of information I collected for digitally marketing a podcast. Some information is recent and some isn’t the links worked when I used them. Hpefully it is somewhat useful.Enjoy! Why podcasting? Podcasting has been steadily… Read More ›
#writing
The Notecard System: How the notecard system helped me organise for my research paper
I always found getting my ideas across quite tricky, so much so that a teacher of mine suggested that I write down my thoughts on notecards as a way to organise my ideas to help express myself better. The writing… Read More ›
Coronavirus and me.
I have been away from WordPress for a while. I have been busy working on my final year projects for college. Obviously, things are changing now with coronavirus. The first case in Ireland was on the 28th of February, and… Read More ›
Dissertation Methodology Template
Clarifying the research question and answering questions as to the significance of the research project (the “so what?” question): When developing your research question, Booth et al (2008 ) suggest a four-step process, begin with a broad topic, add a… Read More ›
HPAT hinders diversity in medicine
Wrote this for TheCity.ie with Aoife (her name is in the byline). Aoife asked if I wanted to help work on this investigation and I was very happy to do so. Aoife knew the type of story that she want… Read More ›
Objectivity in journalism
College notes: Objectivity called for journalists to develop a consistent method of reporting only the facts and not a personal attitude toward the facts. That means that when covering hard news, reporters don’t convey their own feelings, biases or prejudices… Read More ›
Reflection of a mature student: On asking questions
Is there such thing as asking too many questions in college? Short answer yes! Nothing worse than the mature student who asks too many questions, am I right? Always asking questions that just don’t make any sense, “Okay Susan we… Read More ›
Robs Notes:
Introduction into communism ‘The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.’ Communist Manifesto (1848). While there were many theorists of various kinds of communism both before Marx (e.g. Henrde Saint-Simon, 1760–1825; Charles Fourier, 1772–1837) and… Read More ›
Bedtime stories
Under the reign of Cecrops, men and women could vote equally. Society in Athens at that time was sexually freer. This freedom was undermined when Athene and Poseidon raced for patronage of the city of Athens. While the men voted… Read More ›
Documentary project: The many voices of democracy
This was a project that I undertook in my 3rd year of journalism school, I am just transferring it onto this blog post. The assignment was to document a social event, or events. I got to record in one day… Read More ›