In the GMU journalism program, we teach our students to write now, blog now, publish now — that there’s not going to be any future because things are changing too quickly. Here’s a wonderful example of a Mets fan-turned-blogger who made his future happen right now.
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Mashable- No CGI in new Alien: Earth xenomorph teaser December 26, 2024The upcoming "Alien: Earth" series showcases its titular monster in a video and images.
- ChatGPT has gone down the day after Christmas December 26, 2024ChatGPT experienced some service outages while users were presumably recovering from holiday festivities.
- Apple explains why it will never build a search engine December 26, 2024Apple has a lot of reasons not to make a search engine that would theoretically compete with Google, but a certain one stands out.
- 4 radio emissions Earth received from space in 2024 December 26, 2024Radio telescopes received mysterious signals in 2024 including strange slow pulses, powerful and ancient bursts, interference from Starlink, and magnetar emissions with clues from deep space.
- Why this 2020 MacBook Air might be your favorite computer yet December 26, 2024Upgrade to the 2020 MacBook Air with the M1 chip — fast, quiet, and perfect for work or play, now available refurbished.
- No CGI in new Alien: Earth xenomorph teaser December 26, 2024
The place to meet on the Fairfax campus
The George Mason statue is kitty-corner to the Johnson Center and the Mason Pond Parking Deck, where guests can easily park on the first three levels (Fairfax campus map). As soon-to-be emeritus faculty, I'm always happy to meet with friends and my former Mason students on campus.
Alum Kevin McCarthy at work
Film critic and GMU alum Kevin McCarthy encouraged students during his many visits to my GMU classes to pursue internships and "get noticed!" See some of Kevin's terrific interviews on his Nerd Tears website.
The One Thing
So, as Billy Crystal asked Jack Palance in "City Slickers," what's "The One Thing"? To find out, just contact me by email to set up a "Journalism for the Rest of Us" seminar, workshop or program.