Chiara's Blog

          When reading news its hard to know when you come across a fake news article. We all get too caught up on what the headlines are and we base our perspective on the topic without even reading the rest of the article or checking to see if it is actually true. However, there is a website called  snopes.com . This website is extremely useful because it shines a light on different articles for different sources that are all fake. For example one of the headlines that made it onto Snope, is "Nasa Warn's 'Planet X' Is Headed Straight For Earth?"            There is no purpose of fake news. The reasons why its still being circulated through the internet is because many writers are paid big bucks to produce these, they are forced to fulfill a social agenda, and also to gain an advertising revenue.            I know how I am when I read headlines, and I tend to believe everything I read. Wh...

Hey, Guys! In class the other day, I learned about all the interesting media and technological equipment that Trinity University offers. I think it's really great to have a school that supports and funds such a global need. In the library, we house a number of different rooms. As you first walk in there's several Macs and Pcs for students to use. There's a conference room with a large wood table and several chairs where you can hold interviews and video messaging. Then, you have a couple private rooms where you have access to white boards and a room where you can shoot a video with high tech equipment and green screens. There's access to three 3D printers, which are readily available for any of your projects. Last but certainly there's a room that's set up for you to shoot a video of yourself presenting a project, that allows you to use a light board. A light board is basically a clear white board that lets you use light as a way to write or draw, and the ca...