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Journalism 101 with Nikky Raney

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Journalism 101 was a Youtube series I was going to start a few years ago, but I didn't have a very good camera or editing program. Having a Macbook Pro has really changed things for me, and I think I can resurrect that old series. I am sure it will start off slow, but I am really going to keep at this thing. I plan to do a couple vlogs a week. I have been doing a lot more promotion & part of what I am doing with Zennie involves Youtube. I am hoping to become a Youtube partner (like Zennie62's Youtube)! If I can get a partnership and if I can get some more money I will be able to blog more often. I have a lot of things I have to do in my REAL life, and I wish I was updating THIS blog more frequently, but since I will need to be updating Youtube more frequently I want this blog to benefit from it. So, Journalism 101 will be little journalism tips from me.


Wish me luck on becoming a Youtube Partner. My application is currently being processed.

Trust me, I have high hopes for The Future Of Journalism.
I just have to get the rest of my life in check & work on other things in order to make sure this blog gets all the attention it deserves. I have many blog entries I want to sit down and write, but when I blog on here I really put a lot of time into each blog post (at least 5 hours...), and I take it seriously. So, I hope that my Journalism 101 vlogs can keep everyone entertained while I work on other projects before I can finally sit back (unstressed) and blog freely on NikkyRaney.com :)


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Citizen Journalism BRIEF + HST

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I was talking on the phone with Zennie last night & he thinks positively of the rise of citizen journalists. The only reason I disagree with that is the same reason I don't think that a blogger is a journalist. I would prefer the term to be "citizen blogger" if anything.


Poynter Online has an interesting read.

Go read that.

I'll elaborate on this at a later time. I apologize for not spending as much time with The Future of Journalism. I assure you I have bigger and better things in store. I am going to put to rest the "WORD OF THE WEEK," and resurrect "JOURNALISM 101."

You'll see what I mean in a few minutes.


I'm currently reading Hey Rube by Hunter S. Thompson. I have already read this book, but I like reading it multiple times.
I would like to share with you the list of Hunter S. Thompson books I own.
The first HST book I ever read was Fear and Loathing in America, which was given to me from my Journalism advisor, Dan Singer, my senior year of high school. He told me that he picked that book for me for a specific reason. He put a bookmark in a specific place and said that the particular passage/letter where the bookmark was represented part of why that book was perfect for me. He took a lot of time to think of books for The Tide's executive staff (I was Managing Editor). I can say that today I do understand why he chose that book specifically for me. I reference and read through Fear and Loathing in America on a daily basis - I always have that book close (along with my AP STYLE GUIDEBOOK).
Anyway, the list of all HST books I own:

Hey Rube
Better Than Sex
Fear and Loathing in America
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Generation of Swine
Hell's Angels
Rum Diary
The Great Shark Hunt
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
Songs of the Doomed
The Proud Highway


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Fox Could Learn From Me.

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I am going to make sure to do blog entries soon.

My personal life has been a bit on the down site. My birthday was Monday, and I am now 20, but certain things have been holding me back.

I saw a comment on a post I wrote for Zennie62.com dealing with Tila Tequila, and this comment MADE MY DAY:





Yes, Fox could learn more than a couple things from me. I am the Future of Journalism, and I will continue on my blogs about "Miss Tila Tequila," because she is a celebrity who uses her fame for evil. She has been faking suicide attempts and adding stigma to mental illness, and that is intolerable.

My personal life is busy, but I will do my blog entry about INTERVIEWS very soon. :) So, this was a check in for me. Cheers. xoxox


"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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TMZ ADDS ZENNIE62.COM TO ITS BLOGROLL.

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TMZ ADDS ZENNIE62.COM TO ITS BLOGROLL


TMZ'S BLOG ROLL now features the blog that I am a contributor to - ZENNIE62.com
How IRONIC that yesterday I had just written about TMZ, saying that they have broken a lot of stories first with their footage. Well, now I guess I am semi-associated with TMZ.

Cool Tidbit: Zennie62.com is the only blog that begins with "Z" on the blog roll!

Well, I guess that's apart of THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM.

Don't worry though, I'll never "sell out."
I am going to always stick to writing what's true to me, what is credible, and I will always maintain my integrity.

IT's 8:53 am and I am extremely excited about this. I could have never expected anything like that.
Thank you TMZ :)

Maybe this will help improve my opinion on TMZ's credibility.

“Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.” -- John D. MacDonald



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Nikky Raney's Future of Blogging (with Zennie62.com)

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Zennie Abraham is the Founder and CEO of Sports Business Simulations Inc., blogger for San Francisco Chronicle's City Brights, and has his own blog Zennie62.com. If you go to that blog you will see a list of "Contributors" on the side panel. Within that list you will find the name "NIKKY RANEY." That is me.


I am excited about this. I will be posting my "Future of Journalism" stories to this blog mostly, but they will also appear sometimes on his blog. My posts to his blog will be a lot more specific news story related/entertainment/politics. This blog is still my "personal" blog. That is my "business" blog; I guess you could say.

I have bought the domain name www.nikkyraney.com, and within the next 3 days (the blog is still in transition) the official website/link for this blog will be http://www.nikkyraney.com. Some of the blog entries that I post for Zennie62.com may not appear on this blog, just like some of the blog entries for this blog may not appear on Zennie62.com.


Thank you so much Zennie for this opportunity. I am honored and excited to contribute.


As I have mentioned before, I am an aspiring journalist that BLOGS. But I am a blogger that is an aspiring journalist also. So, I am not saying that "blogging is journalism," but it ties in with the FUTURE of journalism :)


P.S. And yes, the previous blog entry was about him. I don't think I need to keep that secret anymore.

So: big blogging ahead of me. And I was never even a fan of blogging to begin with. This will be the start of a great experience!


"Blogs, social networks, newspapers, any other form of publication – all have social aspects to them. It is a spectrum really, with social networks at one extreme and a 19th century novel at the other. But there’s room for all types of social publishing platforms." - Richard McManus

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