@King Canuck Yeah, my English teacher was clueless about the SPLC's doings recently. I had to fill her in, and she was stunned

oof.

St.Clair, in canada.

We've got what's called a Media Convergence program

the idea is, in the modern media you can't *just* be a writer or *just* be a cameraman

you have to know how to be a one-man newsroom

and that's what I'm learning

I've taken best to audio and radio writing and producing

so is it like tim pool type internet journalism?

not quite

we still have a paper for our program

but we're taught the skills to generate it all without help

thats intersting

interesting

I've got our final radio show of the year right here

we livestream it to youtube

https://youtu.be/FSc5JKSB3SA

I'm in the producer's booth for this

I pre-record a "weird news" segment (basically florida man and r/nottheonion) that's at 22:53

https://youtu.be/FSc5JKSB3SA?t=1373 timestamped if you're lazy

and my weird news music is something I composed myself

i will check it out looks well produced

alex jones the prophet himself lmao

Yah

My segment is made to sound much lighter than the rest of the cast, with sound effects and silly music and jokes

is there a particular core topic you guys cover or just whatever you feel like

Local news

http://themediaplex.com/loot-boxes-gambling/ I wrote this during the EA shenanigan

if the writing feels a little stilted it's cause the editors are rigorous as hell

yeah ea and their dlc grinds my gears

by the time we're done with edits and rewrites any personal voice in our writing is more or less squished to make room for being objective and neutral

why isnt the font comic sans? triggered

heck u

Loot boxes are annoying, but, I don't understand why a law needs to be passed about it. (what I last heard)

gambling is illegal for minors, and if loot boxes are gambling, they are illegal for minors

Yeah, but that is a rather loose application of the word.

Honestly, I hate the damn things too.

i don't think it's loose

some lootboxes are straight out gambling

i dont understand loot boxes personally

i play videogames for the videogames not the cosmetics