Comments for Otaku Journalist

Comment on When is it unprofessional for a reporter to act like a fan? by 4aks

4aks — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:57 +0000

I think it’s fine when it’s clear where you stand, though it’s more a role for a commentator (who may occassionally write news).

I like how Michael Wilbon does it in the sports world – primarily a commentator, I think he used to occassionally byline some reporting, and he always takes the opportunity to slip in ‘I’m a fan of the Bulls / the Cubs / etc’

Comment on I can’t be a hot girl and a nerd. Geek culture won’t let me. by specie8470

specie8470 — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:56:27 +0000

I disagree with your comment about you can’t be poor and rich at the same time. One of my favorite movie quotes is from Wall Street Money Never Sleeps “No matter how much money you make you will never be rich.” Said by Shia LaBeouf’s character to Michael Douglas’s character after Michael’s character destroys his relationship with his daugther all for money or as Douglas puts it “The Game” One can be hot and a nerd just most people are too superficial to see.

Comment on Why I intern in journalism for free by Mike L.

Mike L. — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:07:12 +0000

I can’t believe Adam thinks there is nothing unethical about firing hard working people and taking advantage of desperate people for jobs in their place? Do you also not think there is anything wrong with Mitt Romney paying 15% taxes and being a quadruple millionaire and trying to lower it for the rich? Do you also think republicans are right and that there should be two classes of people with a shrinking middle class? Do you think Foxconn is a wonderful place to work and Apple should continue to work with the company that is breaking even Chinese labor laws?

Oh and it isn’t necessarily supply and demand. If interns went on strike many of those small town papers would fold. They rely on them and hardly have any journalism grads in those areas so it isn’t as rosy as you make it out to be for them either.

Comment on Why I intern in journalism for free by Mike L.

Mike L. — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:02:49 +0000

I can honestly say that my internship at Palo Alto Weekly didn’t help me one bit. I hardly even use those clips when applying to online job posting to my writing/reporting niche, which is tech sites/publications. I just use either already-existing stories published online and send them links or links to my blog postings that I wrote as stories. There is no reasons took this. Even content mills will publish your work under your own name and pay you for it. Why would you go out of your way for these internships when you can set up a portfolio via WordPress and use content mills or blog postings for your portfolio? You can even publish stuff on other blogs from. Your home and use that in your portfolio to make it look morre varied or like you wrote for different venues. Then you can work your way up.

Comment on Today in Fandom: anime piracy and how the anime industry is like journalism by Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:49:08 +0000

I first got into anime myself by downloading a fansub of Zoids Genesis and ever since then I have been hooked. Basically all the shows I watch initially are fansubs and in doing that I have built up quit a large collection.

In saying that I do live in Australia where anime seems to be rarely licensed/released and if it is it’s mostly on DVD, I settle for nothing less than blu ray quality. If I watch a show that I really enjoy I will make an effort to by the media no matter what the cost, an example would be Clannad which I purchased both box sets for $800 each from japan (If all the anime that was released in japan had English subs I would have no money left).

I have quit a collection of blu ray’s and if I like a series a lot I will even bring myself to purchase blu-rays from japan without subs, now keep in mind that I cannot understand nor read Japanese and the only reason I would do this is because I know it’s possible with enough effort to mix fansubs into the media itself after copying it to my PC, if this were not possible there is no way I could bring myself to spend that amount of money on the media.

When I first heard of Crunchyroll a while back I was very much interested in it and would have been more than happy to spend the money to support anime however, the one thing stopping me from using this service is this: “Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region.” words cannot describe how much this p$#ses me off. This does not apply to all anime on the site but it’s enough for me not to go with them.

In the end all I can do is download the fansubs and later attempt to locate the media (with subs if possible) if I deem it worth spending $100+ on, which I do quit often but have to restrain myself sometimes.

Comment on Otaku Journalist at Sakura Matsuri 2012 by Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:04:44 +0000

I was there I am in your picture actually ^_^ Because you snapped the shot with everyone on stage, even the photo contest people and I was in the photo contest.

Comment on Otaku Journalist at Sakura Matsuri 2012 by Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:32:19 +0000

Lauren,

Thank you so much for this awesome article and for the direct link ^_^

Comment on Why you don’t have your geek dream job by Linkylous!

Linkylous! — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:38:42 +0000

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Comment on Otaku Journalist at Sakura Matsuri 2012 by Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:31:34 +0000

Tiffany, pleased to meet you! Thanks for the link. I’ll add this into my blog post now.

Comment on Otaku Journalist at Sakura Matsuri 2012 by Tiffany Tezna

Tiffany Tezna — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:29:32 +0000

Hey there I actually run the Ausa Fashion show at the matsuri. You can get all the details from this years fashion show as well as Next years on our Face Book fanpage

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anime-USA-DC-Sakura-Matsuri-Fashion-Show/249350848482274