Tag: John Larson
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Ottaway Professor Talks Storytelling
Great storytelling has the ability to motivate people to see the world in deeper, more meaningful ways. “Powerful storytelling can draw people closer together by helping people recognize others in their own hearts and eyes,” said John Larson, veteran broadcast journalist. Larson, the tenth James H. Ottaway Senior Professor of Journalism at SUNY New Paltz,…
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Wikileaks: James Bond Meets Harlequin Romance
“’The idea that truth is found on a deadline is absurd. Have some humility!’ Ahahah, man, when you said that…” cackles the over-dressed yet under-shaven intellectual type, quoting from his pocket notebook. It was so new it practically had the wrapper still clinging to the fake leather. Quoting a journalism teacher to his face, cliché. …
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Inspiring Experiences of a Journalist
In the days of Twitter and Facebook, media consumers are becoming media producers and professional journalists are finding themselves scooped by citizen journalists. So saysJohn Larson, a veteran broadcast journalist and SUNY New Paltz’s 10th James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism, in an interview with Interim President Donald P. Christian. Larson recalled the 2009…