Riley's JN201 Class Blog

 My three main sources of information are Youtube, Propublica, and Common Dreams. These are my go-to because I think it provides a good mix of digestibility with accuracy. Propublica and Common Dreams are reputable traditional news outlets that I think represent situations with a very high degree of accuracy(if from a progressive perspective). While youtube obviously varies highly in quality I try to mainly follow creators that I think have an above average standard of accuracy, and youtube is increasingly becoming a platform for independent journalists to discuss current events. Its often a lot more digestible to learn about current happenings in the form of a 10-30 minute video presentation than reading a traditional news article. Personally I am very concerned about the absolute deluge of disinformation that is spread and consumed in the modern day. Its one of my primary motivations for becoming a journalists. While it depends on the topic, if something I learn is important to m...

My name is Riley Scott Johnson. I am going to LBCC as a way to change careers. I have actually gone to LBCC before, and ended up dropping out. After that I went into Information Technology, and self taught myself the certifications. On my free time I mostly play card games, usually Magic the Gathering. I also love video games, especially strategy games. I am coming back to school to study Journalism, and I hope to someday become an investigative journalist. I was inspired to go into journalism because of just how much is constantly happening in our modern world, and I think a lot of traditional forms of news media is ineffective in the modern day. Not to mention how low trust is in the media for the average person. I am especially interested in financial/business journalism as I think money and economic is so poorly understood in the modern day, and we have seen a massive explosion in financial crime in recent years that has gone largely unpunished.