Riley's JN201 Class Blog

 An analysis of the marketing campaign for Europa Universalis V Paradox Interactive is well known for their grand strategy games, that generally are focused on various historical time periods. The largest of all their series is Europa Universalis. Europa Universalis, or "EU" is a series that was originally based on the board game of the same name. The previous title EU4 was a standout release in the series. EU5 is the long awaited sequel for a game with a very passionate and dedicated fan-base. The game takes place from the start date of April 1, 1337 to the unconfirmed end date "sometime in the 19th century", which is a date extension from the previous games start date of November 11, 1444 to the end date of January 2, 1821. Paradox knows that they their fan-base is passionate about history and has leaned into this heavily in its marketing for the game. I believe this marketing has been very effective and is an excellent example of targeting you most passionate fan...

 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.