Reflecting on the Humphrey Seminar
Before signing up for the Humphrey Seminar, Dr. Bill asked us to explain why we wanted to take the class and spend the semester with the Humphrey Fellows. I sent …
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Trusting your instincts
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is about rapid decision making and thin-slicing, which means making large judgments from very little information. It offers case studies and examples of …
Trusting your instincts Read MoreWork-life balance should not be a joke
Just a few days after our Monday discussion on work-life balance, I read this apropos article from Time magazine. A law firm in New York told all of its employees …
Work-life balance should not be a joke Read MoreAudrey’s About Me & Linked In
My name is Audrey Weil, and I am currently in my third year of a combined Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree program at Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. My …
Audrey’s About Me & Linked In Read MoreCan failures be considered disruptive innovation?
Disruptive innovations displace accepted technologies and ideas, creating a new market. Some examples we discussed in class included Airbnb, phone cameras, and drones. But what about the brand new, entirely …
Can failures be considered disruptive innovation? Read MoreBrazilian journalists are too afraid to do their job
I read “Violence and Judicial Censorship Mar Brazil’s Horizon,” a chapter about the rise of violence and wrongful lawsuits against journalists in Brazil. Brazil has the largest population of the …
Brazilian journalists are too afraid to do their job Read MoreWe have come far, but we still have a long way to go
We’ve come a long way since Selma in the 1960’s. Nevertheless, we are not yet a completely free and racially integrated society. The cities of Selma and Ferguson have become synonymous …
We have come far, but we still have a long way to go Read More