ENG 494, Hybrid 5

It has been a long, hectic week and I apologize for the lack of updates. I will get back into the swing of things soon.

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'Citizen journalist' is a great was to label all of us. Us bloggers, us facebook linkers, everybody. Up to the minute, a matter of fact, balls to the wall news. Sure, bloggers blog about silly, random thoughts, but I definatly agree that with all of the technology in the world it is hard to not take citizen journalist's seriously.

Many of the footage of the Virginia Tech Massacre was captured via a cell phone. A tragic event was able to be brought to the public on a first hand account. Us CJ's really affect the world. All over the internet people are blogging about world events. I think of it this way: if there is a section in the NY Times, there are thousands of blogs about that type of news. News, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, business. The list goes on and on. I think a good CJ must be opinionated, give facts, link (unlike myself this post). I don't think they have to report on everything, because then they actually become the media. I feel myself is a citizen sports journalist, focusing in footy. I think that there are many bloggers who become the media and really shape how we think about things.

Soccer by Ives and Perez Hilton are two bloggers who have become respected news sources. And perhaps, with a little bit of luck and hard work 'Pele' will become one. I would want to change the name and just focus on AZ footy, but I think I am going to try that.

Adam

ENG 494, Hybrid 4

As a blogger (for this class) I feel that I am reporting news. Sure, it is football news, but on this blog I think the readers get very little of my personality. I feel I filter information, as Blood said, and I feel the statements reflect me accuratly.

For this blog I feel I am solely a news reporter who puts his own bits of personality and favouritism into it. I think about Steven Cohen from Fox Football Fone-In who runs the radio/tv show as a journalist, but puts his love of Chelsea on the line every week.

I think it is clear I search for information, but it isn't hard for me to find football news. I love how this blog allows me to keep up with the news as well. I feel I'm learning more about the world of football now than I ever had before. Blogging has benefitted me tremendously. I hope that others had experienced the same as well.

Blogging has also allowed me to communicate with others, I hope that I will be able to expand my network through this class and hope to educate others on football. Perhaps even people may watch the MLS when it picks back up in March when it usually plays matches on ESPN2 on Thursday nights.

Adam

Busy weekend

Football this weekend was quite crazy. Instead of writing and explaining everything. I'm going to steal an excerpt from soccerbyives.net. Read the rest of the post in the link.

This was orginally written by GianFranco Panizo.

England
FA CUP
-Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes and made seven saves in Everton's 3-1 win vs. Aston Villa on Sunday.
-Brad Friedel started, played 90 minutes and made four saves in Aston Villa's 3-1 loss vs. Everton on Sunday.
-Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Aston Villa's 3-1 loss vs. Everton on Sunday.
-Clint Dempsey came off the bench and played 30 minutes in Fulham's 1-1 draw vs. Swansea City on Saturday.
-Jonathan Spector dressed but did not play in West Ham's 1-1 draw vs. Middlesbrough on Saturday.
-Jay DeMerit started and played 90 minutes in Watford's 3-1 loss vs. Chelsea on Saturday.
-Eddie Johnson and Cardiff City play Arsenal on Monday in the FA Cup.

You can notice that Chelsea won 3-1 in their FA Cup match this weekend. Meaning they advance to the next round.

Adam

US Beats Mexico

In the first of tenfinal games of World Cup Qualification the US beat Mexico 2-0 in Columbus, OH. Enjoy 7 minutes of highlights. Bradley scored the two goals.



Adam

Scolari sacked!

On Monday, Luiz Filipe Scolari (the manager of Chelsea FC) was sacked. Since "the chosen one" Jose Mourinho was let go after winning more titles for Chelsea in a two year span than anyone in previous history early last season Chelsea hasn't won anything. Though they ended up second in just about everything (the Premier League, the Champions League, the FA Cup), this season they have slid down to fourth in the Prem...truly below expectation.

Scolari, who had won a World Cup coaching for Brazil and had been the manager for Portugal just before his stint at Chelsea, says he plans on returning to the national team stage sooner rather than later.

Englishman Ray Wilkins has taken over as caretaker of the team.

Adam

494 Class 3

In my lifetime the internet has become something that I can't remember ever not having. I remember when we first had our own computer and got AOL. I was so excited to be able to play games and chat with people. I never imagined I would be taking classes online or do any of the things I can do here. Technology has advanced past any of our wild imaginations thought was possible and is still advancing to the scifi realm. Perhaps what we thought of in movies like Back to the Future II hasn't happened yet, but I feel hover cars, and robots, and everything are in our future. But not exactly like in the movies.

It is scary to think that we are pushing the envelope when it comes to technology and that we may push it too far. What the internet does already seems like it is enough. With google, facebook, blogger, youtube, itunes, everything. However, soon I feel all of this will become obsolete and the world will change once again.

The sharing we do over the internet makes life so much easier, but has also made us more lazy. I can also argue that it has made us less lazy because we are so willing to go look information up now instead of quitting something because we don't know the answer to it.

Adam

Weekend heartache and Beckham-watch

It looks as if Chelsea is going to be out of the chase. It will just be Manchester United followed by Liverpool as hopefuls for the league title. It will be a big battle. I don't know if I can root for either team. Also, Aston Villa (my number 2 team) pulled into third place leapfrogging Chelsea.

This weekend AC Milan offered $10 million for Becks, a cool number just for a transfer. The Galaxy countered asking for $22 million according to the Daily Mirror. If the report is accurate, it looks as if LA is atleast in a bidding mood and will allow to see if AC Milan will jump $12 million to their asking price. There may be another reason for them letting him go, I will look into the rumors and see if I can pull any news stories.

Tonight I will do my third hybrid posting.

Adam