Like yesterday, today I’m just going to dive right into to. My neck is feeling better by the way – still some residual pain though. But enough about me now, let’s talk about me then, as in November 6, 2021, when I wrote:
“Influential Journalism: MTV’s Tabitha Soren Interview with Tupac Shakur.”
Spelling, Grammar and Sentence Structure Critiques
The “them” in the second paragraph refers to the CDs but kinda seems like it’s referring to the parents.
Third paragraph, I say I’ll have to find the clip where Tabitha S. says Tupac was hitting on her and link it later, but I never did.
My transition for the third paragraph to the fourth was a bit abrupt, even as I used the word “but” to unify it.
Last paragraph there’s no need for the comma behind “had.”
General thoughts
When I first read it back, I didn’t check to see how long the story was, I just started reading it. Once I finished, my first thought was that it was too short. It seemed like it was an introduction to a more in-depth article, when in actuality it was over. In some ways, perhaps that’s a good thing because I wanted more. However in other ways, it wasn’t a good thing, because it felt incomplete.
What I learned about myself through this piece.
I wish I would have talked more about what I thought of the interview itself, instead I focused mainly on the fact that there was an interview at all. I was just so enamored with the fact that that interview with Tupac was Tabitha Soren’s job, that I didn’t dive into the meat of the interview, like the questions she asked, and his answers. I had no commentary on the interview’s substance. Then again, the whole point of this series was to highlight interviews that meant something to me, that influenced me, and made me interested in journalism. So in this case I don’t know that it was the substance of the interview, but rather the fact that she got to do the interview at all that I was fascinated by. Just in retrospect, I would have liked to read more about the interview. Looking back, I don’t like how envious I was. Right now I don’t want to be envious of anybody’s anything. I want to seize the opportunities that are before me, look for the opportunities that are within my reach and/or create them. I’m fine with being inspired, but I don’t want to envy.
Sentences I liked
And thus you have Tabitha Soren doing an interview with Tupac right when he was “out on bail, fresh out of jail,” no need for California dreamin’, this was her reality, and my envy.
I like the above sentence for it’s play on the lyrics to Tupac’s verse in the hit song “California Love.”
But if video killed the radio star, social media took out MTV.
I like this sentence because references a bit of history, but only if you’re in the know. “Video Killed the Radio Star” by song by The Buggles was the first video ever played on MTV back in 1981. So this sentence was a play on history repeating itself with one medium rendering it’s predecessor less relevant, in that what MTV did to radio, social media did to MTV. All though I would argue that radio has kept it’s staying power, even if it has decrease, while I don’t hear anybody talking about a video they saw on MTV anymore. I don’t even think MTV plays videos anymore.
So those are my thoughts on my third random post selection.
Hope to have you back tomorrow for the fourth.
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