Category Archives: JMC 406

10 Twitter Feeds Worth Following

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

My first assignment in my commentary and bogging class to post 10 Twitter accounts that could be useful in class to follow. I always use this as an opportunity to share some of my favorites: GI Independent reports Northwest eliminated … Continue reading →

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Student Voices from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s Note: It has been a long year dealing with COVID-19 and its long-term fallout. Here is a collection of blog entries about getting through the last year from my commentary and blogging students. Really impressed with what these young … Continue reading →

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Great work from my commentary and blogging students

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

It’s been a rough time during the second part of this semester for my blogging and commentary students, with all of their classes going online/remote.  Some of them are graduating into an uncertain world; all of them are dealing with … Continue reading →

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Ten Twitter Feeds Worth Following

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

The homework for my Commentary and Blogging class this week is for them to each make a blog post with ten interesting Twitter feeds to follow, along with a brief explanation of why each is worth paying attention to.  I … Continue reading →

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Columnists for your reading pleasure – 2019 edition

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Here are links to a number of columnists and columnist index pages from newspapers around the country for my JMC 406 commentary writing students, and anyone else who’s interested.  It has been published here multiple times in different forms. National … Continue reading →

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2019 State of the Union Blogging Contest

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Every time I teach Commentary and Blogging at UNK, I have a blogging competition or two.  This year, my students had the opportunity to do an instant blog post somehow related to the president’s 2019 State of the Union address. … Continue reading →

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Ten Favorite Twitter Feeds

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I assigned my students in Commentary and Blogging (JMC406) to post ten interesting Twitter feeds they follow – I decided I would do the assignment as well. Here’s ten accounts I follow on Twitter that are among my favorites. 1. … Continue reading →

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What stands out from this year’s Pulitzer Prizes

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

I asked my commentary and blogging students to do a post this week on their reactions to the Pulitzer Prizes announced this week. Here’s what they had to say: Angel Y. – The Gulf of Mexico in the Age of … Continue reading →

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Media Criticism From My Commentary Students

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This week I asked my commentary and blogging students to write a blog post on media criticism.  Here’s what each of them came up with: Media Criticism: Sexism in broadcasting – Rachel A. I can’t tell you how many times … Continue reading →

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Spring Break Does Not Mean a Trip to the Beach (mostly)

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

My blogging students had interesting spring breaks, even if none of them went to the beach (well, mostly). Skiing Loveland – Rachel A. Trip that almost didn’t happen – Katie And a bit of poetry Spring Break From Hell – Ashlee Keeping … Continue reading →

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